Nelson's Guide to Denominations: The Primary Resource for Understanding and Navigating America's Christian Organizations

by J. Gordon Melton

Other authorsSamuel J. Mikolaski (Contributor), Todd M. Johnson (Contributor), Mozella G. Mitchell (Contributor), Michael H. Reynolds (Contributor), Mimi Haddad (Contributor), James C. Browning (Contributor)
Hardcover, 2007

Status

Available

Description

The Complete Guide to American Denominations and Christian Organizations. Nelson's Guide to Denominations provides essential data on 800+ Protestant and Catholic churches operating in the United States and Canada, plus ecumenical and cooperative associations and parachurch organizations. Every entry reports the name of the group, a brief history, key leaders or a contact person, address, email and/or website, membership stats, unique features, world mission affiliates, and sidebars on special ministry initiatives. The guide also includes a section on trends and prospects for the church in North America and a symposium on the Bible in America.

Publication

Thomas Nelson (2007), 620 pages

Language

ISBN

9781418501969

Barcode

12123

Contents

The Bible today: --
The Bible our authority --
The bible in evangelical faith and life --
Can we trust the bible? --
Gender, reform, and evangelical feminism --
Text and context: approaching scripture as an African American woman minister and scholar --
The bible through many eyes: how jews, muslims, and hindus read the bible --
The church in north America: trends and prospects --
The changing face of American religion, A. D. 1900-2050 --
A guide to America's Christian churches --
Making sense of Christian pluralism --
Ancient Catholic and Orthodox churches --
The Reformation churches of the sixteenth century --
Puritanism --
Evangelical pietism --
Nineteenth-century free churches --
Contemporary evangelical movements --
Parachurch organizations --
Christian cooperative organizations --
Educational institutions for ministerial training --
Church-related and independent post-secondary Christian colleges, universities, seminaries, and Bible schools.

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