The Minister's Manual - Hardcover

Cox, James W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787908827 ISBN 13: 9780787908829

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1997

Synopsis

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The single most comprehensive resource for preaching and worship

For nearly seventy-five years, The Minister's Manual has been the standard by which all other preaching annuals are measured. The Ministers Manual, 1999 Edition is THE SOURCE for sermons, prayers, insights, and inspiration for all -- from pastors, chaplains, lay leaders, and missionaries to Sunday school teachers, choir directors, and study group leaders. Year after year, your customers turn to the The Minister's Manual for unique ideas, not found in any other preaching manual.

The Minister's Manual, 1999 is the place to:

• Gain inspiration with complete topical and lectionary sermon outlines for the entire year?contains two alternative outlines per week to spark the imagination
• Engage young minds with ideas for children's sermons and Biblical stories
• Keep up with historical, cultural, and religious anniversaries

And only available in The Minister's Manual:

• Add breadth to sermons with literary wisdom from more than one hundred contributors
• Ideas to ponder during group discussions
• Resources for evangelism and world missions
• Access to this world of information with seven useful indexes

Available directly through Jossey-Bass by calling 1-800-956-7739

About this title

Review:

Since 1925, The Minister's Manual has been a resource for preaching and worship for lay leaders, choir directors, Sunday school teachers, and, of course, pastors. James W. Cox, editor since 1984 and senior professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, understands that "even the most original preachers ... have often needed the flame of someone else's thought to light their own candle." This exhaustive, nondenominational resource not only contains prayers for every occasion but also uses quotations, questions to prompt unbelievers, biblical benedictions, and blessings, along with messages ranging from communion services to children's sermons. Sermons for every Sunday of the year are also included, aimed not at constituting a yearlong worship program but at addressing topics specific to Sunday and seasons throughout the year. In this section, a lectionary message is followed by numerous illustrations, scripture references, sermon suggestions, congregational music selections, worship aids (call to worship, invocation), and an entire sermon to prompt individual thinking. Cox insists that this tool is not meant as a substitute for one's own study but merely serves as the starter fluid for the fire that will reflect one's own signature teaching. Quickly becoming known as the standard by which all other preaching annuals are measured, the 2001 edition's original material makes it a useful addition to even the busiest bookshelf. --Jill Heatherly

From the Inside Flap:

Welcome to The Ministers Manual, the single most comprehensive resource for preaching and worship available, filled with completely new material for 2000. Editor James W. Cox provides a wealth of information drawn from the best traditional and contemporary sources and packed into one essential book.Unlike other preaching annuals that simply outline sermons, The Ministers Manual provides complete sermons for the entire calAndar year. This nondenominational guide offers you both topical and lectionary sermons and supplements these with two alternative sermon outlines for every Sunday. You can engage the minds of your youngest parishioners by drawing from the fifty-two children's sermons and stories found in this valuable resource. And there are thoughtful sermon illustrations and messages for the seasonal celebrations of Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas. In addition, The Ministers Manual will help you prepare sermons and prayers for such occasions as communion, funeral services, and Memorial Day.Along with all this, The Ministers Manual gives you additional features not found in other preaching manuals. It provides three valuable worship aids with every sermon, useful for expanding your Sunday service. You can also enrich your preaching by drawing from the more than one hundred thought-provoking quotations and questions on life and religion. Further, this expansive reference will assist you in other aspects of your job, offering topics to ponder at small group discussions and resources for evangelism and world missions. And the seven indexes put all of this valuable information at your fingertips.The Ministers Manual is truly unequaled in its breadth, offering an abundance of sermons, prayers, insights, and inspiration for all--from pastors, chaplains, lay leaders, and missionaries to Sunday school teachers, choir directors, and study group leaders.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0787908827
• ISBN 13: 9780787908829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358