Ministers Book Club

The Ministers Book Club is open to ministers and mission workers of all denominations. This an informational book club dedicated to keeping ministers and mission workers up to date on new and recently released titles through notices sent via email every other month. Books featured (as well as our backlist titles) are available to you at a 20% discount not only during the months featured, but throughout the year. (Note: This discount does not apply to curriculum, hymnals, or periodicals.) To join the Club, simply fill out the form. Items marked with * are required. As information changes, please contact us to update your account.

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Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom

Edited by James R. Krabill and Stuart Murray
$22.99 USD/$26.50 CAD
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Alan and Eleanor Kreider have been teaching and writing about mission, community, and worship from an Anabaptist perspective for almost four decades. The contributors to this volume - all affected by the Kreiders' ministry - are a global, multi-voiced choir. They are younger and older, academics and community workers, new believers and veterans of the faith. They have come together to celebrate the life-long contribution the Kreiders have made to forming in so many people the Christian habits necessary for living faithfully in an unraveling Post-Christendom world.

Youth Ministry at a Crossroads

Edited by Andy Brubacher Kaethler and Bob Yoder
$15.99 USD/$18.50 CAD
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Youth work isn't for the faint-hearted-it's tender and tough, requiring savvy to withstand the assault of erotic, self-centered, consume-at-any-cost allurements facing youth today. Here is wisdom and encouragement from those who have dedicated themselves to Jesus-centered youth faith formation that encompasses biblical and Anabaptist-Mennonite ways of knowing, being, and doing, all while following the One who offers abundant life. The writers explore the context in which such formation happens best - the congregation that worships, serves, witnesses, and fellowships together.

Quills

By Aaron J Ratzlaff
$13.99 USD/$16.00 CAD
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Porcupine loves her life. She's surrounded by friends who listen to her clever stories, and she has a body full of shiny quills that she brushes each night. But one day Porcupine's quills begin to fall out in handfuls--and nothing can be done. Porcupine's happiness quickly turns to confusion and fear. Sad and embarrassed, Porcupine tries to cover the bald spots and hides out at home. She believes no one can love a porcupine without quills. Then her friend Giraffe stops by with a special gift and a message of acceptance. Ages 4 to 8 especially, but a great message for all God's children.

*The End of Sacrifice

Edited by John Nugent
$16.99 USD/$19.54 CAD
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In this collection of writings, Yoder argues that death penalty advocates should no longer claim biblical validation for capital punishment and Christians should proclaim its abolition, since the death of Jesus brought a decisive end to all sacrifices for sin. In doing so, he also makes a persuasive case for proactive Christian witness to the state. He calls the church to proclaim the end of sacrifice to public officials who are responsible to administer capital punishment.

The Christians Meeting Muslims Series

Badru D. Kateregga and David W. Shenk
David W. Shenk
Ahmed Ali Haile as told to David W. Shenk
$37.99 USD/$43.69 CAD
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While not a boxed set, you can enjoy purchasing A Muslim and a Christian in Dialogue, Journeys of the Muslim Nation and Christian Curch, and Teatime in Mogadishu at a discounted price.

Full set pricing NOT APPLICABLE for Ministers Book Club discount.

Widening the Circle

Edited by Joanna Shenk
$14.99 USD/$17.25 CAD
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In the last half-century, a growing number of North Americans have been smitten with an Anabaptist-Mennonite vision of church and mission. Often coming from outside the Mennonite mainstream, they've formed communities with others of like mind and sought to live out their radical faith. But in the process, they often bump up against the institutional church that has housed the radical vision for generations. The stories and reflections offered in Widening the Circle explore that creative tension. The result is a rich showcase of Jesus-centered discipleship-windows into what the future church can look like.

Waging Peace DVD

$24.95 USD/$27.95 CAD
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This documentary explores threads of peacemaking in both Muslim and Christian traditions through the years. It includes stories of how people in these faith groups are working to overcome mistrust,hatred and violence by working to understand each other.

Stories include:
- A peace camp for Christian, Jewish and Muslim children helps build bridges of understanding at an early age
- Working together, Muslims and Christians make quilts for refugees and learn to know one another
- Members of Christian Peacemaker Teams provide a peaceful presence in Iraq
- Seminary students from many faith traditions study in an interfaith setting

Go To Church, Change the World

By Gerald J. Mast.
$13.99 USD/$16.00 CAD
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In a time when many are questioning the relevance of the church to their spiritual journeys, this book makes a bold case that "going to church" is intrinsic to Christian faith. Drawing on Anabaptist life and conviction, Mast presents Christ's call to all believers to be the church, whether gathered for worship or scattered for service.

By exploring such practices as baptism, communion, singing, and group discernment, he asks us to consider how participation in the life of the church shapes our daily witness-how "going to church" transforms "going to work" in the world that God loves.

Anabautismo al Desnudo

By Stuart Murray, Translated by Mauricio Chenlo
$13.99 USD/$16.00 CAD
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This popular 2010 book-over ten thousand sold-is now available in Spanish!

Anabaptist Christians have been around for almost 500 years. But what does Anabaptism look like when not clothed in Mennonite or Amish traditions? Writing from Great Britain, Stuart Murray peels back the layers to reveal the core components of Anabaptism-and what they mean for faith in his context and ours. It's a way of following Jesus that challenges, disturbs, and inspires us, summoning us to wholehearted discipleship and worship. Utilize this new resource with Spanish language speakers!

The Upside-Down Kingdom

By Donald B. Kraybill
$16.99 USD/$19.54 CAD
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Translated into six languages, and with over 100,000 copies sold, The Upside-Down Kingdom continues to change people's lives. Donald B. Kraybill shows how the kingdom of God announced by Jesus appeared upside-down in first-century Palestine. Jesus wins by serving and triumphs by losing. Today, God's way still looks upside-down as it breaks into diverse cultures around the world and calls a new generation to radical discipleship.

Forgiveness

By John L. Ruth
$13.99 USD/$16.00 CAD
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Fifth anniversary edition features new afterword by author and a beautiful cover.

This sensitive and thoughtful meditation reflects on the response of the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, where in 2006 a gunman killed five school children, wounded five others, then killed himself. Even many Christians were stunned when the Amish community, in the midst of its grieving, offered words of forgiveness toward the dead killer and his family. Ruth considers that extraordinary forgiveness as the legacy of that heartbreaking day.