MinistryDirect.com and Gospel Publishing House are giving away free books every week through the end of September. Check out George Paul Wood’s blog (georgepwood.ministrydirect.com) every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) for the list of books and contest rules. Then, come back to his blog on every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. (CDT) for a video announcement of winners and discussion of new and interesting books.

Book Giveaway for Thursday, August 5, 2010

• GPH Product: George O. Wood, A Psalm in My Heart

• GPH Vendored Product: Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson, Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams (Jossey-Bass)

• Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell, The Unshakable Truth: How You Can Experience the 12 Essentials of a Relevant Faith (Harvest House)

• Chris R. Armstrong, Patron Saints for Postmoderns: 10 From the Past Who Speak to Our Future (InterVarsity Press)

• Mosab Hassan Yousef with Ron Brackin, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices (SaltRiver)

Contest Rules

• Eligibility: Contestants must be credentialed Assemblies of God ministers and subscribers to MinistryDirect.com. Subscription to MinistryDirect.com is free for all credentialed AG ministers. (If you have questions about your subscription, please email [email protected].) For some books, eligibility may be further limited, for example, to senior pastors, youth pastors, children’s pastors, worship pastors, etc.). Employees of the General Council are ineligible for this contest.

• Entry and Winning: Eligible contestants must email George Paul Wood at [email protected] before Thursday at 9:00 a.m. CDT. Their emails should include the following information: (1) Name, (2) Contact info, and (3) order of preference for books being given away that week. Books will be given away in order of name drawn and highest book preference still available.

• Promise and Promotion: Contestants who win a book promise to read and post of review of it on their MinistryDirect.com blog within 30 days of receiving it. MinistryDirect.com will promote the book reviews within MinistryDirect.com itself and also on Twitter and Facebook.

• Multiple Entries and Wins: Contestants may enter the contest each week. Winning contestants are eligible to re-enter the contest only after they have read and reviewed already won books on their MinistryDirect.com blog.

Influence Conference

The Influence Conference is Thursday, September 16, 2010, at North Point Church in Springfield, Missouri. Conference speakers include Scott Wilson, Roger Patterson, Jonathan Acuff, Anne Jackson, and Tony Morgan.