From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry
Shows the clear connection between justice and religious education in the Black experience. The resource sets forth the cultural imperatives of ministry and the contextual nature of a public theology of religious education that connects...
From Relief to Empowerment: How Your Church Can Cultivate Sustainable Mission
Move mission beyond “us and them” to “all of us together.” Mission flourishes when relationships are characterized by mutuality—a difficult, but important, balance to sustain. While there are times for the relief efforts and traditional...
Global United Methodism Telling the Stories, Living into the Realities
United Methodist Scholars Writing from Their Global Contexts The United Methodist Church continues to live into its global nature, and this book, written by scholars from their own contexts, helps develop deeper global sensibilities as...
Go! How to Become a Great Commission Church
God tells us to “Go!” So let’s do it! Nothing holds us back. God’s mission for us and our churches is more exciting and rewarding than we can possibly imagine. This book gives tactics to...
Grace to Lead: Practicing Leadership in the Wesleyan Tradition
A Wesleyan Guide to Leadership. Designed specifically for Christian leaders and teachers, Grace to Lead: Practicing Leadership in the Wesleyan Tradition, Revised Edition delves into Wesleyan scholarship to guide readers into effective contemporary leadership, from...
Grace Under Pressure
Distancing himself from liberals and conservatives but also pointing to the uselessness of a middle way, Rieger explores the theology of grace in situations of human pressure. Following John Wesley in his move to consider...
Happy Surprises: Help Others Discover the Joy of Giving
Helping people experience generosity always yields happy surprises. According to author David L. Heetland, people want to give, and this book shows how to turn these generous intentions into tangible help for nonprofit organizations. While...
Henry Foxall: Methodist, Industrialist, American
A tale of one man’s impact on both a church and state in a country that enshrines their separation. Henry Foxall set the tone for subsequent American Methodists: adapters, entrepreneurs, and leaders. He was the...
I Was in Prison: United Methodist Perspectives on Prison Ministry
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...
Imagining Equity: The Gifts of Christian Feminist Theology
Imagine the possibilities of a non-sexist Church that advocates justice for all. Christian feminist theology challenges traditional theology and Church practices that have restricted half of God’s people from serving God and the Church as...