What to buy your minister this Christmas

If you're unsure what to buy your minister this Christmas, have a look at the gift ideas below.

1. So Everyone Can Hear by Mark Crosby

2020 has seen a huge shift in the way we experience Church, and with that, a need for leaders to be able to communicate Church more effectively online. Mark Crosby's So Everyone Can Hear will help leaders to think about what they say and how they say it so that everyone can hear from the visitor to the member and those outside of the church.

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2. We Need To Talk About Race by Ben Lindsay

With the Black Lives Matter movement returning to national headlines this Summer, there has been much talk about what the Church should and shouldn't do. In We Need To Talk About Race by Ben Lindsay, Ben offers eye-opening insights into the black religious experience, challenging the status quo in white majority churches. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of race relations in the Church in the UK and shows us how both leaders and laypeople can work together to create a truly inclusive church community.

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3. A House Built on Love by Ed Walker

How can a church minister be at the forefront of the fight against homelessness? In A House Built on Love Ed Walker tells the remarkable story of Hope into Action's rapidly-growing mission and how it has worked in partnership with churches to supply homes, support, friendship and love for the homeless and marginalized. This story will leave leaders with a stronger understanding of one of the most important social issues of today, and show how reaching out with love and compassion can have a life-changing impact.

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4. Breaking the Mould by Jules Middleton

There are hundreds of mums in ministry across the Church today, and yet against a predominantly white, middle-class, male-dominated history, they can still be something of an anomaly. Bringing together stories from all different walks of life - Pentecostal to Methodist, single mums to adopters, RAF chaplains to disability advisors and everything in-between – Rev. Jules Middleton maps the highs and lows ministry mums may face as they seek to ‘break the mould’ and challenge the ‘shoulds’ and stereotypes that surround both roles.

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5. Love Means Love by David Runcorn

With the recent publication of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) resources, David Runcorn's book Love Means Love is the ideal book to read alongside these resources.  Here, in his compassionate, cogent book, David Runcorn outlines how someone can support same-sex relationships on the basis of the Bible, not in spite of it.

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