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  • The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community, By Paul Sparks and Tim Soerens and Dwight J. Friesen The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community, By Paul Sparks and Tim Soerens and Dwight J. Friesen
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    The New Parish

    How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

    by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention

    Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    "When . . . faith communities begin connecting together, in and for the neighborhood, they learn to depend on God for strength to love, forgive and show grace like never before. ...

  • The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    The Next Worship

    Glorifying God in a Diverse World

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Foreword by Mark Labberton

    Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit

    What happens when a diverse church glorifies the global God?

    We live in a time of unprecedented intercultural exchange, where our communities welcome people from around the world. Music and media from every culture are easily accessible, and our worship is infused with a rich variety of musical ...

  • Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found, By Mike Cosper Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found, By Mike Cosper
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    Land of My Sojourn

    The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found

    by Mike Cosper

    Library Journal's Best Nonfiction of 2024

    "Cosper’s honest appraisal of Church disagreements and his own spiritual uncertainty results in his joyful acceptance of his identity as an imperfect wounded healer. Essential reading for Christians who have lost hope.” – Library Journal Starred Review, January 2024

    Faith in the Wilderness

    Land of ...

  • Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, By Craig A. Evans Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, By Craig A. Evans
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    Urban Ministry

    The Kingdom, the City & the People of God

    by Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz

    No. 3 in the Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the Year

    The city presents serious challenges that cry out for answers: poverty, racism, human exploitation and government corruption. How can the church move ahead in the midst of these demands with the gospel of hope?

    Here, in one comprehensive volume, Harvie Conn and Manuel Ortiz, two noted scholars and proven ...

  • Apocrypha, Edited by Sever Voicu Apocrypha, Edited by Sever Voicu
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    Apocrypha

    Volume 15

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Sever J. Voicu
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    While the canonical status of the Greek and Latin Old Testament texts commented on within this volume has been understood differently within Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox traditions, their longstanding use within the Christian churches makes them worthy of careful study and reflection. As noted in the Anglican Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, Jerome says that the church ...

  • Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It, By Mark DeVries Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It, By Mark DeVries
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    Sustainable Youth Ministry

    Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do About It

    by Mark DeVries

    You're looking for a youth pastor. Again.What goes wrong? Why do youth ministries crumble? And what is the cost to students, parents, volunteers and church staff?Is a sustainable youth ministry possible, even after a youth pastor leaves?Youth ministry expert Mark DeVries knows the answer is yes, because he helps build sustainable youth ministries through his coaching service called Youth Ministry ...

  • Crossover Preaching: Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor, By Jared E. Alcántara
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    Crossover Preaching

    Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor

    Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology

    by Jared E. Alcántara

    As society becomes more culturally diverse and globally connected, churches and seminaries are rapidly changing. And as the church changes, preaching must change too.Crossover Preaching proposes a way forward through conversation with the "dean of the nation's black preachers," Gardner C. Taylor, senior pastor emeritus of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. In this richly interdisciplinary ...

  • Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods, By Jonathan Brooks Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods, By Jonathan Brooks
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    Church Forsaken

    Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods

    by Jonathan Brooks
    Foreword by Amisho Baraka

    "There are no God-forsaken places, just church-forsaken places." —Jon Fuller, OMF InternationalJonathan Brooks was raised in the Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. As soon as he was able, he left the community and moved as far away as he could. But through a remarkable turn of events, he reluctantly returned and found himself not only back in Englewood but also ...