Although organized topically, with each chapter titled after a specific practice of ministry, Go Grow Your Church! is written as a narrative, covering the experience of Rev. James F. Miller from the time he began his pastorate at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church in DuPage...
What a title and how appropriate, Mad Church Disease - a title I wish I had thought of. Who can forget the Mad Cow disease epidemic of a few years ago when pictures of cattle carcasses were stacked in a heap for all to see...
A 'wild Jesus?' Exactly, say these two native Australians whose earlier writings have helped to shape the ongoing theological conversation about 'missional church' in recent years (The Forgotten Ways, Exiles, The Shaping of Things to Come, Seeing God in the Ordinary)....
In SimChurch Doug Estes takes as his basic assumption that the world has moved into the digital age, bound together by technology....
Theological reflection can be a major catalyst for convergence within the D.Min. dissertation process. This paper presents a model for using theological reflection as a catalyst for leadership convergence through the D.Min. dissertation....
Given the many demands placed upon pastors, and the hectic pace of life in which we all live and die, The Bereavement Ministry Program: A Comprehensive Guide for Churches is an invaluable resource....
As a leader, who among us has not felt like we have become the sacrifice when someone has shifted their stuff onto us or have blamed us in order to cover their own issues?...
Jody Seymour's book, A Time for Healing, is as the subtitle states, about overcoming the perils of ministry....
At the mention of the emerging church movement, those of us in the so-called traditional church may often respond by dismissing it as a fad for self-indulgent members of the Millennial generation or seizing upon it as the latest church growth scheme to bring in...
A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning is from the Concise Guide Series produced by Ave Maria Press and authored by Dr. William Pickett....