wfn.org | ABCUSA: International Ministries Staff Author New Books

["SCHRAMM, Richard" <Richard.Schramm@abc-usa.org>]

by Eleanor Lundy, American Baptist International Ministries

American Baptist News Service (Valley Forge, Pa. 6/17/03)--American Baptist
International Ministries has announced the publication of new books by two
of its executive staff members, Dr. David M. Brown and Dr. Stanley D. Slade.

Transformational Preaching: Theory and Practice by Dr. David M. Brown is a
comprehensive textbook that offers a challenging look at all aspects of the
preaching ministry. Designed for the beginning student of preaching, the
graduate student in pulpit discourse or the seasoned preacher, the book is
both practical and theoretical. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, it
offers a model for biblical preaching that encourages students to apply
general principles within their own contexts of ministry. 

"Transformational preaching is persuasive, not simply informational," Brown
noted. "It presents one clear biblical truth, a single idea from a single
text that allows the Holy Spirit to transform the hearer-and the church." 

Brown serves International Ministries as team leader for Mission Explosion
and Global Service Ministries. He also is an adjunct lecturer in homiletics
at the International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTS) in Prague, Czech
Republic.  In March 2001 Brown founded the Institute of Preachers in
Brjansk, Russia.  He developed material for Transformational Preaching
during many years of adjunct teaching in America, lecturing at IBTS, and
during his service with the Brjansk Institute.	Transformational Preaching:
Theory and Practice has been translated into Russian and printed in Russia.
There the book has had a widening influence through more than 20 graduates
of the Brjansk Institute, who are now preaching-and teaching others to
preach-throughout the country. 

God in the Lead: Meditations on Mission from Genesis and Acts by Dr. Stan
Slade invites readers to look with new eyes at such biblical figures as
Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, and Peter and
Cornelius. God in the Lead shows how the God of mission often surprises us
by working not only through those who are called and sent, but also within
and among them.  Communicating biblical truth in clear and compelling ways,
the book asks timeless questions that invite readers to consider
applications for their own lives. 

God in the Lead is based on Bible studies Slade presented at American
Baptist World Mission Conferences at Green Lake, Wis., in 1996 and 2002.  A
Bible teacher, missiologist and former missionary who has taught in
seminaries throughout the U.S. and Iberoamerica, Slade currently is a
special assistant to Executive Director the Rev. Dr. John A. Sundquist. He
guided the planning effort that produced International Ministries' Go Global
strategic plan for 2000-2010, and will return to missionary service during
2003 in Iberoamerica in the area of theological education. "This book grew
out of a sense of wanting to share insights that were important in my own
life with fellow pilgrims and colleagues," Slade said. "In these stories we
see that to join the God of the Bible in mission is to commit ourselves to a
neverending process of personal and community transformation." 

"The books by David Brown and Stan Slade exemplify the missiology to which
International Ministries is committed," said the Rev. Dr. Reid S. Trulson,
International Ministries' Global Mission team leader.  "Calling and
discipling people to be followers of Jesus Christ is at the heart of our
mission.  Equipping men and women for leadership is among our highest
mission priorities.  The books are well written and will be helpful
resources for American Baptists as well as for the global church."

God in the Lead: Meditations on Mission from Genesis and Acts is available
from International Ministries for $14.95; to order call
1-800-ABC-3USA/x2196. To orderTransformational Preaching: Theory and
Practice contact virtualbookworm.com or any Internet book service.  All
profits from both books will go to support the ministries of International
Ministries. 

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