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PaperbackVintage Saints and Sinners
25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
by Karen Wright Marsh
Foreword by Lauren F. WinnerOutreach Resource of the Year
Foreword INDIES Award FinalistSaints are people too.
The word saint conjures up images of superstar Christians revered for their spectacular acts and otherworldly piety. But when we take a closer look at the lives of these spiritual heavyweights, we learn that they also experienced ...
PaperbackThe Roar of Justice
Hearing God's Relentless Call in the Book of Amos—An 8-Week Bible Study with Video Access
IVP Bible Study Experience
by Vanessa K. Hawkins
Learn Why Justice Matters to God Through the Book of Amos
The prophet Amos was a simple shepherd and an unlikely prophet, yet he delivered a powerful message to Israel and its neighbors—a declaration of God's heart for justice. Trusted Bible teacher Vanessa Hawkins invites us to lean in and listen closer to Amos because what was true about God's justice for ancient Israel ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackShame Redeemed
Learning to Live in Christ's Freedom
by Toni Kim
Foreword by Curt ThompsonDiscover the Unexpected Grace Found in Shame
We are God's beloved children. Yet too often our imperfections lead to feelings of shame that leave us insecure and anxious, affecting how we view ourselves, each other, and God. Shame makes us feel that we are not good enough and can prevent us from receiving the love God wants to lavish on us.
God wants more for us. We ...
PaperbackWomen, Work, and Calling
Step into Your Place in God's World
by Joanna Meyer
Women now have professional opportunities beyond what previous generations ever imagined. But as our roles in public life have grown, the church's vision for women's work and calling has not grown with us, leaving us feeling isolated and under-resourced. Christian women face multiple tensions between home and work, navigating complex gender dynamics in the workplace and social pressure ...
HardbackLeading a Transforming Community
Foundations, Practices, and Strategies for Opening to God Together
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Prince Raney RiversCultivate and Catalyze Spiritual Transformation in Your Community
Many Christian communities long for deeper spiritual growth but find themselves stuck, not knowing how to move forward together. If you are a leader seeking to guide your community toward genuine, God-centered transformation, this book provides the vision and tools you need.
In Leading a Transforming ...
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Fouad Masri
Fouad Masri was born and raised in the war zone of Beirut, Lebanon. As a third-generation pastor, he has a passion for sharing the love of Christ with Muslims and has spent most of his life doing just that. After coming to the United States to attend seminary, Fouad realized the urgency for teaching American Christians to reach out to the growing population of internationals, particularly Muslims. In 1989, he founded Crescent Project to nurture transformational relationships between Christians and Muslims and overcome misconceptions about Islam and Christianity. Masri is an ordained minister and has been ministering to Muslims since 1979. He has trained more than 18,000 Christian to sensitively and purposefully share their faith with Muslims through both the Bridges One-Day and Sahara Challenge training programs. He has served as a guest instructor at several universities and Christian ministries and has been featured in several media publications, including Christianity Today, Newsweek, Mission Network News, and on CBN, TBN, the Janet Parshall Show, and Prime Time America. He is the producer and teacher in the DVD study, Bridges: Christians Connecting with Muslims. In Bridges, he further exposes Christians to the urgent need for understanding about Islam and Muslims. Fouad is author of Is the Injeel Corrupted? and Ambassadors to Muslims. Fouad holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication and an M.A. from Fuller Theological Seminaryin Islamic Studies. Fouad lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife Lisa and their two children.
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Charles E. Van Engen
Charles E. Van Engen (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) is the Arthur F. Glasser Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology of Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary and has taught in the School of Intercultural Studies since 1988. Previously he was a missionary in Mexico, working primarily in theological education. Van Engen also taught missiology at Western Theological Seminary in Michigan and served as president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America from 1998 to 1999. He is the founding president and CEO of Latin American Christian Ministries, Inc. Over the past thirty years Van Engen has been involved in extensive preaching, teaching and speaking on mission in Mexico and numerous countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the United States, Western Europe and Canada. A prolific author, Van Engen has published many books, chapters in books and papers in both English and Spanish. His wide-ranging publications include God's Missionary People, Mission-on-the-Way: Issues in Mission and You Are My Witnesses: Drawing from Your Spiritual Journey to Evangelize Your Neighbors. He is the coauthor of books such as Evaluating the Church Growth Movement, Communicating God?s Word in a Complex World and Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God?s Mission in the Bible. He is also the coeditor of several books including Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness, Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission, Missiological Education for the 21st Century, God So Loves the City, The Good News of the Kingdom and Evangelical, Ecumenical and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation. Van Engen is involved in the American Society of Missiology, Association of Professors of Mission, the International Association of Mission Studies, the Evangelical Missiological Society, the Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education and the Latin American Theological Fraternity.
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InterVarsity Press Publisher Jeff Crosby has confirmed that the Society of Biblical Literature's Council, at its next meeting on October 29-30, is taking up the question of IVP Academic's right to exhibit at the 2017 annual meetings of the jointly-hosted AAR-SBL. That conversation is a part of a larger discussion the SBL Council will have regarding its protocols and standards for exhibitors at its events.
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InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce Parker Hathaway as IVP's new academic and library marketing manager.
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InterVarsity Press won two Golden Canon awards for the significant contribution their books have made to the continued growth—both spiritually and professionally—of today’s leader. The Golden Canons were created by Leadership Journal and recognize "the year's books of most value to church leaders."
