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Drawing on their extensive experience in campus ministry, ten campus ministers offer theological insights and practical suggestions for vital United Methodist campus ministry today. Topics include the importance of campus ministry for the church's witness; the role of campus ministry in preparing leaders for church...

The Term: A Word for the Campus by the Campus is a journal of preaching and worship for collegiate ministry. Written by collegiate ministers, The Term provides a place for sharing timely and beneficial homiletical, liturgical, and reflective resources for collegiate ministry by utilizing collegiate...

A distinguished group of United Methodist seminary professors celebrate the life and work of Russell E. Richey by presenting essays highlighting important themes around which much of his scholarly research and writing have focused: ministry and mission; denominationalism and connectionalism; ecclesiology and evangelism; and doctrine...

Rekindle your love of life. Find your true calling, maybe for the first time. What must we do to make our dreams come true? What can we do together to keep the promise of the American Dream? What should we do when so many of...

Author Dr. William B. Lawrence gives us a gift in this history of ordination in the Methodist tradition. From our beginnings, ordination has always been about the community. The community confirms one's call, helps him/her make decisions about preparation for ministry, and shares in the...

Designed as a companion to mentors and those training mentors, Mentoring into Vocation offers a comprehensive framework for guiding persons into ordained or lay vocations. Written specifically from the perspective of United Methodist polity and theology, the book provides leaders in annual conferences charged with...

Lucia Ann McSpadden offered a penetrating analysis of the struggles as well as the joys and opportunities experienced by persons engaged in cross-cultural-cross-racial ministry in The United Methodist Church. Soon after the book was published, it became apparent that a volume was needed that would...

The Biblical Foundations of Mentoring A new bilingual edition in Spanish and English. Since its first edition, published in 1992, this book has become a sought-after guide. It is also an excellent and concise introduction for anyone interested in learning more about the biblical meaning...

United Methodists have a rich history of involvement in prison ministry and criminal justice work. Yet today, precisely at a time when incarceration is reaching unprecedented levels in the United States, prison ministry in The United Methodist Church is fragmented and badly in need of...