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. Preaching is a fundamental task of pastors. and some say...

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 many leaders are reluctant to make appeals for money, Heetland...

Beginning with the Trinitarian debates that raged within England from the early 17th century through the 18th century, this book explains and documents how profoundly important the participatory economic Trinitarian dimension is for understanding Wesley’s theology. The author shows how Wesley’s Trinitarian vision of Christian...

In recent years, truth has become a relative term. How can we recognize the truth when everyone does “what is right in their own eyes”? When we accept and expect lies, how is civil society possible? If everyone has their own moral compass, is there...

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 heart of what it means to live the Christian faith...

Drawing on Wesleyan themes of grace and responsibility, Watching Over One Another in Love provides step-by-step guidance for creating a covenant-based ministry assessment process that holds persons accountable for fruit-bearing faith. At the same time, it enables the experience of ministry assessment to be edifying...

Join the conversation. Suitable for a 4-week study, this resource addresses how the church be a witness and provide for a diversified human community. Based on a paper by Dr. Charles M. Wood, the resource presents United Methodists an opportunity to think about what has...

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...

What does it mean to be a theologian? When Emory University’s Candler School of Theology was established in 1914, the school’s founders had little notion of the remarkable events ahead: two world wars, a cold war under the threat of nuclear destruction, the collapse of...

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...