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"This book is a clarion call for African American preachers to think more deeply about the aims and ends of their preaching--namely to stop putting so much emphasis on celebratory endings to our sermons and focus more on the substantive content in our sermons. Our so-called celebratory preaching, designed to excite the congregation into action through a highly emotional closing of the sermon, has had the opposite effect. Rather than inducing action, it has lulled generations of black congregants to sleep. While we are jumping up and down, shouting, and waving our hands in the air every...

As the young Ken Kamau devoured books on leadership, he became increasingly aware that they were written by and for people who were way ahead of where he was in his life and ministry. He needed to know how one begins to be a leader, not how one continues to lead a large and successful ministry.

He has now written the book he would have wanted to read as a young pastor. His key thesis is that if you want to be a blessing to the kingdom, you have to get the basics right. Before you step into the spotlight of ministry life, you need to work on the backstage of your life. So he writes...

With a positive theology of change, we can live as Christians known not for disagreements or self-interest, but for our love through difficulty.

"When congregations can move forward from conflict, weather change well and allow ourselves to move beyond old and outdated stories, then we are able to create a new story for our future.... Do we dare to ask God to lead us to a new place?"
--from the Benediction

Change and conflict are often feared in churches--but they don't need to be. When we learn to see these difficulties as normal, healthy parts of being a...

Discover the Right Way to Handle Conflict

Conflict is an unavoidable part of life, but you can control how you respond to it. You can let difficult situations fuel your anger and stir your desire to retaliate--or you can choose to grow in empathy, honesty, and acceptance. It's up to you.

Overcoming Conflict will give you the confidence you need to solve arguments, settle disputes, and restore harmony. You'll learn...

• ten common myths about conflict
• how to properly discuss differences and issues
• the importance of...

The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own.

This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions. Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that tradition or who works extensively with people from that tradition. Each chapter provides:

• An overview of the tradition,...

The New King James Bible is one of the best-selling and most-trusted modern English translations. Millions of readers around the world enjoy the beauty of the NKJV, the ease of reading the Bible in today's English, and the accuracy of the translation. The Thomas Nelson NKJV Large Print Pew Bible is a trusted and durable Bible with an easy-to-read font, making it an excellent choice for use in churches and a variety of worship settings.

Features Include:

• Easy-to-read large print
• Words of Christ in red
• Durable binding
• Beautiful Thomas...

For readers who long to dig deeper into what makes them uniquely them (and why that matters), popular blogger Anne Bogel has done the hard part--collecting, exploring, and explaining the most popular personality...

The interdisciplinary book series Studies in Spiritual Care (SCC) publishes international research ranging from studies on specific aspects of Spiritual Care to programmatic contributions to the self-understanding of this new practice and research area. The series is of interest to professionals working in the field as well as to students, researchers, and scholars from the fields of medicine, pastoral care, psychotherapy, and social work.

Can the church congregation fire the pastor when appropriate?

How much authority does the pastor have over the church? This is a live question for many churches today, and it raises a host of other crucial questions: how much authority the church board has over the pastor? Is there any limitation to the authority of the pastoral leadership? Who holds the pastoral leadership accountable? Can a local pastor mandate tithes and who determines how it is used?

To answer these questions, Pastoral Leadership and Church Government lays out a practical,...