Proclaimer Blog
Introducing the EMA Bookstore
One of the things we've done for this year's EMA is to make the Bookstore more focused. And that doesn't just mean heavyweight books for ministers. Ministers need to browse books with several aims in mind and we want to incorporate those aims into our book selection. In fact, we are deliberately stocking books for ministers as:
- preachers and teachers – perhaps as you would expect
- leaders of congregations – being able to review books which will both help ministers lead and be suitable to use in congregations. This means it is entirely appropriate, for example, to have a children's book in the EMA Bookstore.
- disciples of Christ – we have tried to select books which will build ministers in their own walk with Christ.
To select books we have used PT staff and a selected BookPanel made up of 7 men and women in ministry. The end result is 800 books and 200 commentaries. We can't stock every book of course. And we have tried to ensure we have a balance of the categories above. There will also be staff from publishers on hand to help out and a Christianity Explored consultancy service helping you think through running evangelistic courses in your church. We think you will like it.