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The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone--and How Leaders Can Respond

The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone--and How Leaders Can Respond

by Susan Mettes

What makes people lonely? And how can Christian communities better minister to the lonely? In The Loneliness Epidemic, behavioral scientist and researcher Susan Mettes explores those questions and more. Guided by current research from Barna Group, Mettes illustrates the profound physical, emotional, and social toll of loneliness in the United States. Su… Read more…

Equipping Christians for Kingdom Purpose in Their Work

Equipping Christians for Kingdom Purpose in Their Work

by Tom Lutz and Heidi Unruh

In Equipping Christians for Kingdom Purpose in Their Work, Tom Lutz and Heidi Unruh offer advice to those who seek to influence the faith of people outside the church. Pastors, Christian educators, life coaches, workplace mentors, college professors, and any Christian who considers their vocation to be one of discipleship will find nourishment in this book.F… Read more…

Rescue Plan: Charting a Course to Restore Prisoners of Pornography

Rescue Plan: Charting a Course to Restore Prisoners of Pornography

by Jonathan D Holmes and Deepak Varghese Reju

Pornography addiction is a pervasive problem—even in Christian circles—and many destructive misunderstandings surround it. If you want to help someone who has become a prisoner of this sin, you’ll need to know your enemy and the terrain on which you’ll be fighting. What makes a woman’s encounter with pornography different from a man’s, … Read more…

Rescue Skills: Essential Skills for Restoring the Sexually Broken

Rescue Skills: Essential Skills for Restoring the Sexually Broken

by Jonathan D Holmes and Deepak Varghese Reju

Do you know someone who is struggling with sexual addiction? Unfortunately, given our hypersexualized culture and the accessibility of pornography, it’s likely that you do. Recovery is a difficult journey—one that none should take alone. How can you help? In this practical handbook, counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes provide a treasure t… Read more…

Your Formula for Success: Finding the Place Where Your Talent and Passion Meet

Your Formula for Success: Finding the Place Where Your Talent and Passion Meet

by Jim Denney and Pat Williams

Through engaging stories and inspiring examples of those who have found their sweet spot for success, Williams shows readers how to identify their greatest talent, pursue their greatest passion, and multiply their efforts through teamwork. They'll discover how to maximize their natural gifting, focus their enthusiasm, and leverage their talent and passio… Read more…

Pastoral Theology in the Baptist Tradition: Distinctives and Directions for the Contemporary Church

Pastoral Theology in the Baptist Tradition: Distinctives and Directions for the Contemporary Church

by R Robert Creech

A veteran Baptist pastor and ministry professor offers a distinctive free church vision for pastoral leadership, attending to voices from the past four centuries as they speak about the practice of ministry. The book contains theological reflection on current ministry issues among Baptists based on biblical and historical foundations and reflects a diversity… Read more…

Am I Called to Ministry?

Am I Called to Ministry?

by Brad Wheeler

4 Steps for Testing the “Call” to Ministry Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Created in partnership with 9Marks, Church Questions is a series that s… Read more…

What Should We Do about Members Who Won't Attend?

What Should We Do about Members Who Won't Attend?

by Alex Duke

Helping Leaders to Develop Meaningful Church Membership Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Created in partnership with 9Marks, Church Questions is a seri… Read more…

How Can I Support International Missions?

How Can I Support International Missions?

by Mark Collins

9 Practical Ways to Support International Missions Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christ… Read more…

Help! I've Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder

Help! I've Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder

by Christine Chappell

If youve just been diagnosed with a mental disorder, you may be feeling overwhelmed and have all kinds of questions. Writing out of her own experience of diagnosis with bipolar disorder II, Christine Chappell suggests practical first steps and highlights the importance of soul care as well as bodily care. She shows how the Scriptures provide rock-solid trut… Read more…

Help! My Loved One Had a Stroke

Help! My Loved One Had a Stroke

by Sue Delaney

If your loved one has had a stroke, your life may have been turned upside down. Facing these radical life changes can be physically and emotionally exhausting. But you are not alone. This mini-book suggests ways you can get the support you need for both your loved one and yourself for the long haul. Above all, it points you to Gods loving purpose in sufferi… Read more…

The Invitation: A Theology of Evangelism

The Invitation: A Theology of Evangelism

by Richard R. Osmer

Moving beyond conversionism Many Christians today are uncomfortable with older, simpler notions about evangelism as conversionism but see as insufficient the more progressive model of evangelism as hospitality. Transcending that dichotomy, Richard Osmer advances a theology of evangelism as a multifaceted act of invitation into Christ-following comm… Read more…


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