The Church According to Paul by James W. Thompson (Baker Academic) has received the 2015 Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Parish Clergy.

The Church According to Paul examines Paul’s ministry of planting and nurturing churches in the pre-Christian world to offer guidance for the contemporary church. James Thompson, scholar in residence at the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, shows that Paul offers an unprecedented vision of the community that is being conformed to the image of Christ.

“We were in unanimous agreement that it is a great resource for working pastors,” said Henry Coates of the Academy of Parish Clergy. “It is superlative of the best work coming out of biblical studies, because it is not written simply for the academy’s ivory tower but for the sake of the church.”

The Academy of Parish Clergy is an international organization of clergy serving in faith communities of all sizes and in a variety of locales.

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