The Church

Sighing on Sunday: 40 Meditations for When Church Hurts (Hardcover)

Neglect. Rejection. Sin. Conflict. Change. It’s difficult to go to church when you’ve suffered some of your deepest hurts there. Megan Hill understands that church can be hard. In forty thoughtful meditations, she lays out reliable biblical...

The Elder-Led Church: How an Eldership Team Shepherds a Healthy Flock (Paperback)

Church leadership is a shared responsibility, not a solo venture. This book equips pastors and elders to lead the church together as a team, focusing not so much on what they are to be but on what they as a body are to do. Written by a former pastor, now...

Church Membership (Hardcover)

We’re all looking for somewhere to belong—but we won’t find true belonging anywhere in this world outside God’s church. Reformed traditions emphasize church membership because it provides practical, spiritual blessings for our...

The Pastor as Leader (Paperback)

Practical, Biblical Advice for Effective Pastoral Leadership Many pastors feel torn between preaching and leading, but both responsibilities are essential. Without faithful exposition of Scripture, churches risk straying theologically. Without strong...

Seven Dangers Facing Your Church (Paperback)

Our culture is changing, and the church seems to be under increasing pressure. But these dangers are not new—and God’s word shows us how to meet them head on. In this book, discover how Jesus’ messages to seven first-century churches...

Revival (Paperback)

In every era the church needs revival—certainly today as much as ever. And in the heart of every committed Christian there is the longing for personal revival—to know the quality and depths of spiritual reality, and the presence of God in...

Strategic Planning in the Local Church (PDF Download)

The leaders of a contemporary local church face many challenges as they discern God’s will and guidance for the local church, its congregation, and the community that it serves. The role of the local church in proclaiming God’s message of...

Who Needs the Church? Why We Need the Church (and Why the Church Needs Us)(Paperback)

A thought–provoking introduction to the importance of the local church It seems that increasing numbers of professing Christians in the West do not attend church. Church, to many, has become a place to go when it is convenient, to have one’s...

Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church (Hardcover)

Are churches looking for the wrong kind of leaders? The last decade has witnessed a rising number of churches wrecked by spiritual abuse--harsh, heavy-handed, domineering behavior from those in a position of spiritual authority. And high-profile cases...