12 Feb “Picturing” Lay Ministry
2013 recipient of 'The Journal of Christian Ministry Award of Excellence' for outstanding thesis-project...
Ministry
12 Feb Building Below the Waterline – Book Review
With a plethora of books available on leadership in today's market, this book on leadership makes a great contribution to the literature on the subject because its focus is more on the leader than leadership....
06 Jan Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons – Book Review
Who should serve the church as elders and deacons? And what are the essential elements of their job descriptions? These are the two basic questions that Thabiti Anyabwile seeks to answer in his book Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons....
19 Apr Faithful Disagreement – Book Review
Out of her experience with the Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity and the Purity of the Church of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2001-2006, Frances Taylor Gench has written a book about listening to conflicts within scripture while attending to various forms of disagreement...
18 Apr The Strategically Small Church – Book Review
Brandon O’Brien challenges the prevailing image of a successful Christian local church....
23 Mar Who Made The Moon? – Book Review
When looking at the existing literature on the subject of science, and specifically on creation, one will find a wide range of experts writing from their perspectives....
20 Mar Pastoral Ethnography and DMin Education
The term “pastoral ethnography” describes the intentional use of ethnographic methods—such as participant observation, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and the study of demographics and documentary evidence—as a form of pastoral care....
18 Mar Becoming an Anti-racist Church – Book Review
Joseph Barndt addresses racism in the Christian Church head on. He firmly declares that racism exists in the church as it does in society, and that the church cannot confront this evil in society until it is eliminated in the church....
16 Mar Caring Cultures – Book Review
In Caring Cultures: How Congregations Respond to the Sick, Susan Dunlap breaks new ground by moving away from solely individualistic models of care by focusing on how three congregations from vastly different socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, ecclesial, and theological backgrounds understand sickness and respond to it....
15 Mar Leading from the Sandbox – Book Review
Built upon his previous work in High Impact Church Boards, T. J. Addington provides a thoughtful and practical book addressed to those wishing to develop, empower, and release effective ministry teams....