A Charge to Keep: Reflective Supervision and the Renewal of Christian Leadership
Supervision can be a gift of grace. This book explores pastoral supervision in the context of leadership development and equips readers with practical tools with which to create and implement policies that will help ministers...
Answering the Call: Candidacy Guidebook
This book is available through your annual conference office.
Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Pastoring Large Churches
Can women successfully pastor churches of 1,000 or more? How can they possibly take care of their large, diverse flocks - and themselves? How can they balance their work/ministry with their home and family life?...
Christianity the Wesleyan Way: Principles and Practices for Life and Ministry
An overview of the life and theology of John Wesley and the distinctives of Methodism with application for ministry. What does it mean to be and live as a Methodist? What is unique about a...
Church Finances for Missional Leaders: Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship
A 360-degree approach to local church finances for congregations of all sizes Includes: guidelines, tools, worksheets, and strategiesfor pastors, treasurers, trustees, finance and stewardship chairs and committees. Includes reproducible pages with worksheets and sample policies....
Conversations, Leading United Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities
Courageous Past—Bold Future: The Journey Toward Full Clergy Rights for Women in The United Methodist Church
The year 2006 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the historic decision in 1956 to accord full clergy rights to women clergy in The Methodist Church. Courageous Past-Bold Future chronicles this historic journey of passion, struggle,...
Crafting the Sermon: A Beginner’s Guide to Preaching
A down-to-earth, practical introduction to the ins and outs of preaching. This book is for those who are newly arrived in the pulpit: lay preachers, bivocational and local pastors, as well as recent seminary graduates....
Crossing Boundaries: Sharing God’s Good News through Mission
Mission: Conversation, Credibility, Connection Mission is often dismissed as an extraneous add-on or treated as simply another program among many. This book advocates for a new understanding of mission, one that connects it to the...
Develop Intercultural Competence: How to Lead Cross-Racial and Cross-Cultural Churches
Lead with cultural intelligence as you minister to God’s diverse peoples. Author, HiRho Y. Park’s latest work identifies best practices and offers practical tips and case studies for leading diverse and vital congregations. The book...