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  • Leadership Formation in the African Context

    Missional Leadership Revisited

    by Samuel Deressa ...
    The teachings of Christian leadership have been dominated by a focus on the influence of a leader on its followers. Samuel Deressa's new book, Leadership Formation in the African Context, highlights how an African concept of community and holistic approach to ministry provides a biblically sound approach to understanding leadership formation and practice in this new age. This book links the issue ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God's Mission, Our Calling

    The Redemptive Purpose of God in the Old and New Testaments

    by Samuel Deressa ...
    Contextual engagement and strategic thinking are critical for missions, but a globally engaged, Christ-centered vision must flow from a deep, sustained encounter with the biblical narrative. Mission is a central theme woven throughout Scripture--rooted in the Abrahamic covenant, expressed through Israel's calling, and ultimately fulfilled in Christ and the Great Commission.In this book, Samuel ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • A Practical Discipleship Model That Fosters Spiritual Maturity

    Responses to Tradition, Divinities, and Witch Doctors in the Context of the Anyuwaa Church

    by Owar Ojha Ojulu ...
    Jesus challenges us to live in him and continue living out the truth so that we claim our allegiance to Christ and live as disciples free from fear and from cultural customs that contradict the gospel message. This project has found that the lack of discipleship training among the Anyuwaa churches has resulted in a lack of understanding of what this ministry entails--teaching and making disciples. ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reformational Missiology

    An Evangelical Lutheran Perspective for Global Mission

    by Mike Rodewald, Samuel Deressa ...
    This book is about why Christians share their faith—not because they made it up, but because God calls us to share. It explains how Lutheran beliefs, like being saved by grace alone and focusing on Jesus’ sacrifice, shape the spread of the message of Jesus today. The book covers the Bible’s teachings, history, modern challenges and practical ways to live out serving in God's mission today. ... Read more

    $24.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life, Works, and Witness of Tsehay Tolessa and Gudina Tumsa, the Ethiopian Bonhoeffer

    Edited by Samuel Yonas Deressa, Sarah Hinlicky Wison ...
    Series series Lutheran Quarterly Books
    This book opens a window into the lives and extraordinary witness of a Christian couple whose faithful life of service has earned them the moniker of Ethiopias Bonhoeffer. Part One introduces the reader to the extant writings of Gudina Tumsa. Part Two is a highly personal account of Gudina and Tsehays life, witness, and sufferings. The collection concludes with an essay by Samuel Yonas Deressa on ... Read more

    $35.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Other Lutherans

    Voices from the Global South

    Edited by Professor Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Samuel Yonas Deressa ...
    A collection of essays voicing “nontraditional” perspectives in Lutheran theology emerging from and for the Global South on a variety of studies and topics.Traditionally, the Lutheran family of churches has been associated historically and geographically with German and Scandinavian peoples and cultures. Yet the largest Lutheran university operates in Brazil and the largest Lutheran churches are ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • A Church for the World

    The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development

    by Samuel Yonas Deressa, Ibrahim B. Bitrus, Lim Teck Peng, Wondimu Sonessa, Delfo Canceran, OP, Andrew D. DeCort, David Thang Moe, Josh de Keijzer, Nestor Ravilas1, Wilfredo Laceda2 ...
    A Church for the World: The Church’s Role in Fostering Democracy and Sustainable Development challenges theologians and lay readers alike to think about the role of the church vis-à-vis its responsibility to the world. How may the church contribute to democracy and foster sustainable development? Contributors from mostly non-Western theological communities offer historical, developmental, ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Forming Leaders for the Public Church

    Vocation in Twenty-First Century Societies

    by Samuel Yonas Deressa, Mary Sue Dreier, Gary M. Simpson, Dinku Bato, Sekenwa Moses Briska, Paul D. Erickson, Tomas Gulan, Scott J. Hagley, David C. Hahn0, Marie Y. Hayes1, Betsy Miller2, Jeremy Myers3, Mark Nygard4, William O. Obaga5, Dee Pederson6, Steve Thomason7, David L. Tiede8, Mary Jane Haemig9, Professor Mary E. Hess1 ...
    These challenging times demand that Christian churches and their leaders faithfully and effectively address diverse global situations with Gospel-rooted compassion and justice. These essays argue that public theology provides the trinitarian theological framework which fuels wise and compassionate public participation in God's mission within the world today. Public church leaders from the Global ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Theology and Ethics for the Public Church

    Mission in the 21st Century World

    by Samuel Yonas Deressa, Mary Sue Dreier, Gary M. Simpson, Ibrahim S. Bitrus, David L. Everett, David E. Fredrickson, Marie Y. Hayes, George R. Hunsberger, Robert Kolb0, Pum Za Mang1, Margaret Kemunto Obaga2, Laurie Skow-Anderson3, Robert O. Smith4, Marie-Louise Ström5, John R. Stumme6, David L. Tiede7, Josh de Keijzer9, Guillermo Hansen0, Gregory Walter1 ...
    How might the Christian church effectively engage today's politically charged, profit-motivated world while remaining faithful to its biblical and theological roots? The contributors in this book argue that public theology provides a promising pathway forward. The public theology emerging from these pages has been influenced by the theological interests and commitments of Gary M. Simpson, Lutheran ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

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    Spirit-Empowered Preaching, Teaching, Healing, and Leadership

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    This book is a comprehensive guide and a one-volume handbook on Spirit-led ministry in the twenty-first century. Written for ministry students, seasoned pastors, and anyone dealing with a sense of calling, this is an inspiring read on Spirit-empowered ministry that expresses itself in word and deed through preaching, teaching, healing, and leadership. In these pages, a pastor, chaplain, and ... Read more

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  • Missions

    Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies

    by Gailyn Van Rheenen ...
    “In a rapidly changing world,… the central missionary vision of the church must be constantly renewed, lest its foundations become lost in the confusion of change or its practices trapped in missionary models of the past.”In this second edition of Missions, long-time missionary Gailyn Van Rheenen revises and updates his classic text on Christian missions, laying sound theological and strategic ... Read more

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  • Center Church

    Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

    by Timothy Keller ...
    Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor.Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones ... Read more

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