Posts Tagged ‘Book’
Incarnational Mission
Being With Other Faiths A bold new way of thinking about Christian mission “With,” says Samuel Wells, “is the most important word in the Christian faith.” In this compelling follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Wells explores what it means for mission-minded Christians and churches to be with the world. Drawing on the…
Read MorePacific Identities and Well-Being
This book came out a while ago but is an excellent collation of wisdom from mostly Maori and Pasifika writers for supporting whanau through the difficult stressors life can bring, often as the result of colonisation, intermarriage, migration and socioeconomic insecurity. An excellent resource for family, friends and practitioners. https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago068826.html
Read MoreWhat do you do with an idea?
A New York Times Best Seller and award-winning book, What Do You Do With an Idea? is for anyone who’s ever had a big idea. This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child’s confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And…
Read MoreSnapshots in Mission 2018
Snapshots in Mission 2018 The latest edition of Snapshots, a publication from KCML, considers the theme “Reimagining Home” from a number of angles, many of the articles suggesting innovation by returning to ingredients in our roots that offer fresh insight for the path ahead. View Snapshots in Mission PDF
Read MoreReforming the Kirk
In 2017 Doug Gay delivered three Chalmers Lectures to the Church of Scotland, exploring their history and current crisis, and proposing structural change to enable the church to effectively navigate the future. You can search the lectures up online but they were then published as: Reforming the Kirk: The Future of the Church of Scotland.…
Read MoreBuilt for Change
This book by Steve Taylor, Built for Change, draws from six metaphors Paul speaks of in 1 Corinthians 3 and 4 as it speaks of building innovation teams: servant, gardener, builder, resource manager, fool, parent. It tells stories by way of examples, and explores Jesus as innovator.
Read MoreImaginative Preaching
Imaginative Preaching: Praying the Scriptures so God Can Speak Through You By Geoff New, this book explores the power of lectio divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation for a prayerful approach to preaching scripture. Comes highly recommended by John Goldingay and Walter Brueggamann!
Read MoreCanoeing the Mountains
Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory Tod Balsinger wrote this book and it is proving very popular around the PCANZ. The book offers stories and practical tools for helping leaders chart the challenging territory that is our changing contexts today, aware that what we expect might not be the reality we discover.
Read MoreAgainst the Odds
Written by Kevin Ward, this book traces the story of a church that over forty years, under the leadership of Murray Robertson, grew from around 60 people to the largest church in Aotearoa. It tracks the commitments of the man and his leadership team and the highs and lows of the community, and offers lessons…
Read MoreStructured for Mission
By Alan Roxburgh, this book usefully encourages leaders to look beneath the surface to the core narratives shaping our institutions, and from there into the theological and biblical foundations they rest on in order to facilitate a thorough-going review that can power a new imagination for church going forward.
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