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Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
Published: 2014-08-01
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 0819229601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores seismic shifts in American life and the opportunities and challenges each presents to the church today. And calls for a return to Episcopal basics and insist that faithfully engaging a changing world might be the most truly Anglican practice of all.
Author: Dwight J. Zscheile
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-05-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0819220914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy exploring the Episcopal Church’s mission and precepts in the context of 21st century and its challenges, this thoughtful book deepens the Church’s relationship with its people and makes the faith more relevant. Society and culture are constantly evolving so must religion and its mission to remain meaningful. The legacies of establishment, benefactor approaches to mission, and the ‘national church’ ideal are no longer adequate for the challenges and opportunities facing the 21st century church. But if the Episcopal Church is no longer the Church of the Establishment and the benefactor model of church is dead, what is the heart of Episcopal mission and identity? Scholar and Episcopal priest Dwight Zscheile draws on multiple streams of Anglican thought and practice, plus contemporary experience to craft a vision for mission that addresses the church’s post-establishment, post-colonial context. With stories, practices and concrete illustrations, Zscheile engages readers in re-envisioning what it means to be Anglican in America today and sends readers out to build new relationships within their local contexts.
Author: Lauren F. Winner
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-09-01
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1640650008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK• Next generation of the classic Episcopal Teaching Series • Accessible and engaging enough for newcomers and adult learners; full of content for church leaders and seminarians • Filled with interactive study materials The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to write a new set of books, grounded and thoughtful enough for seminarians and leaders, concise and accessible enough for newcomers, with a host of discussion resources that help readers to dig deep. In this seventh volume, bestselling author, scholar, and priest Lauren Winner introduces the story behind the Scriptures and invites readers to engage the Word of God with curiosity and confidence. Rich with content and grounded in Episcopal tradition, A Word to Live By is filled with Winner’s trademark combination of humor, authenticity, and rich insight.
Author: John H. Westerhoff III
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 0819231886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the Episcopal Church. What are we as Episcopalians? This concise booklet explores five main areas of Episcopal life: identity, authority, spirituality, temperament, and polity. A great introduction to the Episcopal way of thinking in readable prose for any newcomer or seeker in the Episcopal Church who may wonder what makes Episcopalians different than Roman Catholics or other protestants.
Author: Bishop Michael B. Curry
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1529337348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe were created by love, for love, to love and to be loved. And we are at our best when we live in God's love. And I believe deep down, it's what we all want. We don't want hatred. We don't want the abyss. We want Beloved Community. The way of love is how to live it. When Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018, two billion people watched around the world. For one brief moment, love recreated the cosmos, the world came together. And the Bishop Michael Curry preached his revolutionary sermon on the power of love. In this book, Bishop Curry shares his deep faith that characterised that cultural moment: the way of love. It is the underappreciated, all-but-forgotten understanding of agape, the love that uplifts, liberates and changes the world. Though some might believe the world has to be the same, this way has the power to change things for the better. In his warm and accessible style Bishop Curry holds out the hope of love in troubling times.
Author: Jenifer Gamber
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2009-04
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0819223212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guide for newcomers to the Episcopal Church is written and designed to provide accessible and user-friendly reading, with an easy-going look and style that's packed full of substance.
Author: Christopher Webber
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 1999-12
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 0819218200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect book for inquirers and new members, as well as current Church members who may be unfamiliar with some of the Church s history, beliefs, and practices. This new introduction to the history, polity, spirituality, worship, and outreach of the Episcopal Church is written in an easy-to-read conversational tone, and includes study questions at the end of each chapter, making it an excellent resource for adult parish study and inquirers' classes."
Author: Jesse Zink
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2016-01-10
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0819232599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPonders how the good news of Jesus Christ is made known in our world today.
Author: Thomas Ferguson
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2015-10-10
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 0819232211
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to revitalize the classic resource with fresh new voices and style, concise and clear enough for newcomers, yet grounded and thoughtful enough for seminarians and leaders. In this volume, seminary dean and popular blogger Thomas Ferguson traces the history of Christianity, with a special focus on the rise of the Anglican Communion and the birth and continual rebirth of The Episcopal Church. Explore how we got here and where we might be going.
Author: Stephanie Spellers
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2021-03-17
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1640654259
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history." — The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry Sometimes it takes disruption and loss to break us open and call us home to God. It’s not surprising that a global pandemic and once-in-a-generation reckoning with white supremacy—on top of decades of systemic decline—have spurred Christians everywhere to ask who we are, why God placed us here and what difference that makes to the world. In this critical yet loving book, the author explores the American story and the Episcopal story in order to find out how communities steeped in racism, establishment, and privilege can at last fall in love with Jesus, walk humbly with the most vulnerable and embody beloved community in our own broken but beautiful way. The Church Cracked Open invites us to surrender privilege and redefine church, not just for the sake of others, but for our own salvation and liberation.
