Pastoral & Church Resources

Five to ten seconds.After that, the filter kicks in. In our day and age, five to ten seconds is usually all the time we’re given to persuade someo...

A 100-Day Plan That’s Practical, Realistic, and Actually Works You see the problems in your church, and you truly believe it could be better. Not p...

Find encouragement to run the race with enduranceMost pastors expect they will help others through suffering. They do not always realize, though, t...

Some lessons can’t be learned in a classroom. A seminary education is immensely valuable, offering theological preparation, spiritual formation, an...

Throughout history, countless believers have gained renewed strength and purpose by following in the footsteps of faithful servants of God who show...

Biblical Encouragement for the Lifelong Pursuit of Freedom from Sin Temptation is unrelenting. Whether it sneaks up in a social-media post, a relat...

Biblical Advice for Addressing Relational Frustrations in the Church Being hurt is inevitable, even in the church. That’s because relationships and...

This classic manual has sold over one-million copies and is designed to be presented to new and prospective church members.

What makes counseling biblical? What does the biblical counseling process entail? What is the focus of each stage of the process? Lauren Whitman, a...

How Christianity Grew from a Dozen Disciples to a Worldwide MovementAt the beginning of the first century, a teacher named Jesus of Nazareth shook ...

Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastorWeddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people'...

A sensitive resource for planning and conducting Christian funerals and providing pastoral care to the bereaved. Written from the perspective of th...

These pages are written to you, a church usher, as though we were talking face-to-face. The ideas in this book have been shared with me through the...

A Legacy of Preaching, Volume One--Apostles to the Revivalists explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theolog...

A comprehensive contemporary resource for planning and conducting Christian marriage services and providing pastoral care for couples before and af...

Bestselling Author of A Praying Life, on the Transforming Power of Praying Together In our current culture, the church and prayer are often dismis...

How do we help women at every stage of life and spiritual maturity grow to know God, be changed by him, and develop and use their talents and gifts...

Simple Student Ministry fine tunes the proven methods of #1 best seller Simple Church for the unique field of youth discipleship.Coauthor Eric Geig...

ECPA’s 2019 Christian Book Award winner for Ministry Resources Alongside is a much-needed resource for both parents and those in youth ministry....

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 c...

There is hope. God can save your church.In this book, Thom Rainer reveals seven findings of revived churches. Through new research, he figuratively...

Living Out the Word Made Flesh “Sixty years ago I found myself distracted,” Eugene Peterson wrote. “A chasm had developed between the way I was ...

A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in Your Church Alcoholism - Divorce - Sexual Abuse - Codependency - Domestic Violenc...

You may not hold a position of leadership or think of yourself as a leader. But if you want to create, change, or impact the world around you—even ...

No one wants to see a church die. And yet, far too many churches are dying. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Thom Rainer has helped churches g...

The sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper have played an important role in the church since its earliest days. There has also been much disag...

When Jesus commanded His followers to go and make disciples of all nations, He instructed them to baptize those disciples in the name of the Father...

Leadership today is no easy task. Christian leaders called to shepherd others get caught in power struggles and are tempted to abuse their pastoral...

The value of sound doctrine is often misunderstood by the modern church. While it can be dry and dull, when it flows from the story of Scripture, i...