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...
A Wesleyan Theology Of The Eucharist
Recover the Eucharist for Church and Ministry. For John and Charles Wesley, few things were more important for both theology and ministry than attentiveness to the Lord’s Supper. But the commitment to the centrality of the...
Answering the Call: Candidacy Guidebook
This book is available through your annual conference office.
Attend to Stories: How to Flourish in Ministry
Refresh, renew, rekindle passion for ministry by helping others revisit their stories. Reinvigorate your ministry as you help others. Author Dr. Karen Scheib says that to experience a new sense of freedom in caring for...
Benedict on Campus – Eight Spiritual Disciplines for Collegiate Ministry
Incorporate spiritual disciplines into collegiate ministry settings. Inspired by the religious life of St. Benedict and richly illustrated with concrete examples, MacDonald adapts eight spiritual disciplines for emerging young adults. This book is a practical...
Bid Our Jarring Conflicts Cease: A Wesleyan Theology and Praxis of Church Unity
Schism and heresy are not doctrinal divisions but failures to love. In theological discussions about diversity within Methodist Churches, people usually reference a few standard quotes from John Wesley, particularly his sermon “Catholic Spirit.” However,...
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....
Common Worship
Common worship? Yes, because a broken church cannot repair a broken world. Common worship is evidence of our engagement with Christ’s prayer “that we may be one.” Anderson says, “To say that Christian liturgy is...