Church Publishing: 819 books
Church Wellness
A Best Practices Guide to Nurturing Healthy Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
All churches, no matter the denomination, are faced with similar challenges: membership development, leadership development, communications strategy, spiritual development, young adult ministry, listening to parishioner needs, and measuring progress. The author provides a guide for clergy and lay...
A Church Beyond Belief
The Search for Belonging and the Religious Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
As we move beyond the “emergent” or “missional” church paradigm, pastors and other church leaders are discovering a new reality: people (especially younger generations) are coming to church not as believers, but to find a place to belong—with or without faith. This book describes the dilemma...
The Art of Transformation
Three Things Churches Do That Change Everything
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
It’s all too common for Christians to wonder, if Jesus came to bring transformation and wholeness, why do I still feel like the same old me and struggle with the same issues as always? Paul Fromberg, rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, offers a practical approach to...
Vocātiō
Imaging a Visible Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
• Popular author with broad appeal • New vision for shaping future church leaders The Church’s mission is not dependent upon economic or worldly boundaries. The gospel will expand and grow where people respond to God’s grace in their lives. The Episcopal Church, along with all denominational...
Re-membering God
Human Hope and Divine Desire
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
• Reflections on tradition and change for the twenty-first-century church • Something for both newcomers and those familiar with liturgy and spirituality Like the scribe and master of the household cited by Jesus in Matthew 13, Re-membering God “brings out of treasure what is new and what is...
by Noelle Broughton
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Pays tribute to the scores of UCW women who have volunteered over the last 50 years. Using stories and personal reflections to tell the story of this powerful women's group who live their faith guided by faith and service.
by Jesse Zink
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
• Next generation of classic Episcopal Teaching Series • Interactive, accompanied by online materials • Author is a popular blogger and scholar who has traveled the world listening to Anglicans talk about God The New Church’s Teaching Series has been one of the most recognizable and useful...
by Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr., David Hein
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The story of Episcopalians in America is the story of an influential denomination that has furnished a large share of the American political and cultural leadership. Beginning with the Episcopal Church's roots in sixteenth-century England, The Episcopalians offers a fresh account of its rise to prominence....
by Louie Crew
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2003
"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 of reasons to be Episcopalian....
Pilgrim
A Course for the Christian Journey - The Lord's Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ. A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines...
by Michael B. Curry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in The Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to write a new set of books, grounded and thoughtful...
Episcopal Questions, Episcopal Answers
Exploring Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
• An accessible Q&A introduction to the Episcopal Church • Use with new members, as a confirmation resource, and in youth and adult study groups • Written by two established and well-recognized figures in the Episcopal Church Everybody enjoys a simple Q&A: it provides a quick, easy,...
Pilgrim
A Course for the Christian Journey - The Commandments
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ. A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines...
What Are We Waiting For?
Re-Imagining Advent for Time to Come
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
• Both practical and scholarly • Offers a new perspective on Advent, including resources Everyone knows that Advent is about waiting, but author William H. Petersen asks, What Are We Waiting For? In this book, he argues for a liturgical renewal in the life and mission of the Church by proposing...