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Have you ever felt like following Jesus meant trying harder, doing better, or figuring everything out on your own? Wondering why God sometimes feels distant? Have seen people make decisions in Jesus’ name that seem directly opposed to who Jesus is? You’re not alone. Many sincere believers, and even pastors and ministry leaders, experience church leadership burnout, spiritual exhaustion, or spiritual abuse that comes from carrying faith, decisions, and responsibility alone.

Theological and practical reflections on demographic change in the church. Numerous churches are contending with the challenges posed by declining membership and attendance. While these trends have most recently been ascribed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trajectory predates the pandemic and is...

How should we think about church growth in our current cultural moment? The golden era ushered in by the industrial revolution led the Protestant church in America to experience unprecedented growth and prosperity in the twentieth century. This environment has formed our understanding of and...

For women and men to thrive equally in ministry, the church needs male allies who are committed to supporting women in their callings. Allies in Ministry provides a practical, research-based pathway for men who desire to support women in ministry but may feel uncertain about how to act or...

A compassionate and practical framework to address the wounds of trauma and learn how to develop churches as trauma-informed spaces. Whether you're a pastor, counselor, church leader, or someone who has been hurt by the church, Traumatized Church—written jointly by New Testament scholar Scot...

Pastor Ronald Crawford provides church leaders with a successful roadmap for passing on the mantle to future generations. This book will save your organization time and money.

Finances can either fuel your church’s God-given vision or quietly choke it. Many pastors feel the pressure of meeting budgets, raising resources, and leading with integrity when money conversations are uncomfortable and time is short.

The disease of entitlement has infected society, keeping us from functioning properly and hindering our ability to make positive change in the world around us. Unreasonable Responsibility is a bold wake-up call for leaders ready to challenge the entitlement mindset that has us heading towards epic catastrophe. Leadership expert Joe Sanders offers a powerful diagnosis of this pervasive societal "disease," exposing how it limits opportunity, growth, and personal agency.

Read by the author. Most people think a great life is built on big moments. It isn't. A great life is built on small decisions made consistently over time. A missed priority here. A neglected relationship there. Too much pressure. Too little margin. Over time, those small choices quietly shape...

The local church is meant to function as a healing and helping community that cares for God’s people. But what if, instead of grace and care, someone experienced harm and hurt? When the church becomes a place of abuse and silence, the pain leaves people spiritually disoriented and alone. These individuals may wonder if they will ever feel safe around God’s people again. Instead of running to God and his people, they run as far away as possible.

Every church leader knows the importance of Sunday — but not every church experiences services that truly connect, engage, and grow people. When Sundays lack clarity and intentionality, they can become routine instead of transformative. In Sunday Church Growth Strategies , experienced pastor and leadership coach John Finkelde provides a clear and practical framework for building Sunday services that are spiritually alive, strategically aligned, and positioned for healthy church growth.

Is the goal of Christianity to build more and bigger church buildings to attract more “church-goers? Or for pastors to gain more followers who sit passively, week after week, listening to their sermons? Or is the goal for the church to make disciples ( locally and among the nations) so that Christ’s kingdom will spread throughout the whole earth? What model do we see in the New Testament that gives the blueprint for doing that?

The Doctors of the Catholic Church: An Overview, By Marilynn Hughes - Understanding the 33 Doctors of the Catholic Church can require a lot of study. And even so, it is hard to get into the spirit of the teachings from the Doctors. Their lives are as varied as their accomplishments. To learn even a little bit about these unique souls who were chosen to experience and describe for the faithful the depth and interior meaning of the teachings of the Church has profound value.

A spiritual and prophetic work by Sheri Hauser, centered on receiving and interpreting dreams and visions as a means of hearing God's voice. It emphasizes the development and nurturing of spiritual "seeds" to grow ministries and prophetic gifts, guiding readers through chapters on ownership, selection, purchase, and spreading of seeds. The text includes numerous prophetic dreams and their interpretations, illustrating spiritual principles and challenges such as dealing with opposition, maintaining purity, and enduring trials.

Discovering Orthodox Christianity Interested in Orthodox Christianity but not sure where to begin? Discovering Orthodox Christianity is the perfect step-by-step guide for newcomers, religious seekers, and anyone eager to explore the rich tradition, deep spirituality, and practices of the...

Canadian Christians frustrated with the Church have come ‘Undone’ and are leaving politely, almost apologetically, in what this book dubs a Quiet Deconstruction. Blessed are the Undone asks: what aspects of faith are being questioned, and why? Weaving in church history, cultural analysis and...

Motivational to help people learn how to pray to Jesus and hear his voice and to walk in his divine nature and to escape the corruption of greed and perversion in this world. This book also prevents tormenting voices of Satan, false images of homosexuality, adultery, sexual abuse, transvestites, false religions, lesbianism and helps you replace the images of your conscience with images of Jesus and his divine character. This book will also help heal and rebuild your broken heart, causing you to love your enemies and pray for people who have hurt you.

A collection of writings by monks from the fourth to fifteenth centuries, the Philokalia more than any other text reflects the Eastern Church's interpretation of the Bible's meaning. Simply translated, the title means "love of the beautiful," which reflects the text's emphasis on mystical and contemplative practices to engage all of our senses in the acts of worship and prayer.

Dr. Randal L. Quackenbush, a published choral arranger and highly respected church choir practitioner, covers a variety of vital developmental subjects, such as spiritual and musical leadership, growing a robust musical culture, developing a healthy communal culture, successful rehearsal techniques, aesthetic considerations, the art of choral administration (people and program), performance practices, and the choir director as "leader."

Una conversación que salva un alma. Una oración que cambia el rumbo de una vida. Este libro es una guía práctica, bíblica y poderosa para todo creyente que desea vivir y anunciar el evangelio del Reino, de una persona a la vez.