Craig Van Gelder

Church Leadership & Ministry

“A real gift for church leaders seeking to engage in the renewal of congregational life and ministry. Paul Dietterich offers a comprehensive summary of the lessons learned from years of study and consulting in thinking about congregations from a theologically informed organizational perspective. The church seeking to experience life as the 'foretaste' of the good news embodied in the already-present kingdom of God is the operational understanding that Paul provides to every aspect of its organizational life. This book is a valuable read for anyone who takes seriously God's intent and purpose for creating the church.”

From Cairo to Christ

Evangelism & Missions

“From Cairo to Christ takes the reader through an insightful, informative, and provocative journey exploring the on-the-ground realities of the Muslim faith from the perspective of a Muslim convert to Christianity. The challenges encountered and dealt with by Abu Atallah provide fresh insights into understanding how Christians can better relate to Muslims today, in our context of religious pluralism. This book also serves as a mirror for Western Christians to more carefully critique their own understanding and practices of Christianity.”

Joining Jesus

Evangelism & Missions

“Informative! Insightful! Inspiring! The authors relay multiple stories . . . that illustrate the numerous innovative ways in which ‘going local and staying put’ are increasingly becoming the creative edge today of the gospel’s engagement with the world. A must-read for church planters and church leaders who desire to read the ‘signs of the times.’”

Listening to the Neighbor

Evangelism & Missions

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Making Spiritual Sense

Church Leadership & Ministry

“This is a profoundly important book. Finally someone has taken seriously the need to deeply integrate social science perspectives in relation to a Christian understanding of leadership. Cormode creatively integrates key theoretical insights within a theological framework in helping Christian leaders understand how to lead by making spiritual sense. Extensive use of narrative stories brings his argument to life and provides accessible ways for readers to further develop their own repertoire of meaning for leading through sense making.”

Martin Luther as Youth Worker

Children & Youth

“Hobart provides us with a fresh and engaging examination of Luther's commitment to children and youth, making this both accessible and relevant for youth ministry today. He bridges well the realities of sixteenth-century Germany with today's complex and changing world in providing practical ways to appropriate Luther's theology, commitment, and practices to this ever important ministry of the church.”

Revitalizing Theological Epistemology

Theology

“Significant changes are taking place today in Evangelical theology, especially in the area of theological epistemology. This book represents a very important contribution for helping us understand the emerging shape of the Evangelical theological voice. Steven B. Sherman provides the reader with an excellent overview of recent developments in chronicling the rise of post-conservative evangelical theology. He helpfully uses the intellectual journey of Clark Pinnock to illustrate shifts in thinking that are occurring, and then provides an in-depth analysis of the rise of foundationalism and its subsequent critique by recent scholars. His constructive proposal for reframing theological epistemology draws creatively on the work of missiologist Lesslie Newbigin. This is a solid piece of scholarship and a substantive contribution to the literature on the Evangelical movement.”

The End of Evangelicalism? Discerning a New Faithfulness for Mission

Theology

“David Fitch explores three key issues that symbolize the evangelical conundrum-the inerrant Bible, the decision for Christ, and the Christian nation-by reframing them through missional theology. This is a timely and crucial read for those concerned about the evangelical movement.”

The Mission of the Church

Christian Living

“A great resource for understanding the current state of mission theology. Twenty-five years ago a convergence of thinking began to emerge regarding the mission of the church among Roman Catholics, Ecumenicals, Evangelicals, Orthodox, and Pentecostals. This important multi-author volume brings this discussion up to date as the authors stress the distinctives of their traditions but do so within some shared or related biblical and theological frameworks. It would serve well as a text for introducing this important subject in a missiology course.”