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PaperbackMulticultural Ministry Handbook
Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World
BridgeLeader Books
Edited by David A Anderson and Margarita R. Cabellon
Outreach Magazine Book Award winner
The world is becoming increasingly diverse. More and more of our neighbors are from a variety of cultures, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. But most churches are still culturally homogenous and do not represent every tribe and tongue. What can we do to minister more effectively to our multicultural society?
David Anderson ...
PaperbackSoul Care in African American Practice
by Barbara Peacock
Christianity Today Award of Merit
In the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative.
Now, more than ever, we need to pause—intentionally—and encounter the Divine.
Soul care director Barbara Peacock illustrates a journey of prayer, spiritual direction, and soul care from an African American perspective. ...
PaperbackSmall Group Idea Book
Edited by Cindy Bunch
Are you looking for fresh ideas to energize your small group? Here are hundreds of activities contributed by small group experts from across the United States. Tested in the field and drawn from the front lines of small group ministry, these creative ideas will help you evaluate the state of your group and enhance the five components of healthy group life.Community activities for the four stages ...
PaperbackCross and Crescent
Responding to the Challenges of Islam
by Colin Chapman
Are Muslims our neighbors? For increasing numbers of Western Christians, the answer to that question is yes.The crescent, an emblem of the Islamic faith recognized throughout the world, is gaining prominence in the West. As a result, we face an ongoing collision of Western and Islamic worldviews.We have all witnessed the violence and suspicion that can characterize these collisions. But what is ...
HardbackActs
New Testament Volume 6
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
The Reformation was a call to return with renewed vigor to the biblical roots of Christian faith and practice. Still, for the Reformers, the truth of the Bible could never be separated from the true community of God's people gathered by his Word. In the book of Acts, they found God's blueprint for how the church ...
PaperbackColossians & Philemon
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Robert W. Wall
To the Colossians, preoccupied with legal codes and intellectual disputes, Paul wrote a letter stressing not only the centrality of Christ but also the need for Christians to live out their faith in genuine community. Paul's antidote to a privatized and intellectualized faith will provide relief to many Christians today.To Philemon, a powerful church leader, Paul wrote a strong personal letter asking ...
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The IVP Bible Studies imprint equips both small groups and individuals for faithful, in-depth Scripture study. Including inductive Bible study guides, church curriculum, and multimedia group resources, titles in this imprint give Christians tools for deepening their faith, growing in biblical literacy, and seeking God alongside others in their church community. A significant part of IVP’s publishing history, our first seven Bible studies were published in 1985, growing into the popular LifeGuide Bible Studies (LBS), with more than 150 titles and fifteen million copies sold to date.
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Randy Woodley
Randy Woodley (PhD, Asbury Seminary) is Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture and the director of intercultural and indigenous studies at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. Woodley is a Keetoowah Cherokee Indian who has been in ministry among First Nations people since 1984. He is a teacher, poet, activist, former pastor, missiologist and historian. He and his wife, Edith (Eastern Shoshone/Choctaw), are cofounders of Eagle's Wings Ministry and are considered early innovators in the Native American Contextual Movement. He is a founding board member of NAIITS, the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies, and he administers the Fox/ NAIITS cooperative Master of Arts Intercultural Studies degree. Woodley is active in the ongoing discussions concerning new church movements, racial and ethnic diversity, peace, social justice, interreligious dialogue and mission. He regularly blogs in these areas and is the author of Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision and Living in Color: Embracing God?s Passion for Ethnic Diversity.
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Efrem Smith
Efrem Smith (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the colead pastor of Midtown Church, a thriving multiethnic community in Sacramento, California. His books include Raising Up Young Heroes and The Post-Black and Post-White Church.
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Rev. Alexia Salvatierra
Alexia Salvatierra is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For over eleven years she was the executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE). She teaches and trains people throughout the United States in the principles and methods of faith-rooted organizing.
