Church Publishing: 819 books
Church Administration and Finance Manual
Resources for Leading the Local Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
These 544 pages of field-tested solutions deliver proven procedures, planning models, and copier-friendly forms for all aspects of local church administration. Packed with excellent guidelines and tools for assessing and improving parish management." A wealth of information on parish administration." -- The Living Church
Messy Church
Fresh ideas for building a Christ-centred community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Messy Church is a fun way for people of all ages to frame a church community outside regular Sunday worship. There are stories, prayers, and singing, but there are also crafts using unusual materials—and they can be messy! And there’s food—a meal to share with your whole family—and it can...
Starting Your Messy Church
A beginner's guide for churches
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This short, quick-to-read Canadian edition is structured in bite-sized sections covering the essentials of starting a Messy Church. It includes checklists, milestones, questions to ask a Messy Church you’re visiting, and “things we wish we’d known.”
5 Keys for Church Leaders
Building a Strong, Vibrant, and Growing Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
In this valuable church leadership resource, Kevin Martin examines the five aspects of congregational life that are key to the development and growth of a strong congregation. Based on the author's popular church growth seminar, The Five Critical Systems, the five keys to congregational growth are:...
Post-Traumatic God
How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
After traumatic events, many (especially young people) turn away from the Church; Post-Traumatic God presents a path home, providing a way back to a God who can be trusted, loved, and worshipped. Today, the church is sometimes viewed (even from within) as a place apart, which may create a barrier...
The Rule of Faith
Scripture, Canon, and Creed in a Critical Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1998
This collection of essays presented at the 1997 Scholarly Engagement with Anglican Doctrine (SEAD) Conference counters some of today's New Testament scholarship, particularly that of the Jesus Seminar. Asserting that only canon and creed can render knowledge of God, two generations of scholars speak...
Gathering the NeXt Generation
Essays on the Formation and Ministry of GenX Priests
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2000
This collection of essays was written by a group of priests that are relatively rare in the Episcopal Church—priests under 35 years of age. In 1997 only 296 Episcopal clergy were from the group commonly known as Generation X; they comprise only 3.5% of the ordained people in full time ministry in...
Beating the Boundaries
The Church God Is Calling Us to Be
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
• For established churches needing to adapt to changing times • Translates learnings from new communities for established congregations -- a both/and approach • On-the-ground observations from within Phyllis Tickle's "rummage sale" Using the image of the traditional practice of “beating...
Vision Bearers
Dynamic Evangelism in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1996
Interviews with Anglican clergy and lay people from around the world involved in evangelism, capturing what it means to be evangelists in the 21st century. The authors of Vision Bearers have used broad brush strokes to paint a picture of evangelism and mission in the contemporary Anglican Communion....
God Gave the Growth
Church Planting in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
• Practical and theoretical instruction for mainline church planting • Written specifically for the Episcopal Church, but with mainline applications, by a well-known, widely respected author The Episcopal Church has recognized that planting new churches is a high priority through the Mission Enterprise...
My Church Is Not Dying
Episcopalian in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
• Evangelism for a world that hates evangelism, but needs the church • The unfolding vision of a church stepping into the future, instead of dwelling in the past The old way of “being church”—measured by political influence, money, and congregants in the pews—may indeed be vanishing, but...
Becoming the Transformative Church
Beyond Sacred Cows, Fantasies, and Fears
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
• A call for new structure and ways of behaving as church by an experienced church officer Church-wide discussions continue about the emergent church, attracting young people, financial survival, corporate structure, relationships with the Anglican Communion, and other ongoing issues, while age-old...
by Anne E. Kitch
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Parents (or any adult seeker) who are not active or do not have any knowledge of the Episcopal Church often return to a church to have their child baptized. Many adults who never had a relationship with a faith community often seek baptism when they join a congregation for the first time. As our society...
Church, Creation, and the Common Good
Guidance in an Age of Climate Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
• A youth and adult study • Engages participants in how we should now live into this time of climate change crisis It is hard to be hopeful in the face of climate crisis. The problem is on a scale difficult for us to understand. Actions needed to address the crisis require a radical change in...