Church Ministry

This collection of uplifting, informative stories behind your favorite hymns will warm your heart and revitalize your worship. Each entry comes with the hymn’s full text and musical score. Perfect for devotions, sermon demonstrations, bulletin inserts, and introducing congregational hymns...

Outreach to those who struggle with same-sex attraction is severely lacking in most churches. As a result, most Christians learn more about homosexuality from movies, the internet, television, and so-called diversity training than they learn in their own congregations. Many people who struggle...

Often called Paul’s magnum opus, Romans has been pivotal to Christians’ understanding of salvation for generations. It had a profound influence on Augustine and Luther. Calvin saw it as the key to understanding all of Scripture. In this volume, Dr. R.C. Sproul introduces us to Paul’s...

Christians in every generation must know what they believe. Only then can God’s people declare His truth with clarity and conviction in a confused world. Throughout the centuries, the church has written summaries of the Bible’s teaching for this reason. Creeds proclaim essential Christian...

If I had known the Enneagram earlier in my ministry, I would have been a much better pastor.When this thought came to Todd Wilson, he had already served as a pastor in several churches for the better part of fifteen years and was successfully leading a large, historic, and diverse congregation...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Episcopal Catechism is a formation manual for bishops, overseers, presiding prelates, candidates for episcopal ministry, pastors, and examining councils. Bishop E. Malone Porterfield, Sr. presents oversight as accountable service under Jesus Christ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What does it mean to confess that God is one, and what does that confession tell us about Jesus Christ? Beginning with Israel’s declaration of the one God, Bishop E. Malone Porterfield traces the biblical witness to the fullness of the Godhead...

The loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people encounter the living God?

Il est presque devenu banal d'affirmer que l'Église catholique est en crise au Québec et en Occident. Lorsqu'on considère les abus sexuels sur mineurs, la baisse de la pratique, l'effondre­ment des vocations, la disparition des ordres religieux ou la place ambiguë des femmes, il peut sembler difficile d'espérer des jours meilleurs pour le corps du Christ. Serait-ce la fin de cette institution bimillénaire ? Et pourtant, des voix d'ici s'élèvent pour témoigner de leur espérance malgré les difficultés vécues par notre Église.

Who was Jesus? What was His mission? The gospel of Matthew opens the New Testament with a rich portrait of the Messiah who fulfills God’s promises to Israel and proclaims the coming of God’s kingdom. In this volume, Dr. R.C. Sproul explores the events of Jesus’ life, from His miraculous...

The greatest opportunity for the gospel may be for the church to reach one of the largest unreached groups in the US and the world: teens with trauma and disability. While awareness of disability and mental health has grown in recent decades, the church has fallen behind the culture in engaging...

The controversial subject of the spiritual authority of the believer in Christ is widely discussed in the church today. Now, Andrew Wommack, host of the fastest growing ministry on television, gives us a new perspective that may challenge everything we've been taught. Digging into the Scriptures, Andrew reveals the spiritual significance of choices, words, actions, and how they affect a believer's ability to stand against the attacks of Satan, and to receive God's best.

Questo libretto, pubblicato per la prima volta in inglese nel 1932, e in italiano nel 1949, spiega con linguaggio semplice ma non per questo carente in completezza, ogni passo della Messa, sia nelle azioni del sacerdote che in quelle dei fedeli. Si dà anche molta importanza alle radici storiche e a come esse si sono trasmesse negli anni e all'etimologia delle parole usate.

Eschatology is defined as the “doctrine of last things.” Today, this subject often produces heated debates about the millennium, the second coming, and the end of history. But we won’t see the full significance of how God’s story ends if we start reading at the last chapter. A truly...

There's a growing frustration among believers who know church-as-usual isn't working. Underneath the crowds and programs, they know something's missing. Confronting this pervasive performance-driven ministry, apostolic leader Isaac Watson issues a bold call to the modern church: to restore...

Is it possible to do more than survive in ministry leadership? Could you actually thrive? The alarming reality is that most ministry leaders will not make it more than five years in leadership. Burnout, lack of training, and an absence of coaches are all pitfalls on the road to sustainable...

Groundbreaking research based on a national database of over 200,000 churches shows that the overall United States population is growing faster than the church. The director of the American Church Research Project, Dave Olson, has worked to analyze church attendance, showing that it is virtually...

In thirty focused chapters, Pastor Bredenhof explores small moments of ministry that God uses for great impact. Celebrate small acts of faithfulness and be reminded of ways to make a difference...

Helping you and the whole church family understand, nurture, and support those with mental-health conditions. Many people are struggling with mental-health conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and life in our image-conscious culture. Statistics tell us that, worldwide, one in six of...

Fr. Ken Davis, who came to understand the vital importance of Hispanic ministry in his own life and work, organizes his ideas into a course you will find compelling, fun, and information-packed. Hispanics make up over 35% of the Catholic Church in the United States. This group of culturally rich...