This book provides pregnancy counselors--and those who want to help--with a roadmap for assisting women who are in the midst of a pregnancy crisis. One of the main challenges of pregnancy crisis intervention is finding ways to uphold ...

Congregational Care Ministers serve as lay leaders working alongside pastors to provide quality care for the church family. The Caring Congregation serves as a manual with all the necessary resources to help pastors organize their c...

What should we do when we feel stuck in life?You know how it feels. There’s a hurt in your past that is hard to get beyond. There’s a bad habit that’s difficult to break. There’s a setback that is just too tough to overcome.We...

No one said midlife HAS to be a crisis. Find out how to make the choices that will help you find fulfillment with Stephen Arterburn s 6 Ways for Men to Thrive in Midlife. Midlife doesn t have to be a crisis of identity or a failure in...

The power to heal (emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically) is in God's hands, but the ability to receive his healing touch is your choice. From 7 practical steps toward healing to hidden roadblocks that keep you in unneces...

Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley explore the root and character of human anger, examine the righteous anger of God, and offer readers practical wisdom about the way the gospel can gradually transform a heart of anger into a heart fil...

You want to have vibrant and healthy relationships with those who struggle with addiction in your church and community. But you find yourself wondering how to meet their needs in a wise, helpful and God-honoring way. The Recovery-Min...

Today’s culture marginalizes old age, often portraying it as burdensome and hopeless. Here is a book that presents examples of women who have found joy in the passing of time as they age with grace—finding fulfillment in th...

Couples can make significant progress toward resolving their own problems when they receive appropriate guidance from a caring person. This book outlines five tasks focused on identity, agency, and meaning that spiritual caregivers ca...

The growth of Christianity in recent decades has been remarkable, but has it been growth with depth? Are our communities of faith, our churches, creating and nurturing deeply committed followers of Jesus? This book was born out of the...

The Christian response to mental illness is one of the great tragedies to ravage the church today. This tragedy began with the rise of the medical model of mental illness. The medical model used in the world of medicine has been hopel...

Stephanie Broersma lived a charmed life . . . until the day she discovered a deleted online conversation between her husband and another woman. When confronted, he confessed to a ten-year addiction to pornography and multiple affairs....

Every honest Christian knows the need for change. But how to get there? How do you move forward from struggles both big and small? And how does our faith in God impact our everyday thoughts, feelings, and actions? This six-session sma...

Bishop Grant Cole began with a bright future as a straight-A student in a good family. But within a year after graduating high school, he found himself married with a child and, as a major player in three different drug rings operatin...

Could it be that the one who is smiling at you as he hands you the offering plate is abusing his wife at home? What if your Sunday school teacher, who knows so much about the Bible, is abusing his family behind closed doors?   Is it...

A resource for addiction support and recovery groups, Grace-Based Recovery is a small-group study designed to help people suffering from addiction and those close to them understand God's grace and why it is the only path to true free...

Breaking free of the bondage of an eating disorder is difficult and complicated. From the unique perspective of a husband and wife team, Table for Two follows the journey of how Krista Dunham overcame the stronghold of her disorder w...

Do you struggle with suicidal thoughts? Do you know someone who is depressed? Do you minister to people who are contemplating suicide? Then Spiritual Secrets About Suicide was written for you!Spiritual Secrets About Suicide will put s...

Every church is filled with people who are struggling—often secretly—with addictions of all kinds. Porn, pills, food, money, alcohol, social media, body image, status, sex, anxiety—the list goes on and on. John Elmore i...

OCD, ADHD, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder . . . these are not just diagnoses from the DSM; they are part of our everyday vocabulary and understanding of people. As Christians, how should we think about psychiatric diagnoses and their associat...

A friend feels rejected. A counselee is angry. A church member's child is ill. You want to help, but where do you begin? Counselor Michael R. Emlet outlines a model of one-another ministry based on how God sees and loves his people a...

Christ on the Psych Ward is a series of reflections on the intersections among mental health, faith, and ministry. Beginning with his own experience, Finnegan- Hosey shares ways communities of faith can be present with those suffering...

Given the evermore apparent failure of modern psychotherapies and a growing discomfort with pharmacological strategies, many churches are reaffirming the sufficiency and power of the Scriptures to change lives.To aid churches in minis...

You speak God’s truth when you counsel. But do you also communicate His grace?The Christian counselor or pastor plays an important role in helping people process the trauma they’ve experienced. Too often, a client leaves ...

"She who gives herself to wanton pleasure," observed the apostle Paul, "is dead even while she lives." These ominous words perfectly articulate the living hell in which many Christian women are currently living. The Christian communit...

"In this distinctively Christian approach to habits, Greg Gifford makes the case from Scripture that both heart motivations and godly practice are critical for growth in Christ. He shows that progressive sanctification travels on...

Is your church prepared to care for individuals who have experienced various forms of abuse? As we continue to learn of more individuals experiencing sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other forms of abuse, it's clear that resources...

Has rejection wounded you, creating fear in your interactions with others?It is time to break this stronghold in your life! REJECTION is one of the most common, inner wounds. It can occur at any stage in life, from the time of concept...

What happens when the miracle of sobriety shakes up the way we've trained the people in our lives to treat us as opposed to what we need from them now? Where do we turn when getting what we've prayed for messes up everything we though...

Church should be a safe place, right? Then why do so many get hurt there?  Ray Beeson and Chris Hayward combine their years of ministry experience to address head-on the elephant in the room: church members and church leaders hurt Ch...