In Managing Congregations in a Virtual Age, John W. Wimberly Jr. draws on the experience of the business community, and on a diverse group of skilled pastors and rabbis, as he lays out the opportunities and challenges of working from home for congregations and staff, offering principles and best practices for successfully managing remote workers ......
As a practical and empowering resource for congregational leaders, this comprehensive guide to Christian financial responsibility addresses church fundraising, stewardship campaigns, budgets, financing capital needs, endowments, and innovative approaches to economic sustainability.
As a practical and empowering resource for congregational leaders, this comprehensive guide to Christian financial responsibility addresses church fundraising, stewardship campaigns, budgets, financing capital needs, endowments, and innovative approaches to economic sustainability.
This book examines the ecclesiology and theology of the Locally Ordained Minister (OLM), priests and deacons, particularly in the Anglican Communion, who are ordained and licensed for ministry in a particular area. Noel Cox argues that the introduction of OLM raises difficult ecclesiological questions in the church.
Leadership in Small Churches provides guidance from scholars and practitioners with experience in small churches. The volume examines developing vision, handling conflict, pastoral care, preaching, discipleship, ministry to youth and children, missions, and leadership training
The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one.
Some Global and Historical Perspectives on Ongoing Crises
In this book Raymaker and Gruzden discuss how the world is being challenged due to globalization and secularization. The authors present to readers ways in which the Church is now trying to realistically assess the implications of modernism and postmodernism in a multicultural world.
Gail Ramshaw provides ten insights into the three-year lectionaries to guide all who are interested in exploring the meaning and importance of the Revised Common Lectionary and the Lectionary for Mass. Ramshaw combines deep historical, biblical, liturgical, and ecumenical knowledge with a keen perspective on the contemporary church to show us all ......
Church historian and Luther faculty member Mark Granquist provides a new and comprehensive history of Luther Seminary just in time for the celebration of the institution's 150th anniversary (1869-2019).
