New Release Tackles Church Issues with Practical Wisdom

Author's third book offers biblical worldview and global perspective

Longwood, FL (PRWEB) April 19, 2008 -- Xulon author Thomson K. Mathew's What Will Your Tombstone Say? Reflections of a Modern Pilgrim on Church, Ministry, Healing, and Life (paperback, 978-1-60477-758-1) has arrived in bookstores, and it addresses some hard-hitting questions that have dogged man for years: What does a healthy church look like? What are the qualities of a good Christian leader? Can you sustain church growth through pastoral care? How does one minister to people in pain? Does God use our weaknesses? How can one maintain a healthy family and a sound mind? And in the end, what will your tombstone say? Mathew, a professor of pastoral care, offers practical wisdom on a multitude of issues related to the church, ministry, healing, and Christian life. In the book, these issues are addressed from a biblical worldview and a global perspective.

Says Mathew, "I am concerned about people in ministry and Christian leadership. I want to help them from my experience as pastor, chaplain and professor of Pastoral Care. They will find practical help for discipleship and ministry in this book. It is practical, biblically sound, easily readable, and written from a global perspective by someone who has lived in the East and the West."

Born to a family of Pentecostal preachers in South India, Mathew's unique perspective results from life in his parsonages in both India and America. After pastoring a church in Connecticut for five years, he joined the Oral Roberts Ministries in 1981 as a chaplain and now holds a position as dean of ORU's School of Theology and Missions. The practical wisdom he gleaned while working in this capacity will inform, challenge, and inspire the reader.

Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 5,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order What Will Your Tombstone Say? through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors.

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