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Move mission beyond "us and them" to "all of us together."

"...unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see."

Written especially for Licensing School and United Methodist Course of Study students, this book will see pastors through those early days of ministry.Includes: Your First Appointment, First Worship Service, First Sermon, Clergy Income Tax, Moving Expenses, Fees with Weddings and Funerals, Family Pet at Parsonage, Hospital Ministry, Your Predecessor, Your Community, Deaths and Funerals, Reports and Salary Issues, Disliked by a Member, Musical Differences, Brief "Tricks of the Trade", Basics of Leadership, Nominations and Leadership Development. Plus much more!

An exploration into the meaning of God's call to ministry and the ways The United Methodist Church offers to live out that call

God is when everything else is not. What shall we do if God is not our friend?

We shape and are shaped by the stories we tell about ourselves.

"Material similar to Exploring Theology (2014) by this author is used with permission of Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN"--Title page verso

God tells us to "Go!" Let's do it! Nothing has to hold us back. This book gives tactics to get your church moving forward in mission by looking at biblical passages where God commands us to "Go!" God calls us to break stereotypes and witness in surprising and unexpected ways.

Move from courage to hope to courageous hope in action. Written especially for pastors, teachers, leaders, and counselors, Wimberly and Farmer new and powerful ways to become agents of hope who truly hear Black youth.

Common worship? Yes, because faith requires it.

The essays cover five key topics for campus life: ecology and environmental ethics; interreligious understanding and dialogue; systemic and interpersonal racism; sexual ethics; and Christian vocation.

Wesleyan leadership is about character. This book is designed specifically for Christian leaders and teachers. The revised edition expands includes more illustrations and models of leadership. Greater attention is given to congregations and institutions.

Spanish Edition: An Exploration Into the Meaning of God's Call to Ministry and the Ways The United Methodist Church Offers To Live Out That Call

"This study originated as a plenary address at THE UMC AFTER TAMPA: WHERE DO WE GO FOM HERE? A United Methodist Faculty Consultation for the 2012-16 Quadrennium, an event sponsored and hosted by Candler School of Theology, Emory University."--Publication note.

In Meeting God at the Boundaries: Cross-Cultural-Cross-Racial Clergy Appointments (2003), Lucia Ann McSpadden offered a penetrating analysis of the struggles as well as the joys and opportunities experienced by persons engaged in cross-cultural-cross-racial ministry in The United Methodist Church. Soon after the book was published, it became apparent that a volume was needed that would offer the various individuals and groups involved in this ministry hands-on, practical understanding, skills, and competencies for serving in cross-cultural-cross-racial ministry. Meeting God at the Boundaries: A Manual for Church Leaders fills that need. It provides succinct summaries of the basic concepts and competencies in cross-cultural-cross-racial understanding and communication. It then offers practical exercises and tools for equipping key leaders and groups involved in this ministry-clergy, their spouses and families, staff-parish relations committees, district superintendents and bishops-to carry out this ministry effectively and faithfully.

This collection of inspiring essays lifts and celebrates the voices of Hispanic / Latino leaders who have achieved special recognition in their contexts of ministry. Nine diverse Wesleyan and Pentecostal practitioners draw from their personal insights and experiences to share strategies for prophetic ministry in America. Some of the topics include the incarnational church, campesinos, border church, cross-cultural ministry, missions, evangelism, politics, and leadership. This resource is highly recommended for pastors, laity, professors, and seminarians. Contributors: Gretchen L. Avila-TorresVinicius CoutoCésar M. DuránDaniel F. FloresThelma Herrera FloresJoseph A. OcasioDaniel E. RuarteGirien Ricardo SalazarEliezer Valentín-Castañón