An urgent call for Christians to face a changing world with faith and resolve.

The world is changing rapidly. Between climate change, an unequal economic system, and widespread human migration, our societies are under stress and strain like never before. And just at the moment when the world needs to hear good news, many people perceive the Christian church as too old, tired, or out-of-touch to respond.

In Faithful, Creative, Hopeful, Jesse Zink demonstrates the importance of the Christian gospel and its witness to the flourishing of human societies. Zink offers 15 theses--echoing those of the church reformers--that together offer a vision for a renewed faith and a renewed church in this crisis-shaped world. From the future of the Eucharist to the nature of Christian hope, from the challenges of neoliberal capitalism to the joys of local community, Zink skillfully weaves together theology, Scripture, liturgy, congregational ministry, and on-the-ground experience of church in a variety of contexts to provoke, motivate, and challenge Christians to renew their ministry and live our mission in a changing world.

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, communities, and personal lives, the church stands at a critical crossroads. How should we respond to this transformative technology? What role can AI play in ministry, and what are the ethical boundaries we must respect? AI and the Church by Jason Moore tackles these questions head-on, offering church leaders a thoughtful, practical, and faith-driven roadmap.

This book provides an in-depth look at AI, from its basic concepts and history to the cutting-edge tools available today. But AI and the Church is more than just a technology guide; it's a call to action. Moore challenges readers to see AI not as a threat, but as a tool that, when used wisely, can enhance the church's mission in powerful ways.

Explore how AI can streamline administrative tasks, help craft sermons, and even create immersive worship experiences. At the same time, Moore addresses the ethical concerns and biblical principles that must guide the church's approach. Whether you're excited about AI, cautious, or even opposed to its use, this book invites you to engage with this technology thoughtfully and courageously.

With a blend of practical advice, theological reflection, and real-world examples, AI and the Church is the definitive guide for pastors and church leaders who want to lead their congregations into the future with wisdom and integrity.

In an earnest and searing wake-up call, the author of the bestseller Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy warns of the haunting similarities between today's American church and the German church of the 1930s. Echoing Bonhoeffer's prophetic call, Eric Metaxas exhorts his fellow Christians to repent of their silence in the face of evil before it is too late.

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.
God will not hold us guiltless.

Can it really be God's will that His children be silent at a time like this? Decrying the cowardice that masquerades as godly meekness, Eric Metaxas summons the Church to battle.

The author of a bestselling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Metaxas reveals the haunting similarities between today's American Church and the German Church of the 1930s. Echoing the German martyr's prophetic call, he exhorts his fellow Christians to repent of their silence in the face of evil.

An attenuated and unbiblical faith based on what Bonhoeffer called cheap grace has sapped the spiritual vitality of millions of Americans. Paying lip service to an insipid evangelism, they shrink from combating the evils of our time. Metaxas refutes the pernicious lie that fighting evil politicizes Christianity. As Bonhoeffer and other heroes of the faith insisted, the Church has an irreplaceable role in the culture of a nation. It is our duty to fight the powers of darkness, especially on behalf of the weak and vulnerable.

Silence is not an option. God calls us to defend the unborn, to confront the lies of cultural Marxism, and to battle the globalist tyranny that crushes human freedom. Confident that this is His fight, the Church must overcome fear and enter the fray, armed with the spiritual weapons of prayer, self-sacrifice, and love.

Christianity Today 2025 Book Award (Church/Pastoral Leadership)

A heartbreaking but necessary book.--Christianity Today

Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg has come face to face with the crushing trauma of sexual abuse, trafficking, domestic abuse, and rape--and its cover-up.

Even more tragic, she has encountered it all within Christian communities and the church.

As a highly respected trauma scholar and psychologist working in the United States and around the world for more than 50 years, she envisions a better way.

In When the Church Harms God's People, Langberg unveils what she has learned about how churches cause harm and why Christian communities often foster unhealthy leaders who end up hurting rather than protecting God's people. She also offers hope for the future, describing how churches can reflect Christ not just in what they teach but also in how they care for themselves and others.

This book is an invaluable tool for leaders and laypeople alike who want to help the church resist abuses of power and become a safe place for survivors.

Christianity is not about rituals but changed hearts. In the prophetic tradition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas calls slumbering Christians to battle.

Picking up where he left off in his electrifying Letter to the American Church, Eric Metaxas renews and deepens his call to believers not to practice their faith but to live it--heroically and with joy. Invoking famous but misunderstood words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he shows that God's answer to evil is religionless Christianity--the rejection of religiosity and the embrace of a living and active faith, one that consumes the whole person and affects every aspect of his life. The awakening of this faith will bring revival, a new birth of freedom and a renaissance of Christian culture.

Think about that for a Minute is a Bible Study unlike any you've ever read before! Taking a different scripture each day and looking at it from a completely new angle, letting the Word of God truly transom your life one day at a time. Easy enough for a middle schooler to read and deep enough to keep even a seasoned Pastor's attention, this daily Bible study will encourage you, bless you, and grow your hunger for the Word of God! Each lesson can be completed in under 5 minutes, so you can get in to the presence of God anytime, anywhere. The Bible tells us in Psalms 1 that if we meditate on His Word day and night, we will prosper in EVERY season of our lives! That is the goal and purpose of this book. It truly is as easy as picking a scripture each day, and think about it for a minute! So with a daily scripture, daily challenge, and a prayer, in 40 days you will have a deeper understanding of the Love God has for you, AND you will have stepped into a promise God made to you, to live a blessed life by simply, thinking about THAT for a Minute!

James Bannerman's 'The Church of Christ' is one of the key historic texts of the doctrine of the church. Few will agree with everything the author has to say, but as Carl Trueman states in his foreword, 'the great thing about the book is that it will stimulate the reader to reflect on the nature of the church in a profoundly biblical and historically sensitive way'.

If you enjoyed the classic novel Christy and the bestselling Mitford series, then you'll love Beautiful on the Mountain, a real-life tale about serving God in unlikely circumstances. In 1977, Jeannie Light left her fine plantation home amid heartbreak and came to Graves Mill, a tiny hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Alone in an utterly new kind of life, Jeannie was determined to find the courage to make a fresh start.

To Jeannie's surprise, she found herself called upon by her new neighbors to open the old, deteriorated country church, a place that had once united the fractured community of mountain folk. With no training, and no small amount of trepidation, she undertook the task. And as she embarked on an unforeseen series of adventures, from heartbreaking to hilarious, Jeannie would learn more than she ever expected about faith, loving your neighbor, and doing the work that God sets in front of you. Because sometimes, God calls us to go where there is no path . . . and leave a trail.

We expect evil to appear in obvious forms: malice, cruelty, and contempt. We also expect to find villains at the helm of evil movements and organizations, leaders with dark impulses and motivations. But all too often, malevolence is more subtle, hiding behind our own best intentions.

In The Church in Dark Times, cultural critic Mike Cosper unveils this dynamic in the growing crisis of abuse and other failures in modern evangelical churches. Drawing on the work of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt, Cosper explores what we can learn from her theory of the banality of evil--the thoughtlessness that allows ordinary people to become complicit in all manner of corruption. He uncovers the underlying causes of the breakdowns of the church and offers practices that foster healing and renewal.

This book will engage Christian leaders and all followers who want to better understand how church crises keep happening--and how we can resist them and move forward.

Perreaux-Dominguez constructs a solid model of church reform. . . . This inspires.--Publishers Weekly

What does it mean to be the Body of Christ in a healthy and holy way?

When news outlets reveal church scandals or we hear stories about people leaving the church, it can seem as though we are in a bit of a crisis as the Body of Christ. In Being a Sanctuary, Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez--who has experienced abuse, trauma, and racism within the church--takes us on an honest, biblical, and reflective journey as she examines the state of the church and offers us a hopeful path forward.

Perreaux-Dominguez focuses on three aspects of God's vision for the church: that it would be sacred (Bible based), soft (trauma informed), and safe (justice centered). Each section of the book explores what these mean for the church using biblical teaching, practical instruction, and stories from her own experiences. She unpacks practical steps the body of Christ can take to realize this vision and cultivate a lifestyle of being a sanctuary, including repenting, pursuing sanctification, showing Christ's compassion, healing injustices, choosing unity over uniformity, and being advocates.

This book is for anyone ready to be both challenged and encouraged on how we, as the Body of Christ, can collectively return to God's foundational call to be radicals who choose the path of being sacred, soft, and safe--just like Jesus is.

An extensive overview of Catholicism's rich history, the life and work of hundreds of the most significant saints, and of the popes, with over 1500 evocative colour images.

The call and role of the Deacon are more important today than many realize. The current duties and responsibilities of the Deacon are more than just participating in devotion, taking care of Church business / finances, or maintaining the upkeep of Church facilities and grounds.

The pages of this inspired work are meant to assist and guide the Deacon in ministry. The first intent of The Deacon's Guide is to facilitate an encounter with God through the Holy Scriptures and then the pursuit of a servant's heart. I pray that God will use this work to lead the Deacon toward a closer walk with Him and assist the Deacon in being more like our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The format is rich in outline and very accessible in nature. It offers a controlled guiding hand to those who want to search the Scriptures for a better understanding of the office, and practical duties of the Christian Deacon within the organized Church. The Deacon's Guide focuses on what God requires of the Deacon, as identified and supported in the Bible and not the author's personal commentary.

Many of our congregations are suffering due to the lack of biblical leadership. Some congregants are leaving traditional denominations because their Home Churches are not addressing or training leadership to adequately handle the affairs of today's Church and her members. Pastors cannot handle every issue that confronts the Church alone, nor should they. Pastors have Partners in Ministry, called Deacons.

The Deacon's Guide focuses on the biblical role of the Deacon, with lessons such as Deacons As Partners with the Pastor, Deacons Meeting the Needs of the Church, The Deacons Family Ministry Plan, and Deacons Training New Deacons.

This guide also highlights the importance of less talked about aspects of the Deacon's Ministry, such as Deacons Caring for the Church's Widows, Church Etiquette for Deacons, and The Church's Deaconess Ministry. The Deacon's Guide also includes Special Topics and Contemporary Issues, with such topics as Evangelism and Street Ministry, A Comparison: Baptist Deacons and A.M.E. Stewards, The Pulpit, and What Do Officers and Members Do When There Is No Pastor?

Each lesson in The Deacon's Guide provides an excellent template for classroom training and / or use in sermon development. The Deacon's Guide is also written to aid young Pastors who perhaps have little or no experience with being co-laborers with Deacons. This will prove to be an invaluable guide for them.

Finally, it is my hope that The Deacon's Guide will bring Glory to God and become a valuable resource in the pursuit of Christian Education and the equipping of God's people for service.

--Dr. William C. Morgan, Author and Instructor

Of all the theological errors commonly held today, the most popular is surely the denial of the doctrine of hell.
--Msgr. Charles Pope

Even self-described Christians question whether God would consign anyone to hell. Msgr. Pope explains this false perception: If it exists at all, it is largely empty, except perhaps for a few serial killers or genocidal maniacs like Hitler. People who adopt this belief are ignoring Jesus's teachings that instruct the exact opposite.

In The Hell There Is, Msgr. Pope defends the doctrine of hell against doubters and skeptics. The reader will learn how God has largely been refashioned and trivialized in much of modern thinking. The God of Scripture has been replaced by the Jesus I know, who would never impose demands on anyone. As in the past, those nowadays who invent their own god engage in idolatry. By denying the existence of hell, they choose a false god who is indifferent to their spiritual condition over the true God who makes demands on those He desires to save.

Msgr. Pope argues persuasively why hell plays a central role in God's plan of salvation, based on a detailed examination of the scriptural evidence. A thorough explication of the teachings of Jesus on hell provides a convincing refutation of commonly heard claims that He never spoke about eternal punishment. Important questions about hell are answered completely based on sources from both Scripture and Tradition, including theologically sound insights from Dante's Inferno. Through this edifying book, readers will come to better understand, and renew belief in, the doctrine of hell.

Offers a big picture analysis of American Catholicism

The Catholic Church is at a crossroads. In the United States alone there are many challenges facing the church that are both internal and external to the institution. With the rise of the growing Gen Z population and the diminishing of the pre-Vatican II generation, gone are the days of a patriarchal, father knows best religious obedience. Indeed, as issues of gender, race, reproductive rights, and non-nuclear families have risen in prominence, the Catholic Church has had to adapt to keep pace with the times.

The latest in a series of important sociological overviews drawing on nation-wide surveys administered every six years, Catholicism at a Crossroads charts this new era of Catholic worship, belonging, and identity in America today. Augmenting the survey data for the first time with over fifty interviews with lay and ordained US Catholic leaders, the book illustrates how the church has adapted to Pope Francis's modern papacy, the rise of religious non-affiliation, and various demographic changes including an increasing Hispanic population. Addressing how the church is responding to recent cultural challenges presented by political polarization, racial unrest, and threats to democracy, Catholicism at a Crossroads offers an up-to-date, nuanced, and definitive portrait of American Catholicism in the twenty-first century while also providing discussions of how the findings may be relevant for the study of American religion more broadly.

It is now widely acknowledged that Anglicanism, far from being centred on western contexts is a worldwide phenomenon, with some of its liveliest corners located in the global south. Yet the Anglican theology which is taught in institutions is still focused overwhelmingly on a handful of British and North American voices. By exploring the work of eighteen tricontinential and marginalized Anglican theologians, this book begins to correct widespread bias in Anglican theology towards Britain and North Atlantic contexts.

The chapters it gathers consider the methods, concerns and contributions to Anglican thinkers from Africa, Asia, Pasifika, South America and eastern European settings, amongst minoritized migrants to North Atlantic countries.

Chapters include Esther Mombo on Jenny Te Paa-Daniel, Michael Jagessar on Mukti Barton, and Keun-Joo Christine Pae on Kwok Pui-lan.

Endorsement:

Minister's Guidebook is an incarnational work written out of the crucible of Dr. Mollette's life experiences. Its pages reverberate with the wisdom of a contemporary man of Issachar who understands the times and knows what ministers ought to do (1 Chron. 12:32). In this practical pedestrian work written to provide salient advice for ministers serving in the real world, Mollette throws out a lifeline. Grab it! Read it! Be saved from mistakes that can adversely impact your ministry for years to come and be saved to join the coffers of those carefully traversing the minefields of ministry with the invaluable wisdom of an elder.

Blessings,

Dr. Robert Smith, Jr.

Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity

Beeson Divinity School

Samford University

Table of Contents

Subjects discussed in this book

Your Ministry Age

Your Education

Your Study Time

Your Marriage

Your Family

Your Home and Church Parsonage

Save Money for Retirement

Your Health

Your Salary

Your Availability

Do Not Be the Hired Gun

Your Preaching/Teaching Style

Funerals

Weddings

Win Souls to Christ

Control Your Tongue

Mental Health Issues

Minister to All People

Your Media Ministry

Your Personal Life

Addictions

Your Car

Your Appearance

Standing Alone

Do Your Best

Your Service Options

Make the Best of Your Life

If the church fathers or Reformers showed up at your church, would they worship... or run?

The time has come for evangelicals to reclaim the forgotten faith. And this means doing something many are reluctant to do. It means reflecting on the past to rethink the present and inform the future. It means thinking not just biblically and theologically, but also historically.

RetroChristianity challenges us to think critically and constructively about those who have come before us and how that informs our current beliefs, values, and practices. This book will adjust our attitudes about evangelicalism, and will lead us along a time-tested path toward a brighter future.