Ministry & Pastoral Resources
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Spiritual Direction 101: The Basics of Spiritual Guidance
$21.00 Add to cartWondering what spiritual direction is all about?
Looking for a practical guide that covers everything from finding a spiritual guide to becoming one?
This is your “how-to” book on the history, practic- Author: Blythe, Teresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: March 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1947826204
- Language: English
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Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others as God Loves Us
$18.99 Read moreThere are many complexities associated with ministering to another person. Where does a helper begin? What’s important to notice? Is there an overall ministry strategy that’s beneficial?
Saints, Suffe
- Series: Helping the Helper
- Author: Emlet, Michael R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1645070514
- Language: English
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Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion
$19.99 Add to cartIVP Readers’ Choice Award
Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the autism spectrum. While this revelation helped him understand and process his own experience, it also pr
- Author: Hardwick, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0830841601
- Language: English
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Christian Counseling Ethics: A Handbook for Psychologists, Therapists and Pastors
$54.99 Add to cart“For the clients who see us in counseling . . . theological purity will make little difference if we do not practice with ethical integrity.” Randolph K. Sanders, from chapter one The work of psychoth
- Series: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
- Author: Sanders, Randolph K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 553
- Publish Date: March 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0830839941
- Language: English
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Christian Minister’s Manual–Updated and Expanded Duotone Edition
$24.99 Add to cartUpdated and expanded with 32 pages of additional content designed to meet the growing demands of busy ministers, the Christian Minister’s Manual is an essential tool for ministers. This DuoTone editio… [more below]
- Author: Veech, Guthrie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0784733619
- Language: English
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Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness
$26.99 Add to cartWhy has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses? Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illne
- Author: Stanford, Matthew S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0830845070
- Language: English
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Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith: An Introductory Guide
$29.99 Add to cartDrawn from more than sixty years of classroom experience, this introductory guide provides students with a coherent framework for considering psychology from a Christian perspective. Paul Moes and Don… [more below]
- Author: Moes, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 154096468X
- Language: English
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Pastor: Revised Edition: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry
$36.99 Add to cartOrdained ministry, says Will Willimon, is a gift of God to the church–but that doesn’t mean that it is easy. Always a difficult vocation, changes in society and the church in recent years have made t… [more below]
- Author: Willimon, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1501804901
- Language: English
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Budgeting for a Healthy Church: Aligning Finances with Biblical Priorities for Ministry
$18.99 Add to cartMany pastors conceive of the church budget as primarily a financial tool, but in fact it is primarily a pastoral tool. A church’s philosophy of ministry is locked into its budget, and so the budget wi
- Series: 9Marks
- Author: Dunlop, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0310093864
- Language: English
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The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller
$19.99 Add to cartThese letters by a seasoned, influential pastor address a variety of ministry issues, as well as physical suffering, overcoming sin, learning to forgive, spiritual warfare, etc. We learn that a leader… [more below]
- Author: Miller, C. John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 319
- Publish Date: June 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0875527159
- Language: English
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Untie the Fear Knots of Your Heart
$14.95 Add to cartFear-generating events, whether the concrete kind that dramatically disrupt your life, or the more subtle, abstract, often imaginary ones that can become a chronic life-style, will accompany us all ou… [more below]
- Author: Nichols, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: August 04 2010
- ISBN10: 1935986007
- Language: English
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A Biblical Counseling Process: Guidance for the Beginning, Middle, and End
$16.99 Add to cartWhat makes counseling biblical? What does the biblical counseling process entail? What is the focus of each stage of the process? Lauren Whitman, an experienced CCEF counselor, addresses these questio
- Author: Whitman, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1645071901
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Job Descriptions for Ministry: Identifying Opportunities and Clarifying Expectations for Ministry [With CDROM]
$29.99 Add to cartMost churches don’t have written job descriptions for any or all of their church’s ministry positions. Here is your answer With this fully reproducible book, you can use each description as is–or us… [more below]
- Series: Big Books
- Author: Gilbert, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0830729186
- Language: English
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Remove the Pews: Spiritual Possibilities for Sacred Spaces
$14.95 Read more“When I saw the title, I wanted to shout from the rooftop: It’s time! Donna Schaper makes a compelling case for clearing space, both architecturally and in our ministry journeys. This little book is a
- Author: Schaper, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: October 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0829821104
- Language: English
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Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership
$14.99 Read moreMinistry comes with many weighty responsibilities. Ministry leaders are called to teach, serve, and lead. But in leading those under their care, there comes a moment when they recognize the future lea… [more below]
- Author: Pace, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1087769825
- Language: English
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Lay Pastoral Care Giving
$18.00 Add to cart- Author: Farabaugh, Timothy M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0881775541
- Language: English
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Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good
$21.99 Add to cartHow can the people of God develop churches in ways that help and don’t hurt poor neighborhoods? In urban ministry, Christians too often treat the poor as goodwill projects instead of people. Because o
- Author: Sanders, Alvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0830841628
- Language: English
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Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples
$17.99 Add to cartThe simple revolution is here. From the design of Apple products to Google’s uncluttered homepage, simple ideas are changing the world.
Now in paperback, multi-awarded #1 national bestseller Simple Ch- Author: Rainer, Thom S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0805447997
- Language: English
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Skills for Effective Counseling: A Faith-Based Integration
$59.99 Add to cartAnyone in a helping profession–including professional counselors, spiritual directors, pastoral counselors, chaplains and others–needs to develop effective communication skills. But learning these s
- Series: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
- Author: Nesbit Sbanotto, Elisabeth A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 486
- Publish Date: September 14 2016
- ISBN10: 0830828605
- Language: English
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Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul
$28.99 Add to cartPlenty of books diagnose our post-Christian malaise. Here’s a dynamic solution.
The post-Christian cultural turn is creating the conditions for a crisis of confidence in the church and in pastoral mini
- Author: Glanville, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1514007452
- Language: English
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