Supporting today’s leaders in their churches, communities, and beyond
Doing ministry in the 21st century is challenging. Fortress Press publishes titles that support mainline and evangelical church leaders in their efforts to lead dynamic faith communities. Topics and series cover the full range of contemporary ministry, from preaching to pastoral care and from leadership to community organizing.
The first principle of ministry leadership is love: love that emerges from life rooted in God. Healthy leadership requires a spirituality that enlivens us to move beyond rigid, dualistic frameworks. Robinson provides practical tools for cultivating spiritual practices that lead ministers into the world as agents of faith, hope, love, and justice.
Injustice and the Care of Souls, Second Edition, explores injustices in church and society and their impact on pastoral caregiving. The book offers pastoral and spiritual caregivers broader contexts, knowledge, and skills to respond effectively to marginalized people and to reflect on how their own social locations affect their work.
Churches have a vital role in helping people with dementia and their caregivers, and much to learn from them too. Cail pairs poignant stories with strategies, lesson plans, and advice for ministries that compliment community needs and church resources. Readers will find here tools for preparing their congregations to engage this important work.
Sue Pizor Yoder and her team of scholars and ministry leaders interviewed over two hundred people under age forty in search of the lessons they might teach about belonging, adversity, legacy--and faith. Through collaborative storytelling, Hear Us Now illustrates the ways Millennials and Gen Z are navigating life and making meaning.
For four decades, this classic collection of tough, beautiful, and earthy prayers has lightened hearts and dared spirits to soar.
To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry, based on the premise that the old models of ministry are no longer working, brings together practical theology, Christian ministry, and social entrepreneurship to offer a thoughtful, robust theological perspective and practical insights for youth ministry that will thrive into the future.
In The Everyday Advocate, Ross Murray encourages Christians to discern their call to advocate for justice and shows them how to respond faithfully by taking practical steps in everyday life. He also shows faith leaders how to help people think through their calling to advocacy and connect with communities that can use their passions and talents.
Freedom and Imagination recovers faith as the theological heart of the human being's participation in the life of God, and imagination as faith's interpretive lens. Three areas of ministry and life are explored through the imagination of faith: biblical interpretation, proclamation, and Christian freedom.
In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Second Edition, Ryan P. Burge gives readers a nuanced, accurate, and meaningful look at the growing number of Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. This second edition includes substantial updates.
Leading Faithful Innovation offers a practical, hands-on approach to addressing the challenges of change in the church and our culture. This three-step process is not another program or add-on to what readers are already doing. It is an ongoing way of following God that allows the Spirit of God to drive the energy among the people of the church.
In Remorse: Finding Joy through Honest Apology, Episcopal priest and licensed therapist Stephen Crippen offers a path for those who long to experience the grace of remorse and need learn only how to begin. He also speaks to faith leaders who want to help people work with their burdens of conscience -- a difficult but rich and satisfying process.
Victoria Atkinson White in Holy Friendships: Nurturing Relationships That Sustain Pastors and Leaders offers hope, grace, and humor, inviting readers to invest in their own resilience, sustainability, and flourishing and to cultivate beloved community by nurturing holy friendships--mutual and sacred relationships deeply rooted in God's love.
