The Church: An Introduction (Short St...
Gregg R. AllisonIn this volume, Gregg Allison offers an overview of specific doctrines and practices that unite and distinguish different churches and denominations as each finds its unique expression through churches' views of identity, leaders...
The Church of Christ: Abridged and Ou...
James Bannerman D. D.Bannerman's THE CHURCH OF CHRIST is the most extensive, standard, solid, Reformed treatment of the doctrine of the church that has ever been written. It is indisputably the classic in its field. And now its teachings are more accessib...
The Unfinished Church: God's Broken a...
Rob Bentz"I love Jesus but hate the church." We hear this kind of talk all the time, but what if it's profoundly mistaken? Rob Bentz challenges readers to rethink this popular—yet ultimately harmful—mentality.Drawing on his exper...
The Wisdom of Wimber: As I See It
Marty BollerAt a church leadership conference in July 1991, Vineyard Christian Fellowship founder John Wimber taught on ten concepts he called the "genetic code" for churches looking to become God-worshiping, Jesus-centered, and Spirit-...
Churches in the Shape of Scripture
Dan Chambers"Could you tell me something about the church of Christ?" "Could you tell me the difference between the church of Christ and the ___________ church?" If you've ever asked questions like these--or been on the recei...
The Church: The Gospel Made Visible
Mark DeverChristians face lots of practical questions when it comes to life in the local church: How is the gospel displayed in our lives together? What are we supposed to do and believe? Different followers answer differently—even as they pr...
Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines ...
David E. FitchIn our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now in the post-Christian world in North America we're asking...
A Living Alternative: Anabaptist Chri...
A. O. GreenWhat does faith look like in a world where Christianity no longer dominates economy, policy, and morality? Why are mainline Christian structures so intimidated by this inevitability? And how can the church learn from those radical-ref...
The Word of God and the Words of Man:...
Richard HookerRichard Hooker's Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity is one of the great landmarks of Protestant theological literature, and indeed of English literature generally. However, on account of its difficult and archaic style, it is scarcely read...
The Recovery of a Contagious Methodis...
George G. HunterMethodism started out as a missional alternative to establishment Christianity, but is now like the establishment Christianity it once critiqued. In this book, Dr. Hunter asks whether enough New Testament Christianity exists in any in...
I Love the Church, I Hate the Church:...
Robert R. LarochelleIs it possible to both love and hate the church at one and the same time? Bob LaRochelle has had a lot of experience with different churches. Raised a Roman Catholic, he was ordained a Permanent Deacon in that church. After a period o...
Four Views on the Church's Mission
Jonathan LeemanThis book articulates various evangelical views regarding the church's mission and provides a healthy, vigorous, and gracious debate on this controversial topic. In a helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates the unique t...
Saving Jesus from the Church: How to ...
Robin R. MeyersFrom One of America's Leading Pastors, a Bold Call to Restore Christianity's True Mission: Following JesusThe marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church has eroded our spiritual lives. Taking the best of biblical...
Disciple-Making Disciples: A Practica...
Christopher MoodyDisciple-Making Disciples examines major theological doctrines through the corrective lens of Jesus' disciple-making method while giving practical how-to advice and information. Following the model of Jesus, you will learn how to nurt...
Shalom Church: The Body of Christ as ...
Craig L. NessanWhile many manuals advise clergy and congregants on tactics for church survival or thriving, few address the deepest identity, shape, and imperatives of the church in its identity in Christ and the tradition of discipling that stems f...
Back to Zero: The Search to Rediscove...
Gilbert R. RendleThe lifeblood of the United Methodist is passion rather than organizational neatness, entrepreneurial freedom rather than denominational restraint, and agility rather than staid institutional dependence. But if United Methodists want ...
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Penteco...
Gordon T. SmithEvangelical. Sacramental. Pentecostal.Christian communities tend to identify with one of these labels over the other two. Evangelical churches emphasize the importance of Scripture and preaching. Sacramental churches emphasize the imp...
The Secret of Benedict XVI: Is He Sti...
Antonio SocciAccording to many informed observers, the Church is in the midst of the most serious crisis it has ever undergone. More and more questions keep arising about what really happened in 2013 with the surprising "resignation" of ...
The Living Church: Convictions of a L...
John StottAt the 150th anniversary of the dedication of his church, John Stott gave voice to his dream for All Souls, London, and all souls everywhere: "I have a dream of . . . a biblical church. . . a worshiping church. . . a caring churc...
Pictures at a Theological Exhibition:...
Kevin J. VanhoozerMany Christians are held captive by a picture of the imagination as a purveyor of false images, prone to idolatry. We live in a society fixated on images that have little or no significance. We are surrounded by models of the world th...
Ecclesiologia: or the Doctrine Concer...
Revere Franklin WeidnerThis is the eighth and final volume in Revere Franklin Weidner's dogmatics series; this particular volume is on the doctrine of the church. In this work, Weidner addresses the essential issues regarding the study of ecclesiology. He d...