"The Episcopal Church is a secret too well kept," says compiler Louie Crew. "Many are starved for what we experience daily and too easily take for granted." With these words, Crew invited thousands of people online to participate in creating a list o...

A Brief History of the Presbyterians offers laity and clergy a succint and thorough introduction to the history of Presbyterianism. James Smylie chronicles the origins of the Reformed tradition and carries the sage through each subsequent era up to t...

1944-2007

This comprehensive volume features a collection of interpretive essays on the work of missions in the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years. It discusses challenges to the church's mission activities and to its missionaries and examines the ways i...

Confessing Jesus Christ for the 21st Century

These essays and sermons articulate the basics of the Christian faith and are by some of the best-known evangelical voices in the Presbyterian Church today. The main ideas in these essays are congruent with the basic theology contained in "Union in C...

What's Working and Why

In this study of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Louis Weeks examines the present state of the denomination and how congregations can grow in faith through the current time of transition in the church. He considers markers of Presbyterian identity,...

At baptism, persons declare that a human being named Jesus, who lived in a particular time and place, is God's anointed one, the very presence of God among us. As the Christ, this Jesus is Lord of time and space, Savior of the world.

A Geography of Faith

The author of Leaving Church continues her spiritual journey by revealing how she learned to encounter the sacred everywhere in the world.

The best place to teach children about our faith is in the home. The Anglican Family Prayer Book is a resource for Episcopal families who want to pass on Anglican prayers and traditions to their children and teach faith in everyday settings.This impo...

Through the sacrament of baptism, God shows his love -- the same love that claims us for his family, that sent Christ into the world to die for us; the same love that we show to one another. Using simple, clear text adapted from the French Reformed C...

The Search to Rediscover the Methodist Movement

The lifeblood of the United Methodist is passion rather than organizational neatness, entrepreneurial freedom rather than denominational restraint, and agility rather than staid institutional dependence. But if United Methodists want to change and be...

A Book for Presbyterian Families

This book helps families to reflect on and become fully involved in their child's baptism. Set in a question-and-answer format, this is the perfect guide for parents as they look toward this special day. Also includes a baptismal certificate and spac...

A Book for Presbyterian Families

This book helps families to reflect on and become fully involved in their child's baptism. Set in a question-and-answer format, this is the perfect guide for parents as they look toward this special day. Also includes a baptismal certificate and spac...

Exploring Christian Faith

Respected Baptist historian and theologian Bill Leonard takes readers through the theological and practical questions that are important to Baptists. In a clear style and with great sensitivity to the varieties of beliefs among Baptist bodies, Leonar...

A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, & Other Confused Presbyterians

Addressing such questions as "Are You Saved, or Are You Presbyterian?" and "Is the Bible the Literal Word of God or Just a Long, Boring Book?" this is an easy-to-understand, slightly irreverent approach to theology and the kind of theological musings...

Written in a humorous, accessible style, this book is an easy-to-understand guide to the kinds of theological questions that many United Methodist youth and others are asking today. Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt will help any United Method...