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2026 Independent Press Favorite—Childrens–Religion Nonfiction (Board Book)
Updated lyrics for a new generation!
Discover a timeless message of love updated for today in Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World. The classic song "Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World" has been heard in homes and churches for over ...
All mission is local—the people of God joining the work of God in a particular place. In Starting Missional Churches Mark Lau Branson and Nicholas Warnes introduce us to seven missional churches while examining common challenges regardingtheir genesis. Using stories, interviews with pastors and a look at common preconceived notions of church planting in the West, this guide brings together ...
IVP Readers' Choice Award
We are all located in different places. And the way we grow as disciples and lead others in spiritual growth depends on our contexts.
Pastor José Humphreys recognizes how deeply our faith is tied to our particular stories in our particular places. Grounded in his own deep faith and wisdom, he writes out of his experiences as a Puerto Rican pastor ...
Suburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires.More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety ...
Detach from Chaos, Attach to Christ, and Break Free from the World’s Demands
Our world offers endless prescriptions for wholeness—a sense of fullness through achievement, a perfect work-life balance, the ideal Instagram feed, or the pursuit of well-being and leisure. Yet these cultural visions of fulfillment often leave us more restless than before.
There is a more ...
Geography matters.We long for diverse, thriving neighborhoods and churches, yet racial injustices persist. Why? Because geographic structures and systems create barriers to reconciliation and prevent the flourishing of our communities.Race and Place reveals the profound ways in which these geographic forces and structures sustain the divisions among us. Urban missiologist ...
All around us, our culture is divided by race, politics, and social class. Sometimes, our churches are separated along these same lines. But what if your church could see these divisions healed? You can. God's Word provides hope and a vision for thriving multiethnic, multigenerational, and multisocioeconomic churches. The earliest Christians knew this, and they developed diverse congregations that ...
Number of Studies: 6
"Ellis has written another exquisite contemplation; shelve this alongside her earlier works, books by Anne Lamott, and Barbara Mahany’s The Book of Nature (2023)." — Booklist Review, December 2025
“In this beautiful book, Courtney Ellis brings us along with her on a journey through weather, the seasons, the land, and the inhabitants of this earth we call ...
2019 World Magazine Book of the Year Short List
2019 The Gospel Coalition Book Award
2019 Send Institute's Top Ten Church Planting Related Books of 2019
Kevin DeYoung's Top 10 Books of 2019
Jesus loves small, insignificant places.
In recent years, Christian ministries have ...