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New & Noteworthy Academic & Leadership Titles Being United Methodist Christians By Andy Langford , Sally Langford , Ann Langford Duncan Published Sep 2023 ISBN: 9781791032142 Learn what it means to be a United Methodist Christian.How may we describe United Methodists? Where do we come from? What do we believe? How do United Methodists act? What are our distinctive characteristics? What is required to be a member of our denomination? How do we grow as disciples of Jesus Christ within this... Paperback E-Book Introduction to Christian Worship By James F. White Published Nov 2023 ISBN: 9781501884627 James White’s classic Christian worship text, revised and updated.The book students of worship have read and re-read is now revised and updated for the first time in more than twenty years.Author Ed Phillips, one of White’s graduate students, is joined by practitioners and teachers from emerging generations, who... Paperback E-Book Calm By Christina Wichert , Kathryn E. Stokes , Mary Gladstone-Highland Published Aug 2023 ISBN: 9781791030247 Guide your church to proactively make decisions and deal with conflict.Calm: How to End Destructive Conflict in Your Church is a guidebook written for United Methodist churches and church leaders to help them proactively make decisions and deal with conflict. This book equips pastors and other leaders with the skills... E-Book Paperback Multiplying Love By Paul W. Chilcote Published Sep 2023 ISBN: 9781791032814 A Vision of United Methodist Life Together.Our world needs love during these desperate days of radical polarization and division. Our United Methodist churches yearn to embrace love more completely because God first loved us. Our faith” (including doctrine) is important; Christian hope” (including renewal) is... Paperback E-Book The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer By Matt Miofsky Published Nov 2023 ISBN: 9781791029555 Daily prayer the Wesleyan way.Prayer is a spiritual practice, and daily prayer uses the repetition of forms and words to cultivate a deep, meaningful ritual, drawing the individual into an ever-closer relationship with God. This book is organized by liturgical season, but is undated, so the individual is free to begin... Paperback E-Book The Works of John Wesley Volume 29 Published Sep 2023 ISBN: 9781791029685 Part of the most comprehensive collection of Wesley’s writings.The correspondence presented in this fifth volume of Wesley’s letters includes a large number of his pastoral letters to various female and male lay persons in his societies. It also traces the fluctuations of Wesley’s stance on the British colonists... Hardback The Concise Guide for Congregational Care By Melissa Collier Gepford Published Apr 2022 ISBN: 9781791024109 THE RIGHT WORDS FOR EVERY SITUATION, AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.Pastors and congregational care ministers of all kinds must offer the right words and presence in any place, at a moment’s notice: Words of scripture offering comfort, encouragement, and wisdom. Words of truth providing accurate information. Words of prayer... Paperback E-Book Listeners Dare By Bishop William H. Willimon Published Apr 2022 ISBN: 9781791023980 Discipleship and witness are not self-sustainable. Preaching equips God’s people for the work of serving and building up the body of Christ (Eph. 4:11).The gospel is news that passes from the lips of one who has heard to the ears of one who has not yet heard, then (God willing) it burrows in the soul, energizing the... Paperback God Turned Toward Us By Bishop William H. Willimon Published Oct 2021 ISBN: 9781791018894 Talk the talk and walk the walk.The challenge of the Christian life is learning to talk Christian. Somebody has got to tell us, give us the words that open the door to the faith called Christian. Each of us is due the delight of discovery that in submitting to God’s talk to us.God Turned Toward Us: The ABCs of... Paperback E-Book Deep Calls to Deep By Dr William P. Brown Published Sep 2021 ISBN: 9781501858956 The Psalms can help us during a time of disruption and division.Deep Calls to Deep demonstrates a new and generative way of reading the Bible, which looks for differences among texts to engage in dialogue over critical issues that are not only biblical but also are relevant to our contemporary crises. Bill Brown... Paperback E-Book The God of the Dangerous Sermon By Frank A. Thomas Published Oct 2021 ISBN: 9781791020224 Learn to engage with a dangerous God, to preach the sermons your community needs today.Every sermon has a theology, and a god of that theology behind it. Preaching is more effective, and has more integrity when preachers understand the god behind their theology. Specifically, whether the god is a universal God, like... Paperback E-Book Will You Pray with Me By Anne Williams , Steven Langhofer Published Sep 2021 ISBN: 9781791013431 Learn to capably lead others in prayer, in any setting, on any occasion.Leading congregations and other groups in prayer is a significant challenge for many pastors and other ministry leaders. What to say, and how to say it? Most public pray-ers have received very little training and have not had the chance to develop... Paperback E-Book Body Connections By Michael S. Koppel Published Aug 2021 ISBN: 9781791013417 A new articulation of pastoral theology, care, and counseling.Too often we think and teach in ways that reinforce a mind-body split. This can lead people to self-alienation, impeding holistic, healthy relationships between people, God, and each other. Body Connections takes a different approach, teaching us to see the... Paperback E-Book Church/School/Community By Lia McIntosh Published Aug 2021 ISBN: 9781791018962 YOUR CHURCH, MINISTRY, OR ORGANIZATION CAN BECOME A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.LEARN HOW AND START NOW!Pastors, other leaders, and people in every community yearn to bring change. To in?uence people and systems for good. To work for morally rooted social change.What is the best way to do this work?... Paperback E-Book The Caring Congregation Ministry Implementation Guide By Karen Lampe , Melissa Collier Gepford Published May 2021 ISBN: 9781791013387 Pastors and church leaders genuinely want to care for people in their congregations and communities. But pastors cannot care for an entire church, and most laypersons don’t have the training to do it. The Caring Congregation Ministry is a model for person-to-person care that’s been proven to work in small and large... Paperback E-Book The Caring Congregation Ministry Care Minister’s Manual By Karen Lampe , Melissa Collier Gepford Published May 2021 ISBN: 9781791013400 The Care Minister’s Manual is the personal training workbook and reference guide for Congregational Care Ministers (CCM’s), who serve a central role in the Caring Congregation Ministry. CCM’s receive in-depth training, where they learn the theological foundations of congregational care, plus the behaviors, habits, and... Paperback Kairos Care By Aaron Perry Published Apr 2021 ISBN: 9781501899119 While some people might become pastors to offer counsel, I expect that many pastors see counseling as a daunting,...