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This journey book invites the reader to go with the author on her travels to dozens of congregations all over the United States, discovering their assets and strengths as well as their struggles and fears. She was not critic, nor teacher, nor consultant, but visitor. Guest. She learned from the people of God she met, appreciated them, and gave thanks. The book was written for enjoyment, it quite possibly also will challenge. The purpose of the...

How can faith speak directly to people's real lives? How can conversation around Scripture make "all the difference" in the arenas of one's daily world? People who have heard the Bible many times--or for the first time--want to know in the terms and images of their life situation. "When my world seems to be shaking all around me, why doesn't it help to hear 'You are forgiven'?" And further, "What can I say to someone who feels totally alienate...

In this volume of fresh thinking about life in the Christian community, 21 theologians attest to a Christ-centered community and offer new views of church as an essential healer.

How can faith speak directly to people's real lives? How can conversation around Scripture make "all the difference" in the arenas of one's daily world? People who have heard the Bible many times--or for the first time--want to know in the terms and images of their life situation. "When my world seems to be shaking all around me, why doesn't it help to hear 'You are forgiven'?" And further, "What can I say to someone who feels totally alienate...

Does God truly love all persons? Most Christians think the obvious answer to this question is, "Yes, of course he does!" Indeed, many Christians would agree that the very heart of the gospel is that God so loved the whole world that he gave his Son to make salvation available for every single person. This book shows that one of the most popular and resurgent theological movements in the contemporary evangelical church--namely, Calvinism--canno...

Everist Vos challenge congregations to take a new look at and mission -- to see themselves as God's people in the world. Explore exciting new understandings that come from starting with people in the world rather than with church structures. Professors Everist (clergy, Wartburg Theological Seminary) and Vos (laity, Muhlen-berg College) bring their insights to bear on how people's daily struggles, needs, and hopes can connect to God's mission t...

You love your church people, but then something goes wrong: an angry word, a misunderstanding, and things go sour. Or perhaps conflict in your church has escalated to the point where people are leaving or are intent on your leaving. What do you do? Where do you start? How can you move on? This book is designed to help pastors and other church leaders ask key questions about the nature and scope of conflict, and based on the answers, move beyon...

Norma Cook Everist contends it is meaningful to say that in ministries of administration, outreach, and pastoral care, the church is functioning as a learning community. Building on this central insight, Everist has written a major new introduction to the tasks and practices of Christian education.

Women's experience of the tasks and roles of ministry differs from that of men, sometimes subtly, sometimes more so. Where do they turn for help in figuring out the ups and downs of following God's call into ministry as a woman? How can the men with whom they work understand the challenges their female colleagues face as well?