Baker Books imprint: 897 books
Becoming a Healthy Church
Ten Traits of a Vital Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
"A wonderful tool that I recommend to every church that is serious about being purpose-driven." -Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Church
Now available in trade paper, Becoming a Healthy Church illustrates the ten most important characteristics of church health. Based on extensive...
Right Here, Right Now (Shapevine)
Everyday Mission for Everyday People
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
People in all walks of life are discovering what it means to be involved, concerned, missional Christians. But simply having block parties or spending more time downtown is not enough to describe what it means to be a missional people. What is needed is a reformation of the way we actually live our lives...
How to Break Growth Barriers
Revise Your Role, Release Your People, and Capture Overlooked Opportunities for Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Some churches grow rapidly, only to hit a ceiling. Other churches have experienced declining or static attendance--many of them for decades. Frustrated pastors and church leaders want growth methods that work, but without adding to pastoral fatigue.
How to Break Growth Barriers argues that...
Difference Makers
An Action Guide for Jesus Followers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Christians want to make a difference, but sometimes the ministry bar is raised so high that only those who are "go-getters" can do it. Mission work can look like a drastic life change, unattainable to those who aren't in full-time ministry. So the average church member is left without a...
Road to Missional, The (Shapevine)
Journey to the Center of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
It has recently become acceptable, and even fashionable, to refer to one's church as "missional." But many churches misunderstand the concept, thinking of "going missional" as simply being a necessary add-on to church-as-usual. This domestication of what is actually a very bold paradigm shift makes missional...
Revitalize
Biblical Keys to Helping Your Church Come Alive Again
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Church health is measured by more than just numbers, but declining membership is often a key symptom of a church in crisis. The pastor of a dying church doesn't need to be told it is dying; he needs to find the way forward--and he needs hope.
Author and pastor Andrew Davis offers readers the...
The Complete Worship Service
Creating a Taste of Heaven on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Just as diners visit a fine restaurant anticipating the ambiance and meal to come, so first-time guests and members alike come to church to experience the presence of God. In this follow-up book to The Complete Worship Leader, veteran worship leader and pastor Kevin Navarro helps church leaders create...
A Basic Guide to Eschatology
Making Sense of the Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
A leading evangelical theologian provides a comprehensive examination of the various evangelical views of the millennium (and other eschatological subjects).
Preaching with a Plan
Sermon Strategies for Growing Mature Believers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Every pastor wants the sermon to be an important tool for maturing those listening in the pews. Having a preaching plan is an essential part of this process. If a preacher's messages are scattered, unrelated to one another, or haphazardly prepared, it can be difficult for those in the congregation...
by David W. Wiersbe
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Pastors are increasingly tempted to view themselves as high-powered CEOs. Wiersbe reminds them of the biblical model: shepherds to God's people. Practical and encouraging.
Choose the Life
Exploring a Faith that Embraces Discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2004
Many churches harbor harried congregations merely going through the motions--sleepwalking saints who fail to experience transformed living. Many are unable and unwilling to share the gospel, convinced that it's not their "gift."
True disciples do more than the minimum, explains Hull....
The Perfect You
A Blueprint for Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
There are a lot of personality and intelligence tests out there designed to label you and put you in a particular box. But Dr. Caroline Leaf says there's much more to you than a personality profile can capture. In fact, you cannot be categorized!
In this fascinating book, she takes readers...
Heaven Is Now
Awakening Your Five Spiritual Senses to the Wonders of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
What if heaven wasn't just meant to be experienced after we die? What if heaven can be enjoyed here on earth--right now?
Bestselling author Andrew Farley shows us how to take in the beauty of heaven no matter what our circumstances. With insight firmly rooted in the reality of pain and suffering,...
You Lost Me Discussion Guide
Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church . . . and Rethinking Faith
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Close to 60 percent of young Christians who went to church as teens drop out after high school. In You Lost Me, the bestselling coauthor of unChristian trained his researcher's eye on Christians aged 16-29, exposing why they leave the church and rethink their faith. Now small groups can study this...