Cokesbury imprint: 42 books
Guidelines Church & Society
Advocate and Witness for Peace and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
You are the leaders of your church’s involvement in social issues. As such, you will help your church members respond to social issues through education, making connection, and advocating for and responding to the needs of people around you and in the rest of God’s world. This Guideline is designed...
Confirm Parent Guide - eBook [ePub]
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Confirm
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Too often confirmation has been downgraded to the role of a checkpoint along the faith journey. The Confirm family of resources reclaims confirmation as the first step on a journey that leads to a mature, adult faith. Confirm treats confirmation...
by Christopher Miles Ritter
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
An encouraging gift book that reinforces the Wesleyan DNA of being passionate and purposeful in ministry with children. It uses John Wesley’s instructions to Methodist preachers found in the “Large Minutes” as an outline of what he expected Methodists to do for kids:
Teach Them Intentionally
Know...
Confirm Mentor Guide
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Confirm
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Too often confirmation has been downgraded to the role of a checkpoint along the faith journey. The Confirm family of resources reclaims confirmation as the first step on a journey that leads to a mature, adult faith. Confirm treats confirmation...
Confirm Director Guide
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
Confirm
Your Faith. Your Commitment. God’s Call.
Too often confirmation has been downgraded to the role of a checkpoint along the faith journey. The Confirm family of resources reclaims confirmation as the first step on a journey that leads to a mature, adult faith. Confirm treats confirmation...
Guidelines Scouting & Civic Youth-Serving Ministry
Build Effective Scouting Ministry in Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The United Methodist Church is endowed with certain responsibilities that allow scouting and civic youth serving programs to become a ministry. This is what differentiates us from a civic or community-based club. This Guideline will help explain the Office of Civic Youth Serving Agencies/Scouting...
Guidelines Ministries with Young People
Empower Youth and Young Adults in Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
You have been called to ministry with young people—those journeying through adolescence and those emerging from their teenage years to find themselves navigating the unpredictable and full-of-firsts years of their twenties and thirties. This sacred and exciting leadership role comes with dozens...
Guidelines Family Ministries
Support Families for Faith and Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The family is the primary center of faith formation, especially for children. Our affirmation for families asserts that families of all sizes and configurations are communities of commitment whose goal is human growth and faith development.
You job is to work with other leaders in the congregation...
Guidelines Stewardship
Raise Up Generous Disciples
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Local church members join with the promise to uphold the church with “prayers, presence, gifts, and service.” The ministry of stewardship is concerned with the appropriate employment of the fruits of that pledge throughout the ministries of the church. This Guideline is designed to help implement...
Guidelines Evangelism
Share the Good News
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Evangelism is vital to the disciple-making process because it is a primary ministry of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Evangelism is more than just one individual talking about faith; it is a ministry of the whole church that develops a church “lifestyle” of welcome, invitation, and support....
Guidelines Nominations & Leadership Development
Leaders Are the Key to Church Vitality
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The heart of local church ministry is in its lay leadership. Identifying, developing , deploying, and evaluating Christian spiritual leaders who serve from their strengths and gifts is a key to the life and vitality of the congregation. This Guideline is designed to help implement the work of the...
Guidelines Communications
Tell Your Church's Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Local church communication is a ministry that shares the church’s story in ways that move people toward becoming disciples of Christ. You are part of a leadership team that brings to life your church’s vision and mission. Your role is to be a storyteller and connector, employing communications’...
Guidelines Finance
Handling God's Money in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The goal of the ministry of finance is to fund ministries that nurture persons in their faith. The finance system in the congregation will raise, manage, and disperse the funds of the congregation that help realize the mission and vision of the church. This Guideline is designed to help equip you...
Guidelines Pastor
Spiritual Leadership for the Church in Mission
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The pastoral leader is the primary spiritual leader of the congregation. The pastor carries the responsibility for a number of different ministry tasks, which are condensed into seven categories. Effective pastors will also take intentional time for their own spiritual growth and restoration to maintain...