Commendations ix Acknowledgements xiii Foreword by Jim Houston xv Introduction xix Part One Contemporary Contexts 1 Paper Boys 3 (8) 2 Paper Boy History 11 (6) 3 Paper Boy Future 17 (7) 4 Paper Boy Identity 24 (11) Part Two An Invitation to Dance 5 ... (more)

(Revised and expanded) Practical advice on how to handle issues such as church splits, burnout, and pastoral priorities.

A must-read, practical guide for all those involved in planting churches. 1. Church Planting: Why? Reasons for church planting. 2. Church Planting: Where? Diverse contexts and approaches; Translocal/strategic and local / entrepreneurial approaches. 3. Church Planting: Who? Identifying and t... (more)

This book has been written based on three underlying convictions: 1. The Church is the hope of the world. There is nothing closer to God's heart or with so much nation-changing potential as the local church 2. Many more churches planted will result in a new wave of men and women who will go t... (more)

"Practitioners: Voices Within the Emerging Church" features challenging essays that tackle "how we do church" from a number of innovative thinkers and practitioners, including Doug Pagitt, Dan Kimball, Pete Greig, David Ruis, Craig Detweiler, Spencer Burke, Joyce Heron, Tim Garrety and Anna Pelky. F... (more)

Proclaiming the gospel is without a doubt the most important task of pastoral ministry, yet often other, seemingly more urgent activities obscure it. From time to time all pastors and preachers need to be reminded of the primacy of the gospel. Preaching the Cross does just this. It is a call to e... (more)

Most seminaries now require their students to get real world training by way of supervised theological field education. This volume presents the wide array of issues that must be understood in order to integrate theological education and practical ministry, including the importance of theological fi... (more)