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The SCM Studyguide, Practical Skills for Ministry is a
practical guide for people who are training for ministry, lay or
ordained. Those who are already working as ministers will find
it a refreshing source of advice and help to enable them to
follow their calling more effectively. People seeking to support
ministers may also benefit from this book |
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Anglicanism Reimagined: An honest Church? by Andrew
Shanks SPCK Publications 2010
isbn 9780281060856 £12.99
In Anglicanism Reimagined, Andrew Shanks challenges
all who are tempted to erect boundaries around their faith.
Far more important than dogma and metaphysics, he argues, is the
need to be open to all, and to engage with people who hold views
at odds with our own. He shows how a commitment to
this ideal can create fresh energy and new ways forward for the
Church.
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All-Age Worship by Lucy Moore. BRF
Publications 2010 isbn: 9781841014326 £7.99
Lucy Moore sets out a compelling vision for all-age worship
-full of inspiration and deeply practical. Read this
book and you will be left in no doubt that all-age worship
really can be spiritually engaging and nourishing for everyone.
Essential reading for any minister or children's leader in any
church that wants to grows its work among children and families. |
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A Theology of Women's Priesthood: by Ali Green (SPCK
2009)
isbn 9780281060894 £12.99'Ali Green opens up
new frontiers in the debate about the theology and significance
of women's ordination. This is the first book to
offer a developed sacramental theology of female priesthood from
the perspective of a scholar who is herself an ordained priest.
It is likely to be welcomed by all who seek a renewal of the
Christian vision through the embrace of the priesthood of women
made in the image of God.'
(Tina Beattie, Professor in Catholic Studies)
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Lay Presidency at the Eucharist?: An Anglican
Approach, by Nicholas H Taylor (Continuum 2009)
isbn 9781906286187 £16.99
'Nicholas Taylor has carefully assembled and analysed the
historical and theological issues surrounding lay presidency at
the Eucharist. He has very helpfully placed this
particular matter within its wider ecclesial, missionary and
theological contexts and in so doing has carefully and fairly
articulated and critiqued the arguments of those promoting lay
presidency at the Eucharist. He has provided a much
needed theological platform upon which a consensus might be
sought on the matter.' (Stephen Pickard, Assistant Bishop,
Diocese of Adelaide)
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LEARNING FOR MINISTRY:Making the most of study and
training. by Steven Croft and Roger Walton, ( Church House
Publishing 2008) £14.99.
Are you about to start training? Do you feel daunted by the
array of new terms, ideas and changes thrown at you?
This user-friendly handbook will reduce the fear factor and help
you make the most of your study and training.
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THE MAKING OF MINISTRY edited by Angela Shier-Jones,
(Epworth 2008) £19.99
The Making of Ministry offers a unique insight into some of
the very real practical and theological issues affecting the
Church's investment in its primary asset - namely its people.
The question faced by the Churches is whether or not the
theological education provided for ministers to prepare, support
and sustain them in their ministry is effective and appropriate
for the needs of the twenty-first century Church.
The book explores the expectations underpinning the role of a
priest or presbyter, deacon or lay worker in the Church today. |
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LOCAL MINISTRY: Story, process and meaning, edited by
Robin Greenwood and Caroline Pascoe (SPCK2006) £11.99
In the face of most people's bored disengagement with
organized religion, we experience both the complacency of
preserving outworn routines in the local church and
institutional panic that the old order is slipping way.
How is this situation to be addressed? One answer is
through the healthy and creative growth of Local Ministry that
focuses on deliberately interrelational and inclusive practices
of gospel community in a mission-shaped Church.
The short reflections in this book give snapshots of imaginative
developments in some parts of the Anglican Communion and explore
ideas about the future identity of the local church. |
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CALLED BY GOD? A handbook for those testing Christian
vocation, by Stuart Buchanan (SPCK 2008) £14.99
Are you involved in testing Christian vocation?
Do you struggle to explore faith issues in interviews?
Do you need advice on deciding if a vocation is genuine?
If so, then this is the book for you. Here, Stuart Buchanan
draws on a wealth of experience in discerning vocation and
offers invaluable advice to all those who are required to test
someone's calling, whether to full-time ministry, mission work
overseas or at home, or pastoral and youth work in the
community. Called by God? will give you the
confidence and knowledge to test Christian vocation and it will
help you discern God's call for others. |
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SKILLS FOR COLLABORATIVE MINISTRY: by Sally Nash, Jo
Pimlott and Paul Nash (SPCK Library of Ministry 2008)
£12.99
Skills for Collaborative Ministry will help you to work more
effectively with other people, both inside and outside the
Church. Each chapter focuses on a particular skill (such
as team building, facilitation, diversity skills, conflict
resolution and evaluation techniques), outlines the theory and
the theology behind it, and gives practical guidance and advice.
The book includes exercises for both individuals and groups,
along with a range of ideas that can be adapted to your own
context. |
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Reader Ministry Explored: by Cathy Rowling & Paula
Gooder (SPCK 2009) £9.99 Reader Ministry Explored
investigates the theology and practice of Reader Ministry.
Drawing upon the experience of a considerable number of serving
Readers, it identifies some of the key questions and challenges
that Readers face today. It is a practical guide for
those considering Reader Ministry, those in training and their
trainers, licensed Readers and clergy working alongside Readers. |
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BEING A PRIEST TODAY: Exploring priestly identity by
Christopher Cocksworth and Rosalind Brown. (Canterbury Press
2007 enlarged edition) £13.99
This well crafted book on being a priest feeds the heart,
mind and soul. Drawing deeply from the wells of scripture and
tradition, it will inspire those considering a call to
ordination, renew the vocations of those long ordained, and
enlarge the vision of all God's people. In challenging
times for the Church's ministry, that's a great gift. (Rt
Revd Graham James, Bishop of Norwich) |
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THE CHRISTIAN PRIEST TODAY, by Michael Ramsey, (SPCK
CLASSICS 2009) £8.99
Of all Michael Ramsey's many books, The Christian Priest
Today is perhaps the best loved and most enduring. The
main part of the volume is composed of charges to ordination
candidates, with an emphasis on the intellectual and devotional
life of the minister in an increasingly self-sufficient world.
Later chapters reflect on the ministry of the laity, the
theology of priesthood and the roles of bishop and presbyter in
the context of the practical meaning of divine vocation.'Michael
Ramsey's profound simplicity leaps off the page....This book can
be read with great and lasting benefit by anyone interested in
this strange and magnificent vocation' (John Pritchard, Bishop
of Oxford)
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An
Evangelical among the Anglican Liturgists
Colin
Buchanan, SPCK 2009
Colin Buchanan was asked to join
the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England in 1964, to
bring in evangelical convictions. He has been at the centre of
liturgical developments for over 40 years, and has thus lived
and contributed through a time in the Church of England when
first the original experimental services, then the Alternative
Service Book 1980, and many years later, Common Worship, were
being created and negotiated. This book reveals some of the
characters and issues involved in the revision process – from
Cranmer to the present day.
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Pioneer Ministry and Fresh Expressions of Church.
by Angela Shier-Jones. SPCK 2009
isbn: 9780281061136 £12.99 Angela
offers a theological and practical guide for pioneer ministers,
both ordained and lay, and mission-minded congregations, on how
to initiate and support fresh expressions of church.
Drawing on Scripture as well as on real-life case studies, she
illustrates best practice in working to transform a God-given
vision for mission into a reality. |
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Re-Shaping Rural Ministry: A theological and practical
handbook
Edited by: James Bell, Jill Hopkinson and Trevor Willmott
Canterbury Press 2009
isbn 9781853119538 £14.99
Re-shaping rural ministry explores the imaginative responses
of many rural churches to decades of challenges and changes, and
offers practical and theological reflection from leading writers
on the questions it is addressing today. An essential book for
all engaged in rural ministry, those considering it, and all
involved in ministerial selection and training. |
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