Marshall Shelley

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  Church History In Plain Language Workbook (Workbook)

  $19.99

  This workbook is designed to accompany the fifth edition of Bruce Shelley’s Church History in Plain Language.

  Following the textbook’s structure, this workbook offers discussion questions for group and personal reflection, assessments, activities, and resources for further study, all of which reinforce the textbook’s teaching and support the students’ learning experience.

  The newest edition of Bruce Shelley’s Church History in Plain Language brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. In this fifth edition, Marshall Shelley assembled a team of historians, historical theologians, and editors to revise and update his father’s classic text. As a result, it now includes important stories of the development of Christianity in Asia, India, and Africa, both in the early church as well as in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It also highlights the stories of women and non-Europeans who significantly influenced the development of Christianity but whose contributions are often overlooked in overviews of church history.

  Covering recent events, this book also:

  *Details the rapid growth of Christianity in the southern hemisphere
  *Examines the influence of technology on the spread of the gospel
  *Discusses how Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world

  Together with this workbook companion, the new edition of Church History in Plain Language provides an easy-to-read guide to global Christianity and promises to set a new standard for readable church history.

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  Church History In Plain Language

  $39.99

  Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today’s readers.

  Bruce Shelley’s classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking readers from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells his readers a story of actual people, in a particular situation, taking action or being acted upon, provides a window into the circumstances and historical context, and from there develops the story of a major period or theme of Christian history. Covering recent events, this book also:
  *Details the rapid growth of evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in the southern hemisphere

  *Addresses the decline in traditional mainline denominations

  *Examines the influence of technology on the spread of the gospel

  *Discusses how Christianity intersects with other religions in countries all over the world

  For this fifth edition, Marshall Shelley brought together a team of historians, historical theologians, and editors to revise and update this father’s classic text. The new edition adds important stories of the development of Christianity in Asia, India, and Africa, both in the early church as well as in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It also highlights the stories of women and non-Europeans who significantly influenced the development of Christianity but whose contributions are often overlooked in previous overviews of church history.

  This concise book provides an easy-to-read guide to church history with intellectual substance. The new edition of Church History in Plain Language promises to set a new standard for readable church history.

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  Ministering To Problem People In Your Church

  $18.00

  Help for Pastors Who Minister under All-Too-Common Destructive Conditions–
  from the Editor of Leadership Journal

  Every pastor faces hostility, resistance, and interference from often well-meaning (but difficult) people in the church. Using real-life stories of battle-scarred veterans, Shelley, editor of Leadership Journal, presents a clear picture of God’s love for those on both sides of the problem. He offers tested strategies to communicate love and turn dissidents into disciples. This newly updated book will not only help pastors and church leaders preserve their sanity (and maybe their jobs), it will help them minister more effectively–even to those who make their lives difficult.

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