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Author: Scott W. Alexander
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781558963092
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes personal profiles methods for effective sermon writing and suggestions for improving the speaker-audience connection.
Author: Eugene L. Lowry
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780687110346
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eunjoo Mary Kim
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2012-04-06
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1608999017
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is about leadership, a scholarly and pastoral response to the urgent demand for the renewal of the contemporary Christian church. It challenges readers to articulate the identity and vision of the church in new ways, and encourages them to revitalize their ministry with fresh insight and passion from women's perspectives. The eight essays written by female scholars in relation to various areas of theological study and the nine pastoral responses to the essays written by ministers from seven different denominations, based on their experiences of actual ministerial settings, provide new paradigms of church leadership--theologically profound, practically relevant, and historically timely. This volume, a product of a collaborative process between academia and church, promises to be a most useful resource to renew the leadership of the church and its vocational commitment to the transformation of the church and society.
Author: O. Wesley Allen, Jr.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780664228606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Preaching, says professor and author O. Wesley Allen Jr., should be considered as a form of conversation. The church, after all, is a community of conversation that exists in part to interpret God's purposes for the world and to participate in those purposes. The idea of the sermon as a conversation, then, is not simply a style or form of preaching but an integral expression of the nature and purpose of the church.
Author: William R. McAlpine
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2011-02-14
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 1608994686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sacred Space for the Missional Church examines the strong link between the theology and mission of the Church and the spaces in which and from which that theology and mission are lived out. The author demonstrates that the built environment is not incidental or even subservient to mission. Rather it is a key player in the fulfillment and the communication of that mission. The book begins with a working definition of the missional church, underscoring the connection between God's mission (missio Dei) and the Church's mission. The reader is presented with historical and theological frameworks for sacred space, and reminded of the pivotal role of the built environment in the fulfillment of the mission of the Church. The design and construction of sacred spaces are shown to be fundamentally a theological exercise and not solely a matter of function, pragmatics and fiscal astuteness. The author questions the uncritical application of blanket statements such "form must follow function," and challenges the conviction that it does not matter where worship occurs, only that it occurs. The book addresses genuine concerns such as legitimizing the cost of church buildings and concludes with practical suggestions and essential questions that must be considered in posturing the built environment within the missional praxis of the Church.
Author: Isidore Mullois
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The Clergy and the Pulpit in Their Relations to the People" by Isidore Mulloisac is an earnest look at the work and importance of the clergy. Written in an easy-to-read style, the book helps the greater public learn about the charity promoted by Christianity and how important it is for humans to love one another. It then moves on to help any readers in the clergy to better formulate their sermons to strike a chord with audiences.
Author: Michelle Walsh
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-02-16
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 331941772X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of the intertwining impact of violent trauma, culture, and power through case studies of two ministries serving in different demographic contexts within the United States. Mass shootings continue to rise in the United States, including in religious and school contexts, and the U.S. also is ground zero for the now international Black Lives Matter movement. The author shows how all forms of violent trauma impact more than individuals –devastating communal relationships and practices of religious or spiritual meaning-making in the aftermath, and assesses how these impacts differ according to lived experiences with culture and power. Looking at the two ministries, an urban grassroots lay ministry organization that serves surviving family members in the aftermath of homicide, and a denominational ministry that served a church in the aftermath of a political and religiously motivated shooting, the author develops trauma-specific interdisciplinary tools for lived religion studies. "This book powerfully utilizes an intersectional lens to highlight the inter-interconnections to be found for those working in faith communities, as well as mental health. Walsh provides the reader with an opportunity to explore and develop theoretical and practice perspectives that include: race and ethnicity, religion and spirituality, social class and ability, sexual orientation, immigration and refugee status, and explores the impact that oppression and discrimination have on our communities and society. I highly recommend this book for those who are engaged in working to combat domination at the local, national and global levels." - Gary Bailey, Simmons College, USA
Author: Sarah Travis
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2014-11-13
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1630876623
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Colonialism and imperialism continue to impact the personal and social identities of North American preachers and listeners. In Decolonizing Preaching, Sarah Travis argues that sermons have a role in shaping the identity and ethics of listeners by helping them formulate responses to empire and colonization. Travis employs postcolonial theories to provide important insights for the practice of preaching today. She also turns to the social doctrine of the Trinity to offer a vision of the divine/human community that effectively deconstructs colonizing discourse. This book offers preachers and other practical theologians a gentle introduction to colonial history, postcolonial theories, and Social Trinitarian theology, while equipping them with tools to decolonize preaching and strategies for preventing, resisting, and responding to colonizing discourse. Travis effectively casts a vision of a "perichoretic space" in which preacher and listener encounter the living God-in-Trinity and are transformed, reconciled, and sent out to others in the church and beyond.
Author: R. Robert Creech
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2019-02-19
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1493416952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Experienced pastor and seminary teacher R. Robert Creech helps pastoral leaders increase their effectiveness by applying family systems theory to congregational life and ministry. Creech introduces readers to the basic concepts of Bowen Family Systems Theory, applies family theory to the work of ministry in church settings, and connects systems thinking to the everyday aspects of congregational ministry, such as preaching, pastoral care, leadership, spiritual formation, and interpreting biblical texts. Each chapter contains discussion questions, and there are five helpful appendixes with supplemental information about Bowen theory.
