Will Willimon is a preacher and teacher of preachers. He is a United Methodist bishop (retired) and serves as Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina. For twenty years he was Dean of the Chapel at Duke University. A 1996 Baylor University study named him among the Twelve Most Effective Preachers in the English speaking world. The Pew Research Center found that Will was one of the most widely read authors among Protestant clergy in 2005. His quarterly Pulpit Resource is used by thousands of pastors throughout North America, Canada, and Australia. In 2021 he gave the prestigious Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale Divinity School. Those lectures became the book, Preachers Dare: Speaking for God which is the inspiration for his ninetieth book, Listeners Dare: Hearing God in the Sermon.
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Kathy Armistead & William H. Willimon: This We Believe Leader’s Guide
Leader guide for eight-week small group study to help you deepen your understanding of United Methodist core beliefs. This We Believe: The Core of Wesleyan Faith and Practice by William H. Willimon …
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M. Kathryn Armistead & Brad D. Strawn: Wesleyan Theology and Social Science
Science and religion are living, organic, and creative traditions. Both see humans as profoundly interconnected and in some way responsible for our environs. This worldview is especially true for …
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Bryan Langlands & William H. Willimon: A Will to Lead and the Grace to Follow
Throughout his time as bishop, Will Willimon has once a week sat down at his computer and tapped out short messages to the churches under his care. Sometimes his intention has been to comfort an …
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Bill Easum & Bill Tenny-Brittian: Ministry in Hard Times
In hard times, you can either panic, decline, or grow. Which do you choose to do? This is not a time to tweak your church budget. It is not a time to slash and burn it indiscriminately across the boa …
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Hoyt L. Hickman: Worshiping with United Methodists Revised Edition
Revised and updated, this popular book shows pastors and worship leaders the basics of United Methodist worship. In this straightforward and updated commentary, Hoyt Hickman explains the basic patter …
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Mike Slaughter: Change the World
Everybody wants to change the world, and it all starts with a changed heart. As we grow closer to the heart of Christ, we learn to love others the way he did. Passion for justice and desire to serve …
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John Patton: Pastoral Care
The essentials of pastoral care involve the pastor’s distinctive task of caring for those who are estranged–the lost sheep. Taken from the biblical image of the shepherd, the pastor by virtue of his …
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John E. Kaiser: Fish or Cut Bait
Through extensive research, Dr. John Kaiser shares the best practices of ten successful congregations. Focusing explicitly on decision-making rather than planning, structure, relationships, or any ot …
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Robin Knowles Wallace: The Christian Year
In this concise guide, Dr. Knowles Wallace gives practical worship and preaching suggestions for each season of the Christian year as it relates to the Revised Common Lectionary. She describes the un …
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Darlene Wetterstrom & David A. Thompson: Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
Help bring combat veterans all the way back home. Over a half million combat veterans have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. With thousands of military personnel still deployed, few commu …
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Karen B. Tye: Christian Education in the Small Membership Church
Christian Education is part of the vital ministry of all churches, but especially of small membership churches. In a culture that places great value on numbers, small membership churches often …
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Jason Byassee: The Gifts of the Small Church
Dizzying changes have taken place in American religious life in the last half century. Yet in spite of that fact, taking a snapshot of a “typical” Christian church in America would reveal a surprisin …
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Bob Farr & Kay Kotan: Renovate or Die
Be the Church Jesus calls us to be. Bob Farr asserts that to change the world, we must first change the Church. As Adam Hamilton says in the Foreword, “Read [this book] carefully with other leaders i …
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Luke A. Powery: Spirit Speech
That the Holy Spirit is present in preaching is something we take for granted. How the Spirit is present is a question we seldom ask. Luke Powery suggests that we fail to ask that question to the …
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Charles M. Wood & Ellen Blue: Attentive to God
How the pastor reads a situation theologically will define the possibilities for ministry now and for the church’s future. The pastor’s theological lens affects every ministry task. This book introdu …
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James K. Wagner: Just in Time! Healing Services
Persons who design and lead worship will find this a practical and useful guide for Christ-centered healing ministry that can be easily adapted in a variety of settings. Included are six complete ser …
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Marlon F. Hall & Cheryl Kirk-Duggan: Wake Up
First an expression of black urban youth, Hip Hop music continues to expand as a cultural expression of youth and, now, young adults more generally. As a cultural phenomenon, it has even become …
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Robin W. Lovin: An Introduction to Christian Ethics
A few years ago, the first distinction that ethicists drew was the line between Christian ethics and philosophical ethics. However, in our global context, Christian ethicists must now, in addition, c …
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Anne E. Streaty Wimberly: Soul Stories
In this revision of Soul Stories, Dr. Wimberly moves even more in the direction of Christian Education with African American families. Soul stories link persons’ everyday life with the Christian …
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Emma J. Justes: Hearing Beyond the Words
Only when pastors hear beyond the words, can they care-fully minister. Pastors listen all the time. Or do they? Listening is more than a developed skill; it is an awesome gift of hospitality offered …
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John Savage: Your Spiritual IQ
Guidance, inspiration, and practical tools to deepen your relationship with God. To increase your faith, love, and commitment to God, you must: know your own story, pray deeply, simplify your desires …
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George G. Hunter: The Apostolic Congregation
A church in the heart of Manhattan and a congregation among the Inuit people of Northern Canada would seem to have little in common with one another. Yet in one way they are surprisingly similar: The …
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John B. Cobb: Spiritual Bankruptcy
In these times many people feel that their cherished religious values are held hostage by the forces of secularization and that, as a consequence, society is morally bankrupt. While acknowledgi …
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Fred B. Craddock: Preaching 34579
A standard textbook on the art and craft of preaching. Craddock weaves history, theology, and hermeneutics into an exhaustive text on sermon preparation and preaching. Painstakingly prepared for semi …
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Melva W. Costen: African American Christian Worship
In this update to her 1993 classic,
African American Christian Worship, Melva Wilson Costen, again delights her reader with a lively history and theology of the African American worship experience. …
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Robert Schnase: Five Practices of Fruitful Youth Ministry
Lead youth to live radically, passionately, intentionally, extravagantly—taking risks to become fruitful disciples of Jesus. These ten ready-to-use sessions teach the fundamentals of Christian living …
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Roland D. Martinson & Don C. Richter: OMG
‘Most contemporary young people operate far enough from Moses’ moral compass that it never occurs to them that “OMG” (“oh my God, ” in teenspeak) has anything to do with the Ten Commandments, much le …
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Joel B. Green: Seized by Truth
We read the Bible and interpret Scripture in order to live in grace-filled relation to God’s divine purpose.When we approach the Bible as Scripture author, Joel Green, takes seriously the faith …
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Robin Knowles Wallace: Just in Time! Communion Services
The
Just In Time! series offers brief, practical resources of immediate help for pastors at an affordable price.
This book introduces the practice of Communion and offers a collection of Communion …
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Erik Rees & Jeff Jernigan: TILT
A simple tilt can turn something ordinary and commonplace, something well understood and familiar, into a powerful and unalterably different force. Any leader can provide the tools and instruction to …
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Edward P. Wimberly: African American Pastoral Care
Respond to God’s unfolding drama to bring healing and reconciliation. In this major revision of his classic book, Dr. Edward Wimberly updates his narrative methodology by examining current issues in …
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Bruce Chilton: The Way of Jesus
The way of Jesus means that despite our tears and scars, we can become vessels of divine light. A young man loses his wife while their baby escapes without injury. In abject grief he reaches out to a …
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J. Clif Christopher: Whose Offering Plate Is It?
In Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate, Clif Christopher challenged churches and pastors to take a lesson from the leaders of not-for-profit organizations: if you want people to give to your church, fir …
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Bill Easum: Preaching for Church Transformation
Before he was one of the best-known church consultants in the country, Bill Easum served a lengthy pastorate in San Antonio, Texas. When he arrived at the church it was in serious decline, with …
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Gil Rendle: Journey in the Wilderness
The last forty years have seen transitions in mainline churches that feel, for many, like a journey into the wilderness. Yet God is calling us in this moment, not to grieve over the changes we have e …
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Norman Shawchuck & Roger Heuser: Leading the Congregation
Leading the Congregation is a complete and definitive guide to the practice of church leadership. The book describes essential paradigms for the leader that integrate spiritual integrity and service …
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Joseph E. Lowery: Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land 35011
From the earliest meetings of the Civil Rights Movement to offering the benediction for the first African American President of the United States, Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery has been an eyewitness to som …
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Mark Stephenson: Web-Empowered Ministry
Let Web-Empowered Ministry be your comprehensive guide along your unique journey toward building a powerful internet ministry. You will learn the practical steps, techniques, and ideas needed to deve …
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Kristine Miller & Scott McKenzie: CLIMB Higher
CLIMB challenges the negative connotations associated with “stewardship” and invites congregations to completely change the conversation around this critically important topic. Instead of talking abo …
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James E. Taylor: More Letters for Every Occasion
Sending a personal note, email, or letter means that you took time to care. It can be a grace-filled symbol of your ministry outreach and an effective way to offer pastoral concern. The book offers m …
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Tom Berlin & Lovett H. Weems: Bearing Fruit
Thousands of congregations are in serious trouble. Children are not being taught the faith. Disciples are not being made. Lives are not being transformed. The poor are not being blesse …
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Ben Witherington: On the Road with Jesus
Travel to the Holy Land with New Testament scholar Ben Witherington and experience the birth and ministry of Jesus in this study guide that goes along with a four-session video study available sepera …
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Jennifer S. Cisney & Kevin L. Ellers: The First 48 Hours
The first 48 hours are critical to the recovery of trauma victims.First responders make the difference between life and death for trauma victims. But what is often not recognized is that when …
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Leo Perdue: Biblical Theology
One of the thorniest problems in theological study is the relationship between biblical studies on the one hand, and constructive theology on the other. Theologians know that the Bible is the core …
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David N. Mosser: Just in Time! Prayers for Lent and Holy Week
This resource includes helpful prayers to use in public worship during Lent and Holy week. The collection includes invocations, opening prayers, prayers of confession, and pastoral prayers for the …
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Anne E. Streaty Wimberly: Keep It Real
Offers the ‘village of hope’ as a framework where pastors and leaders offer the church as a place of support, guidance, and accountability for youth, parents, and other adults who are raising today’s …
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Robin Knowles Wallace: Worshiping in the Small Membership Church
Offers pastors new inspiration and fresh worship encounters with God.Worship is the most important time in the life of the gathered faithful. Inspirational and accessible, this book is will help …
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The New Pastor’s Guide to Leading Worship
Worship A down-to-earth guide to planning and implementing meaningful worship experiences for pastors, written especially for those new to the job. This practical book is for new pastors as they move …
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Lee H. Butler: Listen My Son
Straight talk about what it means to be African American men. ‘Let’s have a conversation. Let’s talk man-to-man and brother-to-brother. Let’s talk about how we grow into adults and what manhood …
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F. Belton Joyner: Ten Questions Every Pastor Fears
Pastors will keep this book–its hints, its chuckles, its struggles–close at hand. You never know when you’ll get one of those dreaded questions. They are always just around the corner. Even when th …
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Ben Witherington: On the Road with Jesus
Jesus changed lives; let him change yours. In this 4-session video study with popular author and New Testament scholar, Ben Witherington takes you to the sites where Jesus ministered. Through Jesus, …
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Gregory C. Ellison: Cut Dead But Still Alive
To cut dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish. Gregory Ellison says that this is the plight of African American young men. They are stigmatized with limited opport …
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Norma Cook Everist: Church Conflict
You love your work. You love the people–most of the time. They respect you, most of the time. You work together with colleagues, staff, and laity, with energy and enthusiasm, most of the time. But …
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Michael W. Foss: From Members to Disciples
The book of Acts serves as our playbook for ministry as it prepares us for the active presence of God.Studying the book of Arts takes us back to the future. It shows the church how to trust in the …
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Peter James Flamming: Healing the Heartbreak of Grief
Free yourself from the threads of grief that grip your heart. In an irreversible moment, your life changes forever. Your life is upside down and your heart is inside out. Life goes on for others, but …
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James W. Moore: How God Takes Our Little & Makes It Much
Here is Jim Moore at his best, telling the heart-warming stories as he teaches us about the Bible. In this 6-session, video-based study, Dr. Moore uses key Scriptures that distinctively shape us as U …
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David N. Mosser: Just in Time! Stewardship Services
Provides ready-to-use worship and preaching resources for themes related to Stewardship. Understanding the concept of stewardship in a broader context as management of our God-given gifts, this book …
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James W. Moore: When the World Takes the Wind Out of Your Sails
In the words of author James W. Moore: When the world takes the wind out of our sails and we feel down and out, we want someone to help us, to reassure us, to encourage us, to deliver us, to save us. …
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J. Ellsworth Kalas: I Bought a House on Gratitude Street
Popular author J. Ellsworth Kalas has a few things he’d like to share. In I Bought a House on Gratitude Street, Kalas imparts insights gathered over the years through different means – “Some…ha …
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James W. Moore: 6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts
In this 6-session study, Dr. Moore uses key scriptures that distinctively shape us as United Methodists. Each session also lifts up and uses core terms and life application topics taken from the …
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Joseph W. Walker: Date with Destiny Devotional
Based on Bishop Joseph Walker’s powerful book: Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need Bishop Walker contends that finding the love you need only happens when you discover your true purpose fo …
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Kristen Welch: Don’t Make Me Come Up There!
A calm moment is a rare find in a mom’s chaotic day. But she needs it. She needs the moment to refocus and refresh her soul. She needs the inspiration to find God in the mess and the mundane that oft …
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William H. Willimon: This We Believe
For John Wesley, the Bible is the joyfully consistent testimony of God’s never-ending grace and ever-seeking love. Likewise, studying the Bible is more than merely knowing what Scripture says; it is …
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Loren Townsend: Introduction to Pastoral Counseling
Grounded in empirical research and richly illustrated with case studies, this introduction continues the theoretical, practical, and theological expansion of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Because of …
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Thomas C. Oden: Doctrinal Standards in the Wesleyan Tradition
The history of Wesleyan family of churches doctrines What are our core beliefs? Doctrinal Standards in the Wesleyan Tradition, Revised Edition, narrates the history of the formation of Wesleyan doctr …
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