Search Results: PRIESTS/PARSONS from Chilton Books

London: Epworth Press. 1966.. What is worship and why should there be a preacher? Why do preachers bother to undertake so serious a responsibility? Why should anyone attend Divine Service, and how can we make the most of the opportunity?". Pp 29, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b. G+.

London: United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 1984.. 1st ed. "A course of Bible study about People (in 6 units) - about how they become members of the church and how they grow up in it. The course has been devised in response to a specific need with a specific church, because the Education Council of the Church in Wales has been convinced that the tiime has come for a thorough overhaul of the church's whole programme of initiation and membership." Pp.40. P/b with illustrated cover. VG.

London: SPCK. 1959.. The author shows clearly how God's call is a call to the whole Church. It is not a privilege limited to those who have a vocation to the Sacred Ministry or any other kind of special vocation". Pp 139. P/b. G+.

London: SPCK. 1944.. 1st ed. "These essays are written, one by a celibate, the other by a married priest, in the conviction that in the Church of England there is a place for both a married and a celibate clergy". Pp 46. P/b, creasing to spine. G+.

Department on the Laity. 1964.. Contains short descriptions of what has happened, is happening, and is being planned in the different continents, as well as lists of study and lay training centres". Pp 64, some b/w illustrations. P/b, scuffing to spine, crease to front cover. G+.

Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 2000.. This is the most honest assessment of the American priesthood in years". Pp.148. Paperback. VG.

Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press, 1979.. 1st ed. Takes a fresh look at the concept of priesthood, going back to Scripture but showing how no interpretation of the office of priest can claim apostolic succession or to be based exclusively on the New Testament. Pp. 128. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/VG.

London: SPCK, 1974.. Focusing on four basic marks of priesthood which remain unchangeable - the priest as Teacher, as Minister of Reconciliation, as Man of Prayer, and as 'Man of the Eucharist' - the archbishop shows how each of them is shaped by the particular theological, political, and social patterns of our age." Pp.100, owner's name to front free endpaper, toning to pages. Paperback. Good.

Exeter: The Paternoster Press. 1989.. This manual is a tool to use rather than a book to read. Each chapter focuses on one specific dimension of church practice, providing guidelines for personal and corporate action". Pp 295, slight toning to page edges. P/b, crease to rear cover, illustrated cover. G+.

California: Regal Books, 1982.. 1st.ed. "The author says that any church can have a vital ministry in the community without expanding its 'fortress'. The secret is unleashing its people so they utilize the gifts of the Holy Spirit within themselves." Pp, 224. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

London: Mowbray, 1990.. 1st.ed. Subject of a Channel 4 documentary. Pp.126, name to fep. Pbk. VG.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles,1983.. 1st ed. Pp.184, several illustrations throughout. Black cloth, illustrated d/w price-clipped and slightly rubbed. VG/VG.

Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1988.. 1st.ed. "This is the story of a pastor's vision of church and a parish's journey to renewal. Father Art Baranowski brought the church into the homes of his people by restructuring his parish into Small Basic Christian Communities. The people of his parish do not just go to church they are church." Pp, 103. P/b. G+.

London: SPCK, 1958.. 1st ed. Being a Collection of Writings on the Nature and Work of a Priest from the first century after the Restoration 1660-1760. Includes: Jeremy Taylor; Henry Dodwell; Simon Patrick; Gilbert Burnet; Thomas Wilson; Thomas Brett; Edmund Gibson; John Newton; and John Wesley. Pp.vi/237. Red cloth. VG.

London: Church House Publishing, 2005.. 1st edition. "This accesible and informative guide combines essential information, practical survival tips and theological reflection all honestly grounded in the writers' experience." Pp.viii/152. Paperback. VG.

Crowborough: Highland Books, 1990.. 1st ed. "In this book young clergy, men and women working in different parts of Britain, give frank, honest, sad and hilarious accounts of how they have found life on the job". Pp. 187/2(ads). Slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover. G+.

London: Falcon Books. 1974.. 1st ed. "Answers the question, how will the local church learn to be free from its obsession with self-preservation in order that it may be a people learning to live dangerously in witness, planning and serving". Pp 96. Some b/w illustrations. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

London: Epworth Press. 1992.. 1st ed. "Looks at the problem of pressure upon and within Christians generally from a different perspective. How can the pressures imposed by God-given mission be managed in a way that does not crush people?......How can proper balances be struck in the life of churches and individual Christians?". Pp 120, slight toning to page edges. P/b. G+.

London: Church House Publishing. 2003.. Celebrates the quality of diocesan initial training schemes and the system of moderation that underpins it, while challenging the Church to even greater efforts". Pp 64. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

London: Epworth Press, 1979.. 1st.ed. "Six ordained people, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and Baptist, together with one Anglican lay person, share their experience and expectation of ordination." Pp.171. Paperback, sunning to spine. Good.