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Christmas Letters Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartHear from “those who told the story first.”
The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a four-week Advent study. It includes opening and closing prayers, optional activities, and session goals for each week, and is designed to be used with the book and DVD. You may or may not know the story of your birth. If you do, there is something special about hearing your origin story again and remembering how it all began for you. That’s why we observe Advent: to celebrate how it all began for us. In The Christmas Letters, Magrey deVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ’s birth from those who first told the story. The letters in the New Testament, known as the Epistles, contain the first attempts by the church to understand and celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation. They point us to the origins of what we believe about Jesus, fully human and fully divine. By spending time with these holy, ancient words this Advent, you’ll come to know the meaning of Christ’s coming like never before. Read the New Testament letters, Romans, 1 John, Philippians, and Colossians as your first Christmas letters of the season and find within them an invitation from God to deepen your understanding of the Incarnation and embrace a fuller commitment to Jesus Christ.
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Christmas Letters : Celebrating Advent With Those Who Told The Story First
$17.99Add to cartHear from “those who told the story first.”
You may or may not know the story of your birth. If you do, there is something special about hearing your origin story again and remembering how it all began for you. That’s why we observe Advent: to celebrate how it all began for us. In The Christmas Letters, Magrey deVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ’s birth from those who first told the story. The letters in the New Testament, known as the Epistles, contain the first attempts by the church to understand and celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation. They point us to the origins of what we believe about Jesus, fully human and fully divine. By spending time with these holy, ancient words this Advent, you’ll come to know the meaning of Christ’s coming like never before.
Read the New Testament letters, Romans, 1 John, Philippians, and Colossians as your first Christmas letters of the season and find within them an invitation from God to deepen your understanding of the Incarnation and embrace a fuller commitment to Jesus Christ.
Components available to use this book in a small group study include a leader guide and video available on DVD.
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Relaxed Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartLearn spiritual growth practices for your daily life that remove your own anxious striving and center you on the One who was never worried about a thing.
People describe Jesus in a lot of different ways, but have you ever thought of Him as relaxed? This doesn’t mean that Jesus didn’t grieve or become angry, but the Gospels portray Him as never in a hurry to be anywhere other than where He was, trusting and obeying His Father.
Could the same be said of you? Are you relaxed? You can be. We long to know peace, purpose, and contentment, but life’s stresses, the world’s discouragements, and our own striving for growth often get in the way.
Join Bible teacher and spiritual formation leader Megan Fate Marshman for a seven-session Bible study (video access included) on exchanging self-reliance for the trusting and relaxed posture modeled to us by Jesus.
This study guide includes:
*Individual access to seven streaming video teachings from Megan
*Engaging and evocative group discussion questions and activities
*In-depth personal Bible study between sessions
*A section to track your experience as you grow in new spiritual practices
*A series of spiritual formation practices for you to carry on well beyond the studyStreaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2029. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
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Joy To The World Advent Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$25.00Add to cartJoy to the world, the Lord is come. The opening line of this classic Christmas carol captures the delight and awe that surrounded Jesus’s birth. But how often does the Christmas season feel stressful rather than joyful? Why do we trade “all is calm” for all is chaos?
In this 4-session Bible study, you’ll spend the weeks of Advent learning to celebrate the good news of great joy found in the Christmas story. Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth to save us from our sins and sorrow and to make right our relationship with God. And He will return to finish setting everything right. With daily personal study, suggestions for family devotions, and engaging activities to transform your study experience, this beautiful resource will help you delight in Jesus’s birth and joyfully anticipate His return this Christmas season and all year long.
Video Sessions:
*Week One: The Lord Is Come (10:07)-Join Ellie Holcomb and Janice Gaines for a time of worship and teaching on the theme of Jesus’s birth. This video includes Ellie’s rendition of “Joy to the World” and devotional thoughts on John 1:1-14.
*Week Two: The Savior Reigns (13:47)-Celebrate the good news of Jesus’s first Advent, which made a way for salvation from sin and the hope of eternal life in God’s presence. Ellie Holcomb sings “O Come All Ye Faithful” and Alecia Bryant teaches on Jesus’s purpose and power.
*Week Three: No More Let Sins & Sorrows Grow (16:08)-Ellie Holcomb’s beautiful version of “O Holy Night” and Ashley Marviittori Gorman’s teaching on the presence of sin and promise of restoration remind us to anticipate Jesus’s certain return.
*Week Four: Wonders of His Love (11:10)-This video session wraps up the Joy to the World study with a focus on anticipating Jesus’s return. Heidi Lee Anderson teaches how to wait with joy and purpose, and Ellie Holcomb’s acapella “Silent Night” ushers in the joy of Christmas day.
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Prepare The Way For The Lord
$18.99Add to cartPrepare to receive Christ this Advent with the message of John the Baptist and best-selling author and pastor Adam Hamilton in Prepare the Way for the Lord.
For centuries, Christians have turned to the story and message of John the Baptist in the weeks leading up to Christmas. In Prepare the Way for the Lord: Advent and the Message of John the Baptist, best-selling author and pastor Adam Hamilton explores the Advent themes of John’s life and ministry, and how John calls all followers of Jesus to prepare our hearts for his coming.
In each of the Gospels, the story of Jesus is intertwined with that of his cousin John, the one whom the prophets foretold would come to “prepare the way of the Lord.” When we hear the message of John the Baptist, it makes us and our world ready to receive Christ.
Chapter topics include:
1. A People Prepared for the Lord
2. God Is Gracious
3. The Fruit of Repentance
4. Witnesses Testifying to the LightTo use Prepare the Way for the Lord as a four-week Advent study, additional components include a comprehensive Leader Guide and DVD/Video sessions featuring Adam Hamilton.
The book includes a link to free downloadable teaching resources for children and youth.
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Ministering To Families In Crisis
$55.00Add to cartA Guide for Ministry Leaders to Provide Mental Health First Aid
When people encounter a crisis, they often turn to ministry leaders, who may feel unprepared to guide them. Families face a multitude of challenges, from depression and anxiety to relational conflict to trauma and abuse. Providing the right resources and tools to help church members navigate their journeys is a solid starting place for every pastor and ministry leader.
Ministering to Families in Crisis provides leaders with an essential shelf reference for supporting your community’s mental and emotional health. In each chapter, Christian leaders with unique expertise address common ministry challenges, providing evidence-based insights and practical suggestions. The book covers a full range of topics affecting families, marriages, children, and teens-including mental illness, LGBTQ+ issues, divorce, disability, poverty, racial trauma, and technology use. Contributors guide leaders on how to provide care and when to offer referrals.
Whatever members’ background or experience, the church is a spiritual family that God designed to contribute to their formation and sense of belonging. This book gives ministers the tools and encouragement they need to help family members find hope amid the storms of life.
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Church Culture : How To Assess It, Shift It, And Shape It
$19.99Add to cartLearn to understand culture and implement positive change.
A church’s culture is the launchpad for everything a church does, the starting point for every ministry. If the culture is “off,” everything else will be out of kilter. Church Culture equips every pastor and leader with the tools necessary for culture change. Authors Ozier and Thibodeaux, both experts in this area of church leadership, teach the basic concepts so readers can understand what culture is and why it’s so crucial. Even more importantly, they provide a step-by-step process leaders can use to diagnose and gently shift the culture in their church. For some churches, wholesale change is in order, but most need only to make some crucial adjustments. The book provides a full set of tools for implementing the process in any setting.
The pastor’s top priority is creating and maintaining the church’s culture; Ozier and Thibodeaux make the tasks easy to understand and show leaders how to proceed capably and carefully.
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On The Way To Bethlehem DVD (DVD)
$39.99Add to cartThe journey to Christmas begins in Rome.
The DVD features Rob Fuquay teaching On the Way to Bethlehem in four engaging video sessions focused on the first four chapters of the book. Use it with the book and leader guide for a four-week Bible study. All sessions are closed captioned. On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. The story begins in Rome with a decree issued from the seat of worldly power for a census, setting into motion events leading to the birth of the Savior of the world in a town that represents the very opposite of worldly power, Bethlehem. Author Rob Fuquay provides insight into the geographical and historical significance of Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, along with the important characters through whom the Christmas drama unfolds. You will be drawn into those places in a way that helps you experience the spiritual truths each location holds. The reflection we give in these places prepares the heart and soul to experience wonder, awe, mystery, and joy.
Chapters include:*Rome – A Place of Longing
*Jerusalem – A Place of Waiting
*Nazareth – A Place of Simplicity
*Bethlehem – A Place of Humility -
On The Way To Bethlehem Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartThe journey to Christmas begins in Rome.
The leader guide includes four small group sessions complete with prayers, summaries, and discussion questions to inspire active group engagement. It will support group leaders of all experience levels in creating strong learning communities.
On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. The story begins in Rome with a decree issued from the seat of worldly power for a census, setting into motion events leading to the birth of the Savior of the world in a town that represents the very opposite of worldly power, Bethlehem.
Author Rob Fuquay provides insight into the geographical and historical significance of Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, along with the important characters through whom the Christmas drama unfolds. You will be drawn into those places in a way that helps you experience the spiritual truths each location holds. The reflection we give in these places prepares the heart and soul to experience wonder, awe, mystery, and joy.
Chapters include:
*Rome – A Place of Longing
*Jerusalem – A Place of Waiting
*Nazareth – A Place of Simplicity
*Bethlehem – A Place of HumilityComponents available to use this book in a small group study include the book and video available on DVD.
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On The Way To Bethlehem
$17.99Add to cartThe journey to Christmas begins in Rome.
On the Way to Bethlehem follows the long journey to Christmas. The story begins in Rome with a decree issued from the seat of worldly power for a census, setting into motion events leading to the birth of the Savior of the world in a town that represents the very opposite of worldly power, Bethlehem.
Author Rob Fuquay provides insight into the geographical and historical significance of Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, along with the important characters through whom the Christmas drama unfolds. You will be drawn into those places in a way that helps you experience the spiritual truths each location holds. The reflection we give in these places prepares the heart and soul to experience wonder, awe, mystery, and joy.
Chapters include:
*Rome – A Place of Longing
*Jerusalem – A Place of Waiting
*Nazareth – A Place of Simplicity
*Bethlehem – A Place of HumilityComponents available to use this book in a small group study include a leader guide and video available on DVD.
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More Messy People Womens Bible Study Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartGod can use imperfect people to do incredible things.
The More Messy People leader guide outlines six small group sessions, complete with prayers, summaries, and discussion questions. It is designed to be used with the participant workbook and DVD and will support group leaders of all experience levels in creating strong learning communities.
Jen Cowart continues her study of the very messy lives of biblical heroes?people who, like us, made mistakes but found God was able to use them in powerful ways. They all play a significant role in the biblical narrative, but their stories are far from perfect.
Through the lives of rival sisters like Leah and Rachel, or sisters with very different personalities like Martha and Mary, we see God chooses to use people who don’t have it all together. Through the lives of great, but imperfect, biblical heroes like Moses, Elijah, Peter, and Paul, we see God meets us in our troubles and chooses us even if we seem unqualified.
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More Messy People Womens Bible Study Participant Workbook (Student/Study Guide)
$17.99Add to cartGod can use imperfect people to do incredible things.
Jen Cowart continues her study of the very messy lives of biblical heroes?people who, like us, made mistakes but found God was able to use them in powerful ways. They all play a significant role in the biblical narrative, but their stories are far from perfect.
Through the lives of rival sisters like Leah and Rachel, or sisters with very different personalities like Martha and Mary, we see God chooses to use people who don’t have it all together. Through the lives of great, but imperfect, biblical heroes like Moses, Elijah, Peter, and Paul, we see God meets us in our troubles and chooses us even if we seem unqualified.
The participant workbook includes five daily readings for each week, combining study of Scripture with personal reflection, application, and prayer and is designed to use with the leader guide and DVD.
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Gospel Of John Leader Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$15.99Add to cartUnlock the hidden depths of John’s Gospel.
The leader guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a six-week study of The Gospel of John, by Amy-Jill Levine. It includes opening and closing prayers, optional activities, and session goals for each week and is designed to be used with the book and DVD.
John’s Gospel offers readers a new language?of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the “I am”?that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith.
With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces readers to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today. This book considers the Gospel of John in its entirety, moving through the Gospel and exploring the prologue, the wedding at Cana, the Samaritan woman at the well and the woman caught in adultery, the healing of the man at the pool and the man born blind, foot washing, Mary Magdalene and Doubting Thomas, and the Lamb of God.
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Gospel Of John
$18.99Add to cartUnlock the hidden depths of John’s Gospel.
John’s Gospel offers readers a new language?of being born anew, of living water, of wind and spirit, of the “I am”?that enhances how we understand the divine, how we experience the world, and how we participate in the mystery of faith.
With her characteristic wit and charm, Amy-Jill Levine introduces readers to the world of the Gospel of John by unpacking the stories in their original context, along with examining how the text is read today. This book considers the Gospel of John in its entirety, moving through the Gospel and exploring the prologue, the wedding at Cana, the Samaritan woman at the well and the woman caught in adultery, the healing of the man at the pool and the man born blind, foot washing, Mary Magdalene and Doubting Thomas, and the Lamb of God.
Components available to use this book in a small group study include a leader guide and video available on DVD.
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Acts Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe book of Acts traces the birth of the early church from its small, inauspicious beginnings to Paul’s arrival in Rome. As Jesus predicted, the kingdom of God started small, but the power of God is still transforming and changing broken people and places. Jesus is still with us, still at work, writing a new history that moves the lives of people in every place to bring heaven to earth until that last great day when he returns.
Through a study of the story of the early church, Acts: The Power that Changes the World will encourage, challenge, and empower readers to live out God’s story in their lives and in their world.
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Job Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartThe book of Job is an agonizing journey through the suffering of a godly man. We listen to his heart-wrenching thoughts and prayers and feel his confusion. Each person inevitably reads this story out of their own experience with suffering and disappointment. What is God up to? Why is this happening? Does he even care how we hurt?
Job: Where Is God in My Suffering? creates space for prayers, reflections, and conversations in which Job’s story, your story, and Jesus’s story all come together. All who suffer (and that’s everyone!) will find greater meaning and significance in their own experience as they encounter the God who sent his perfect Son to suffer for us.
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Everywhere Is Jerusalem
$18.99Add to cartLocation matters.
Christianity isn’t a batch of spiritual thoughts or metaphysical truths. It’s a journey of real people with their feet on the ground in real places. In Everywhere Is Jerusalem, James Howell takes you on a spiritual pilgrimage to significant places in the ongoing story of the Christian faith. You’ll go from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, from the Jordan River to Assisi, and from the Sea of Galilee to Montgomery, Alabama. Along the way, you’ll discover the profound connections between biblical stories and the places they happened. You’ll see how Christians throughout history have brought their faith to life worldwide, in their own cities and communities. And you’ll find God calling you to bring your own faith to life right where you are, right now.
Part travelogue, part Bible study, this book will take you on a spiritual journey to the places that are most important in our faith, and you’ll discover that the most important place of all is the place where you are, right now.
Other study components include a Leader Guide and video available on DVD.
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How Can I Begin To Teach The Bible
$4.99Add to cartConcise, Easy-to-Understand Guide Prepares You to Confidently Teach the Bible in Churches, Small Groups, Schools, and More
If you have been called to teach Scripture-whether in a large church service or a small Bible study-it’s important to approach the task with proper principles, preparation, and presentation. But where should you start? This brief guide offers proven tips for delivering memorable, gospel-centered messages.
Written by pastor David Helm, How Can I Begin to Teach the Bible? presents easily applicable tips for new pastors and Bible teachers as well as experienced leaders who are searching for a better way to create and communicate lessons. Helm demonstrates how to identify the structure and context of biblical passages and use them to shape theologically rich messages. He also shows you how to highlight the gospel in every talk; avoid predictable, lengthy sermons; and more to develop Christ-centered messages that effectively reach the hearts of your audience.
*Brief, Accessible Resource: Easy-to-share guide answers important, commonly asked questions about teaching the Bible
*Biblical and Christ-Centered: Equips Christians with the confidence, convictions, and preparation they need to effectively share God’s word with others
*Practical Guidance: A great resource for new and experienced church pastors, as well as Bible study leaders, teachers, and Christian speakers
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Ecumenical Field Guide To Fresh Expressions
$18.99Add to cartLearn the essentials of fresh expressions for your church.
An Ecumenical Field Guide for Fresh Expressions is a practical manual for understanding and implementing Fresh Expressions for a church in any denominational setting.
The Fresh Expressions movement is a new way of thinking about the local church and a new way of doing church as a congregation. It refers to new (fresh) iterations or types (expressions) of ministry, usually outside the confines of the church building. These iterations or types of ministries are formed intentionally but organically out in the community, where people are. They are based on shared activities or interests, where people are gathering already, and where the people are open to or interested in learning about Jesus. Christian people share their own stories of how Jesus is part of their lives. Often, these gatherings become regular and increasingly begin to adopt the practices of a church community, like worship, service, study, and giving. Thus, they become fresh expressions of the church from which they sprang.
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Gospel Training For Deacons
$16.99Add to cartEvery church needs people to take the lead in serving the practical needs of the congregation. Robert H. Thune is intentional about training deacons by grounding them in the gospel of grace and giving them the tools for spiritual formation. Gospel Training for Deacons is an eight-lesson workbook to provide deacons with a biblical foundation for their service in the church of Jesus Christ.
Taking a biblical and practical approach to training deacons, this resource will shape future leaders at the heart level for their calling to serve the church. Thune helps churches develop deacons who know their own heart and how the good news of the gospel applies to it and cultivate a sense of “gospel fluency” so that they can live the gospel out in community. Whether used in one-on-one discipleship or in a small group setting, this study will give deacons the biblical foundation for their service in the church of Jesus Christ to faithfully serve.
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Colossians Study Guide With Leaders Notes (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99Add to cartIn a culture where questions about identity are at the forefront, Christians need to remember the most important thing that defines them is being united to Christ. This truth is a daily reality that brings strength and a confident destiny that brings hope.Colossians: Becoming Who You Are in Christ helps readers better understand their connection to Christ and realize that they are becoming who they have already been declared to be in Christ fully loved and fully alive in him. Transformation is God’s good gift that comes as we cooperate with his redeeming power and learn to respond to His invitation to trust him and live out our connection with Jesus in every area of life.
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Gods Gift Of Generosity
$28.00Add to cartGod’s Gift of Generosity is ideal for pastors who must engage in one of the most uncomfortable tasks of their role: asking people for money.
Why does generosity matter, and why should we give back to God?
Tailored specifically for pastors and lay leaders navigating the delicate task of stewardship, this insightful book transcends the mundane “how” of giving to explore the profound “why” behind our acts of generosity.
In this book Travis skillfully discusses the essence of generosity in three thought-provoking sections. Initially, he invites readers to ponder “what” generosity truly entails, painting a vivid picture of God’s boundless generosity woven throughout the entirety of Scripture. From there, he considers the “so what” question, confronting the challenges of practicing generosity today in a world consumed by materialism and acquisition. Finally, in the enlightening “now what” segment, Travis offers a practical roadmap for church leaders, equipping them with the tools and insights needed to navigate stewardship campaigns with grace and confidence.
With a blend of scholarly insight, heartfelt conviction, and practical advice, God’s Gift of Generosity serves as a beacon of wisdom and encouragement for those seeking to cultivate a spirit of generosity in their congregations, encouraging all to celebrate the timeless nature of God’s generosity and translate its profound truths into tangible, transformative actions in our contemporary world.
Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
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Effective Biblical Counseling
$22.99Add to cartIn Effective Biblical Counseling, Gold Medallion Award-winning author Dr. Larry Crabb presents a model of counseling that can be gracefully integrated into the functioning of the local church. He asserts that counseling is simply a relationship between people who care and that its goal is to free people to better worship and serve God. This book will show you how to help people achieve obedience and character growth in their lives, and establish a sense of personal worth and security along the way. Dr. Crabb says, I believe that God has ordained the local church to be his primary instrument to tend to his people’s aches and pains. In writing this book I have tried to be of practical help to Christians who want to be more effective in ministering to their suffering brothers and sisters.
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1662 Book Of Common Prayer International Edition Service Book
$250.00Add to cartIVP Academic’s popular edition of the classic 1662 Book of Common Prayer, now available as a beautiful Service Book for use in public worship.
The Service Book of the The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition contains all the services a minister would use in corporate worship. The liturgies present the unaltered text from the International Edition, set in large, readable type with red rubrics and five ribbons. Covered in beautiful genuine red leather, with gold stamping and a lay-flat binding.
The Service Book includes:
*Morning Prayer
*Evening Prayer
*The Creed of St. Athanasius
*The Litany
*Prayers and Thanksgivings
*The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels
*The Ministration of the Holy Communion
*Baptism, Both Public and Private
*Baptism for Those of Riper Years
*The Catechism, with Confirmation
*The Solemnization of Matrimony
*The Burial of the Dead
*The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth
*A Commination
*The Psalter
*Appendices
*Prayers from Other Services
*Additional Prayers and Thanksgivings
*From the Additional RubricsThe Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. But the classic text of the 1662 prayer book presents several difficulties for contemporary users, especially those outside the Church of England. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition gently updates the text for contemporary use. State prayers of England have been replaced with prayers that can be used regardless of nation or polity. Obscure words and phrases have been modestly revised-but always with a view towards preserving the prayer book’s own cadence. Finally, a selection of treasured prayers from later Anglican tradition has been appended.
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Soul Winning Church
$16.99Add to cartYour church’s sermons often include a call to evangelize. You’ve held evangelism training events. You give out invites to your Christmas and Easter services. So… where are all the new Christians? Is your church actually reaching the lost with the gospel?
For many of us, despite having the best intentions, our churches struggle to reach out with the gospel effectively. J.A. Medders and Dr. Doug Logan, Jr. have decades of experience in leading churches and mentoring pastors, and here they outline six principles for cultivating a genuine evangelistic culture throughout your church.
Includes case studies from a variety of different cultures and contexts to give you practical ideas for implementing these six principles.
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Quick Reference Guide To Biblical Counseling 2nd Edition
$59.99Add to cartHurting people need help. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems people bring to them. Now in its second edition, The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling provides the answers.
This A to Z guide gives pastors, counselors, and all believers the information they need to help congregants, clients, and friends in a wide array of situations. The many issues addressed include:
– addictions
– burnout
– forgiveness
– sexual abuse in childhood
– worry
– and many moreEach of the 40 topics covered follows a helpful 8-part outline and identifies typical symptoms and patterns, definitions and key thoughts, questions to ask, directions for the conversation, action steps, biblical insights, prayer starters, and recommended resources.
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Flyover Church : How Jesus’ Ministry In Rural Places Is Good News Everywher
$19.99Add to cartChrist is present and at work in rural communities. How do we lead from that reality?
The temptation to operate from a scarcity mindset is stronger than ever. The tensions unleashed over the past few years–which led to skepticism, breakdowns of trust, declining church attendance, and uncertainty around community ministry–continue to linger in and among our rural churches. Yet God’s loving, redemptive work is happening in all places, no matter how small or far-flung.
In Flyover Church, Brad Roth, the author of God’s Country, describes how rural ministry shares soul-deep commonalities with the church in every place. And he speaks a hopeful message into the distinct challenges–and promises–faced by rural communities. Tracing Jesus’ ministry and bountiful work among the small-town people and places in the gospel of Mark, this book offers a vision for ministry tailored to rural settings. Pastors and leaders everywhere will be encouraged to approach ministry from the reality of God’s abundance.
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Where Have All The Church Members Gone
$19.99Add to cartA church leadership fable about how to combat the silent killer of churches.
Oliver, lead pastor of Connection Church, couldn’t put his finger on why he felt so unsettled. Everything seemed to be going right at Connection– that was until he asked a task force what had happened to one church member: Jill. Oliver couldn’t have known how his one simple question could lead to an unraveling of what was really happening within the church.
In this book, respected church consultant, founder and CEO of Church Answers, and author of several church leadership books, Thom S. Rainer, shows how the trend of low church attendance is slowly undermining churches and sending many to the grave. With this leadership parable, Thom illustrates the five key dysfunctions that plague congregations and block healthy church growth. He demonstrates why church leaders need to pay more attention to core issues like unbelief, membership, and dedication to evangelism.
Where Have All the Church Members Gone? will give you hope. The book will give you a plan on how to identify dysfunction and put your church on a path to renewal.
*A story that illustrates common church dynamics Follow Oliver and his Connection Church task force as they uncover the true reason for dwindling attendance;
*A plan that uncovers the real reasons: Don’t let appearances deceive you. Discover ways to pinpoint the key causes of apathy in congregations;
*A guide to the five typical dysfunctions: Find out why people are quietly quitting church and what you can do about it.
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Fully Devoted Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$28.00Add to cartFully Devoted Bible Study Book with Video Access includes printed content for eight sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” and tips for leading a group. Also, each Book contains unique codes that enable you to access free teaching videos for each session.
*15-minute video sessions featuring Alex and Stephen Kendrick and others
*8 small group sessions
*Promotional video
*Session previews featuring Alex and Stephen Kendrick
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What Happens Next Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$21.99Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think about the end times? If you are like many Christians, you might not think about it much at all. You have a carpe diem kind of faith that focuses on the here and now. Why occupy your thoughts with the “not yet” when you have enough to deal with in the “right now”? The answer is simple: because Jesus focused on the end times. A full thirty percent of his teachings in the Gospels have to do with discourses on heaven, hell, and the events that will signal the final age. So, if Jesus made the end times a priority, it only makes sense that his followers would make it a priority as well.
Perhaps one of the reasons why you don’t like to think about the end times is because you know it will involve turmoil and strife. Indeed, Jesus said the final days would be marked by events that include economic turmoil, political conflicts, ethnic tensions, persecution of Christians, famines, wars and rumors of wars, diseases, false prophets, waning faith in Jesus, and other fearful sights. Jesus declared, “All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:9). Labor pains increase in frequency and intensity as the delivery draws near. Jesus was speaking of a day in which the same will happen in the world.
Now, when it comes to considering these events that will signal the end of the age, you have a choice as to how you will respond. You can see these circumstances through the eyes of fear or faith. The eyes of fear see little reason for hope and ample reason for anxiety. However, the eyes of faith see history inching closer and closer to a new era that will usher in a heavenly destiny–a time when you will “reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize” (Philippians 3:14 nlt). God has told you what to expect not to scare you but to prepare you. He is like a pilot on the intercom telling the passengers about impending turbulence. A good pilot keeps his travelers informed. Your good Father does the same!
God wants you to have a deep-seated confidence that he is firmly on his throne and the future is in his hands. He has given prophecy to empower his saints with the reassurance that whatever happens in this life, he is ultimately sovereign.
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Now And Not Yet Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartIf you’ve ever waited on the Lord for something–direction, answers, resolution, strength–you know how challenging it can be. Even when we fully believe that God sees and hears our requests, if we’re honest, we sometimes view waiting as wasted time. But, what if it’s not? What if waiting is the means God uses to make us more like Christ? What if there are some pieces of God’s character that we’ll only learn while we wait?
If that’s true… how do we lean in? What lessons do these seasons hold? How do we keep hoping and believing what we know to be true?
In this six-week study, you’ll explore five biblical narratives that put God’s faithfulness to waiting people on display and help you direct your gaze from the answers you’re seeking to the God who meets you while you wait.
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
*The study guide itself–with discussion and reflection questions, video notes, and a leader’s guide.
*An individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (You don’t need to buy a DVD!)
Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2028. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
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Mixed Ecology : Inhabiting An Integrated Church
$26.99Add to cart‘Mixed ecology’ is a term use to describe how traditional parishes co-exist with fresh expressions, church plants and pioneer ministries.
Ed Olsworth-Peter explores what an integrated mixed ecology of Church looks like in a post pandemic world. As society begins to come to terms with the cultural and financial impacts of the last couple of years, the way we meet as church and how we reach out to those within our communities needs to be reconsidered.
The Church of England’s new vision and strategy includes three priorities one of which is that ‘mixed ecology is the norm’. Much has been written about the mixed economy/ecology of Church over the last 15 years across a range of traditions and denominations, but what hasn’t been explored as such is the connectivity and dependency between different local expressions of church, and the value of ‘co-growing’ alongside one another for their mutual health and missional development. More than ever there is a need for the church to be ‘one body’ – unified yet distinctive, aware of the gift of its breadth in a ‘global’ ecosystem that together recognises and resources different expressions of church.
This book will help church leaders and worshipping communities to understand their place within the mixed ecology, the value of growing their own local ecosystem, and how to develop a physically gathered, digital and hybrid ecology of Church. Offering cultural, ecclesiological and missional insights, coupled with practical application, it draws on the voices of respected theologians, authors and church leaders in the UK and USA.
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Luke In The Land Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartIn our Bibles, we have four Gospels describing Jesus’s time on earth: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The land of Israel-the place Jesus walked and taught during His earthly ministry-is often referred to as the “fifth Gospel.”
Follow Kristi McLelland through Israel as we study snapshots from the Gospel of Luke to see where the stories of the Bible took place. Over 7 sessions, challenge the way you read the accounts of Jesus through teaching videos that take you to locations in Israel like Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, and the road to Emmaus. Along the way, you’ll see how Jesus, the Messiah, brought His kingdom to earth for everybody.
*7 video teaching sessions shot in Israel with Kristi McLelland, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*Beautiful color photography that helps you visualize places where Jesus ministered
*6 weeks of personal study
Video Sessions:
*Session 1: Introduction (25:45)-From the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Kristi McLelland invites women to join her in a journey through the very places Jesus walked. In this introductory session, Kristi demonstrates the snapshot-like structure of the Gospel of Luke and tells of one day in the life of Jesus in the wilderness area along the road to Jericho.
*Session 2: Incarnation (28:42)-In this session, filmed in Bethlehem, Kristi dispels common myths as she teaches the Christmas story from Luke 2.
*Session 3: Inauguration (20:03)-At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and then went into the desert for forty days and nights. From those locations, Kristi shows us how this inaugurated Jesus’s ministry on earth.
*Session 4: Invitation (29:39)-Jesus spent most of His time on earth in the region of Galilee. Join Kristi in that region as she describes Jesus calling His disciples and challenges us to follow Him still today.
*Session 5: Partnership (25:51)-In this session, Kristi walks us through snapshots of Jesus’s ministry and teaching in locations around and on the Sea of Galilee.
*Session 6: Crucifixion (30:52)-Beginning in the Garden of Gethsemane, Kristi walks us through Jesus’s last moments before His death in locations like the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Southern Steps of the temple.
*Session 7: Resurrection (31:04)-After Jesus’s resurrection, He spent time teaching, eating, and walking with His disciples. From the road to Emmaus, Kristi sends forth the same challenge Jesus doe
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Pastoral Pause : A Practical Guide To Renewal Leave
$19.99Add to cartTake a break before you shatter.
In the demanding realm of pastoral ministry, where energy fades and the threat of burnout is ever-present, pastor Greg Pimlott offers a lifeline. With disarming humor and refreshing honesty, Pimlott invites us into his own transformative journey from burnout to spiritual revitalization, providing encouragement, inspiration, and practical tools for other pastors on the brink of exhaustion and considering a renewal leave.
From his candid account of the moment he realized he needed a break, to a life-changing encounter deep in the New Mexico desert, Pimlott shares poignant glimpses of life before, during, and after his leave to inspire his fellow clergy. Along the way, he provides spiritual and practical resources such as renewal leave checklists, budget-planning tools, book lists, reflection prompts, liturgies, and devotions to equip others on their journeys.
Pastors, facing the challenges of strained relationships, waning creativity, and diminishing spiritual reserves, will find solace and guidance in this invaluable and relatable resource. Take a break before you shatter — Pastoral Pause is your indispensable companion on the journey to self-renewal.
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Invest In Transformation
$16.00Add to cartThere is no transformation without trust, but trust is not transformation. We must learn how to invest trust for transformation.
Groups that have become skeptical need leadership to refuel a sense of community and continuity if change is going to happen. But trust can be easily hoarded or squandered. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger outlines steps to envision trust for the sake of growth.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on reviving trust within your community to enable transformative growth
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Leading Through Resistance.
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Leading Through Resistance
$16.00Add to cartWhen facing losses, even the best teammates can start pushing back. As teams wrestle with uncertainty, leaders need to chart a steady course. Join Tod Bolsinger as he teaches unexpected skills for engaging resistance and moving the mission forward.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on leading communities past losses with courage and empathy
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, The Mission Always Wins, and Invest in Transformation.
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Mission Always Wins
$16.00Add to cartIt’s time to further the mission. Not the boss, not the team, not the stakeholders-the mission.
Change requires tough decisions. But when the focus is blurred, how can we stay on track? We need clarity and agreement on the real task at hand-our genuine mission. This Practicing Change volume from Tod Bolsinger guides us through naming competing values and realigning the driving purpose with missional clarity.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on clarifying your organization’s purpose to give your team an aligned mission
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: How Not to Waste a Crisis, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.
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How Not To Waste A Crisis
$16.00Add to cartRising to the occasion calls for a new skill set. But when crises hit, we return to our defaults and double down. The upheaval you find yourself in can reframe your leadership and revive your team.
In this volume, an ideal place to begin the Practicing Change Series, Tod Bolsinger explores the opportunity available in a reality shaken by health, financial, social, and political disasters. Crisis is an opportunity to stop trying harder and begin embracing adaptability. Through observation, interpretation, and intervention, we as leaders can explore a way forward. When your church or nonprofit needs fresh vision, take these steps to learn how to lead anew, and then continue on your leadership journey with the next volumes.
In this essential Christian leadership resource, you’ll find:
*Wisdom on leading your organization through a crisis by embracing adaptability
*Practical advice from experienced Christian leader and bestselling author Tod Bolsinger
*Brief and accessible chapters sprinkled with colorful illustrations
*Real-life case studies and balcony time exercises for teamsThe Practicing Change Series from Tod Bolsinger offers an engaging introduction to how we process organizational change and come through with renewed mission and vision. Each of the four illustrated volume opens and closes with a case study and includes balcony time exercises for teams to process together. Also available: The Mission Always Wins, Leading Through Resistance, and Invest in Transformation.
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Confronting Sexism In The Church
$18.00Add to cartHow to Fight Sexism in the Church
Despite the real progress that has been made in recent years, women continue to be silenced, wounded, and relegated to the sidelines in our churches. Many churches-even churches that outwardly affirm and platform women-remain unaware of the patterns and cultures at play that set up unseen barriers for women.
This is a book for Christians who want to learn how to do better. Heather Matthews has experienced sexism in the church firsthand. In Confronting Sexism in the Church, she explores the history and culture of sexism in our contemporary evangelical world and describes the many ways-subtle and not so subtle-that it lives on in the church today. She gives simple, practical steps for how Christians can actively fight sexism in its many forms.
The mistreatment of women has been part of the human experience from the very beginning-but in Christ, women are set free to be all they’ve been created to be. This book invites churches to live out that reality in all its fullness.
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All Together Sunday School Book 1
$29.99Add to cartWhen You Have Kids of All Ages in One Room
Introducing a brand-new lesson series for when you have kids from preschool through 5th grade all together in one room! These Bible lessons, geared for ages 4-12, work any time you have kids of all ages all together! They’re so easy to pick up and teach because they have…
Simple supplies–things you likely have on hand at home or at church.
Digital copies! Book includes an access code to online digital lesson files, making it easy to share with other teachers.
All Together Sunday School (TM), Book 1 delivers a fresh way to help kids hear from God through his Word! In each lesson, kids explore a key Bible verse’s meaning (like Genesis 1:1; Psalm 23:1; and Jeremiah 29:11), learn its Bible story context, and practice living its message in their everyday lives. Every lesson is interactive and Bible-rich, guaranteeing that kids walk away with Bible truths that go from their heads to their hearts!
Featuring an intentional mix of Old Testament and New Testament lessons, All Together Sunday School, Book 1 includes lessons on Creation, the Ten Commandments, David and Psalm 23, the Christmas story, Pentecost, and other key Bible content.
During every lesson, kids will do all these things together–each activity is purposefully designed to reinforce the Bible point for lasting impact and to help kids build strong relationships with God and each other:
*Play. Fun games introduce the Bible point and get kids working together.
*Decide. Everyone is important to God, so kids get to decide which special job they want to do during the lesson–it gives them purpose and keeps them engaged.
*Talk. Kids pair up and talk about how they’re feeling as they prepare for prayer time.
*Pray. Now’s their chance to talk to God and tell him how they’re feeling during this interactive and inventive group prayer time.
*Discover Bible truths. Now that kids feel comfortable with one another, it’s time to dig into God’s Word and explore key Bible verses in context.
*Wonder. Kids get to move around and experience activities that help them apply the Bible truths they just learned to their lives.
*Review. Time to wrap things up before everyone leaves. Kids interact with the Bible verse in creative ways that help the Bible point stick for a lifetime.
Every lesson is designed to last about an hour and is flexible enough to work for more or less time. Plus, each All Together Sunday School book includes one lesso
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Organizational Behavior In Christian Perspective
$27.99Add to cartOrganizational behavior is an important and growing field in leadership and management studies, yet it has been largely overlooked by leaders of churches and other Christian ministries. Franklin Markow, who has been teaching leadership and organizational studies for 25 years, believes a comprehensive understanding of organizational behavior is essential for effective leadership. This introduction to the topic accounts for the unique dynamics of Christian organizations, gives theological foundations, and provides key insights and guidance to those studying or practicing leadership in churches and ministries.
Markow proposes and explains organizational behavior using a comprehensive “Five-Level Model,” which encompasses the 1) individual, 2) interpersonal, 3) group, 4) organizational, and 5) interorganizational perspectives of organizations. Readers will gain a better understanding of their organization and how people relate to it and to one another. The goal is to help people and organizations thrive and fulfill their God-given missions. Besides utilizing seminal and current sources from the field of organizational studies, Markow draws on interviews with senior-level leaders in churches and nonprofits for fresh and ministry-focused insights. Each chapter includes review questions, case studies, further reading suggestions, and current issue sidebars, making it a perfect textbook for college or seminary leadership classes. It is also a helpful resource for those in church administration and for all leaders who want to broaden their perspective and improve their practice.
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Team Family Book 1
$49.99Add to cartTeam Family(TM) Is Your Year-Round Guide for Intentional Family Ministry
It’s finally here–a resource to help you and your church effectively reach and engage families of all shapes and sizes! Team Family gives you a practical year-round strategy for partnering with today’s families to strengthen their faith and their relationships with each other, with other families, with you, and with Jesus.
Team Family Book 1 includes these four seasonal themes:
*Comfort & Joy(Winter/Christmas)
*Amazing Grace (Spring/Easter)
*Rewind. Be Kind. (Summer)
*Take Courage! (Fall)Formatted around the four seasons of the year, you’ll get fresh, innovative, and intentional ideas for engaging families–do them all or pick and choose! Inside each annual book, you’ll get all this for every seasonal theme:
*Family event ideas and experiences designed to grow relationships within families and friendships with other families.
*Scripts for interactive, intergenerational family worship services.
*Creative ways for families to reach out and serve your community inside and outside your church.
*Friendship-focused follow-up ideas to inspire families to return, planning tools, and ways to center your heart on and pray for the families you serve.
*Practical insights for you to understand families and their needs.
In addition, each book includes an online access code for downloadable resources to help you promote every activity such as social media graphics, printable posters, invites, and more!
Team Family is your annual go-to guide for practical, easy-to-implement ideas that help you feel effective at partnering with families!
Team Family delivers…
*Intentionality around building community, nurturing faith, and creating strong relationships.
*Bible exploration for families that invites parents/caregivers to engage and grow alongside their kids.
*Fun! Families play, create, worship, and serve–all while growing closer to Jesus.
*Easy-to-implement ideas with low volunteer needs.
*Simplicity–it’s easy to plug in any of the ideas to what you’re already doing for families–or to start something new.
*Colorfully designed interior pages with additional places to customize with your own ideas, prayers, notes, and reminders.
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Navigating Destructive Relationships
$18.99Add to cartAll relationships disappoint us from time to time. But some relationships are destructive, especially those marked by addiction, abuse, and/or life-dominating problems. Navigating Destructive Relationships, a support group curriculum, provides you with a safe and stable place where you can name what’s going on and turn toward God. You are not alone. God sees and cares for your suffering.
Navigating Destructive Relationships is built on a 9-step model that helps you process intense relational suffering with the hope of the gospel. Learning alongside others facing similar challenges allows participants a unique opportunity to grow as they identify choices they can make in response to their loved one’s destructive patterns.
This resource is part of the Church-Based Counseling series, built on the G4 model of subject-specific, lay-led counseling groups, designed to help churches create sustainable lay counseling ministries.
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Overcoming Addiction : 9 Steps Toward Freedom
$18.99Add to cartIf you are willing to admit that alcohol and/or drugs are disrupting your life, Overcoming Addiction will guide you toward healing. Counselor Brad Hambrick provides a 9-step framework to help you reclaim your life and experience the freedom God wants for you. Find hope as you learn to be honest with God, yourself, and others.
Overcoming Addiction is a support group curriculum that seeks to capture the gospel in slow motion and provide a safe environment for participants to grow together as they pursue steps toward lasting change to addictive patterns.
This resource is part of the Church-Based Counseling series, built on the G4 model of subject-specific, lay-led counseling groups, designed to help churches create sustainable lay counseling ministries.
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Pursuing God Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video
$24.99Add to cartWe are made to experience and express God’s love and beauty.
If you’ve hit a wall in your faith walk, or you feel like your relationship with God lacks passion, join Bible teacher Margaret Feinberg on a journey through the book of Genesis and the Gospel of John in pursuit of a God who restores our faith in his love and fills us with the wonder of his beauty.
Both Genesis and the Gospel of John are written to spark your desire to pursue a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ. In this twelve-session video-based Bible study (streaming video access included), you’ll:
*Take a close look at these two books of the Bible (with six sessions dedicated to each)
*Reflect deeply on your relationship with God
*Awaken to the Lord’s infinite beauty and love in a fresh and transformative wayThis study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:
*The study guide itself–with discussion and reflection questions and video notes
*An individual access code to stream all 12 video sessions online (DVD also available separately)
*Special group activities and icebreakers designed to help participants encounter God
*Between-session personal studies to dig deeper into Scripture on your own
Sessions and video run times include:
1. Encountering God (16:00)
2. Call on the Name of the Lord (15:00)
3. The Pursuit, the Promise, and the Provision (12:00)
4. When Love Goes Right and When Love Goes Wrong (17:00)
5. It’s Not About You (21:00)
6. Finding God Among Prisons and Palaces (19:00)
7. Encountering Jesus (18:00)
8. When God Sees Through You (20:00)
9. Recognizing the Blind Spots (17:00)
10. When Worship Costs More than Expected (16:00)
11. Mistakes that Refine Instead of Define (13:00)
12. The Hope and Healing of Resurrection (15:00)Watch on any device!
Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2029. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
Previously published as Pursing God’s Love and Pursuing God’s Beauty.
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Desarrolle Mujeres Lideres – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartCómo aprovechar más eficazmente los dones y las capacidades de liderazgo de las mujeres en tu iglesia¿Cómo sería tu iglesia en el futuro si maximizaras los dones latentes de las mujeres que Dios ha puesto allí? En Desarrolle mujeres líderes, Kadi Cole, veterana de treinta años en liderazgo y desarrollo de personas, ofrece una estrategia práctica para ayudar a los líderes de iglesias y organizaciones a crear culturas que faciliten el desarrollo de mujeres como voluntarias y líderes del personal.Mediante el uso de entrevistas y encuestas de más de mil mujeres en roles clave de la iglesia y la organización, combinadas con investigación actual, la autora ha creado ocho «prácticas óptimas» fáciles de implementar que ayudan a acelerar la contribución organizacional de una mujer.Los apendices y referencias amplias agregan aún más orientación para establecer visión, hitos y metas. Desarrolle mujeres líderes es un recurso único en su genero para identificar lo que carece hoy en su iglesia para ayudarla a prosperar en el futuro.
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Enough Silence : Creating Sacred Space For Survivors Of Sexual Assault Thro
$24.99Add to cartLearn how restorative justice can offer healing to survivors of sexual abuse in your faith community
Clara was five years old the first time she was raped by her father. The trauma stifled Clara’s self-esteem, ability to trust others, and emotional regulation well into adulthood. But after an encounter with a repentant man who had committed the same crime against his own daughter–through a guided victim-offender dialogue–Clara was finally able to breathe.
In Enough Silence, Cheryl Miller draws on more than two decades working with survivors of abuse to create the composite character of Clara. Her story represents countless real people in our faith communities living with a personal history of sexual trauma. Clara’s story illustrates how restorative justice practices–implemented with care–can transform the lives of survivors. These practices include:
– holding offenders accountable,
– lending direct voice to survivors, offenders, and members of the community,
– taking into account all those with stakes in incidents of sexual abuse,
– clarifying the organization’s values, and
– establishing a safe and structured environment for survivors.She also offers a road map for implementing victim-offender dialogue, surrogate dialogue, circles, and more.
Enough Silence issues a call to pastors, clergy, nonprofit professionals, and other leaders to dismantle patriarchal systems that perpetuate rape culture. By embracing restorative justice practices, faith communities can imitate Christ in ministering to survivors and those who love them.
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Honor : Loving Your Church By Building One Another Up
$16.99Add to cartA right understanding of honor is vital to healthy churches. It’s a word that’s mentioned hundreds of times throughout the Bible. But what does honor really look like for us in everyday church life? Who should we honor and how?
Adam Ramsey brings a fresh understanding of true honor in our churches. He paints a vision of an honoring church that captivates your mind and heart–a church that shines brightly in the community because of the way its members value and respect each other and their leaders and, above all else, bring honor to God.
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Organizational Behavior In Christian Perspective
$49.99Add to cartOrganizational behavior is an important and growing field in leadership and management studies, yet it has been largely overlooked by leaders of churches and other Christian ministries. Franklin Markow, who has been teaching leadership and organizational studies for 25 years, believes a comprehensive understanding of organizational behavior is essential for effective leadership. This introduction to the topic accounts for the unique dynamics of Christian organizations, gives theological foundations, and provides key insights and guidance to those studying or practicing leadership in churches and ministries.
Markow proposes and explains organizational behavior using a comprehensive “Five-Level Model,” which encompasses the 1) individual, 2) interpersonal, 3) group, 4) organizational, and 5) interorganizational perspectives of organizations. Readers will gain a better understanding of their organization and how people relate to it and to one another. The goal is to help people and organizations thrive and fulfill their God-given missions. Besides utilizing seminal and current sources from the field of organizational studies, Markow draws on interviews with senior-level leaders in churches and nonprofits for fresh and ministry-focused insights. Each chapter includes review questions, case studies, further reading suggestions, and current issue sidebars, making it a perfect textbook for college or seminary leadership classes. It is also a helpful resource for those in church administration and for all leaders who want to broaden their perspective and improve their practice.
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Revelation Bible Study Book With Video Access (Student/Study Guide)
$24.99Add to cartPerhaps no other book of the Bible feels as inaccessible and as intimidating to us as the very last one. The book of Revelation overflows with images and ideas that confound our modern ears. But if all Scripture is God-breathed and profitable, we should assume Revelation is as accessible and helpful as any other book of the Bible. Why don’t we see it that way?
Two thousand years ago, John’s Revelation was circulated and read aloud among seven churches in Asia Minor. Those who heard the letter understood it and drew encouragement from its message. The same can be true for you today. Over 10 sessions of verse-by-verse Bible study, Jen Wilkin helps you discover how the last book of the Bible-the culmination of God’s great story-speaks both a steadying word of assurance and a strong call to endure to the church in every age.
Features
*Verse-by-verse study of the book of Revelation
*10 video teaching sessions unpacking truths found throughout the study and offering additional insights, available via redemption code printed in the Bible study book
*9 weeks of personal study featuring illuminating questions to help you focus on and understand Scripture
*Includes the full text of Revelation
*Appendix with helps for interpretation and further study
*Leader helps for group discussion