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PaperbackThe Unhiding of Elijah Campbell
A Novel
by Kelly M Flanagan
Illumination Book Award
Nautilus Book Award
Elijah Campbell is on the verge of losing his writing career, his faith, and his marriage when a recurring childhood nightmare drives him back to his hometown, Bradford's Ferry. There, his encounters with loved ones both past and present shed light on the reason his wife left him—and the meaning ...
PaperbackAwakening to Justice
Faithful Voices from the Abolitionist Past
by The Dialogue on Race and Faith, Seattle Pacific University , Albert George Miller, Estrelda Y. Alexander, Jemar Tisby, Christopher Momany, Sègbègnon Mathieu Gnonhossou, David Daniels, R. Matthew Sigler, Douglas M. Strong, Diane Kathleen Leclerc, and Esther Chung-Kim
"O where are the sympathies of Christians for the slave and where are their exertions for their liberation? . . . It seems as if the church were asleep."
David Ingraham, 1839
In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a ...
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In this fascinating interview, IVP authors Barbara Peacock, MelindaJoy Mingo, Terence Lester, Antipas Harris, and A. D. "Lumkile" Thomason share their ideas for new ways we can be celebrating Black History Month as well as their hopes for the future of racial reconciliation in America.
EbookTreating Trauma in Christian Counseling
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
Edited by Heather Davediuk Gingrich and Fred C. Gingrich
Traumatic experiences are distressingly common, and the risks of developing posttraumatic stress disorder are high. But in recent years the field of traumatology has grown strong, giving survivors and their counselors firmer footing than ever before to seek healing. This book is a combined effort to introduce counseling approaches, trauma information, and Christian reflections to respond to the ...
PaperbackBeyond Ethnic Loneliness
The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging
by Prasanta Verma
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
"So what are you? Go back where you belong!"
Majority white American culture has historically marginalized people of color, who at times feel invisible and alienated and at other times are traumatized by oppression and public discrimination. This reality leads to a particular kind of aloneness: ...
HardbackWhen Narcissism Comes to Church
Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
by Chuck DeGroat
Foreword by Richard J. MouwOutreach Resource of the Year
Why Does Narcissism Seem to Thrive in Our Churches?
We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church?
Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, ...
PaperbackWhen Narcissism Comes to Church
Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
by Chuck DeGroat
Foreword by Richard J. MouwOutreach Resource of the Year
Why Does Narcissism Seem to Thrive in Our Churches?
We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church?
Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, ...
PaperbackAll God's Children
How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity
by Terence Lester
Foreword by Daniel HillForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist
The more you understand someone's history, the better you can see their humanity. This is true for individuals as well as for society at large. Race relations have suffered because of the erasure of important Black history and cultural context. As we fill in the gaps of our collective knowledge, communities ...
HardbackThe Offensive Church
Breaking the Cycle of Ethnic Disunity
by Bryan Loritts
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Crises around race have put the church in a defensive posture, always reacting to racial conflicts in society. But Jesus wants more. He wants Christians to play offense by discipling people into a new humanity, where we push beyond mere diversity and into a biblical vision for ethnic unity.
Bryan Loritts calls Christians ...
PaperbackOne Body, One Spirit
Principles of Successful Multiracial Churches
by George Yancey
Foreword by Michael O. EmersonWhen the church began, an amazing diversity of people from different geographic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds gathered together to confess a common faith in Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul cast a vision of one body where Jew and Gentile would worship together in unity. The Revelation to John likewise foreshadows an eternal future where all nations will join together at the throne of the Lamb.Sadly, ...
