Amy L. Sherman
Amy L. Sherman is a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, where she directs the Center on Faith in Communities. She likes to describe the work of the Center as that of being “a minister to ministries.” She provides training and consulting to churches and nonprofits seeking to transform their communities for the common good.
Sherman is the author of six books, including Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good, and some 75+ published articles in such diverse periodicals as Christianity Today, First Things, The Public Interest, Policy Review, Prism, The Christian Century, and Books & Culture.
Resources by Amy L. Sherman
- When a crisis strengthens your church: Re-shaping outreach
- Beyond charity: How churches are helping food deserts
- Music’s role in the church and reconciliation
- Racial wealth gaps and what your church can do about it
- Making faith and work integration the DNA of your church
- Your work is a key place for spiritual growth
- How can we encourage safe and encouraging work environments?
- Taking faith and work global: Missions and the marketplace
- Job clubs: One way churches can implement “economic wisdom”
- How one church is breathing life into common good ideas
- Honoring Jesus in every economic endeavor
- Practicing curiosity: How to connect better with congregants
- Inside look: How and why Brian Jones launched Innové Studios
- How one church launched 11 social ventures
- Celebrating the work God places before us
- Learning What Being Poor Feels Like
- How You Experience and Reflect God at Work (Interview with Rev. John Van Sloten)
- Positioning the Local Church to Be the Hope of the Community
- How Whole Life Discipleship Changes Cities: The Surge School Story (Part 2)
- How whole life discipleship changes cities
- How a Fifty-Person Local Church Helped Its Town Rebuild After Superstorm Sandy
- Justice As Business: Staffing in a Way That Serves the Community
- Social Enterprise as Youth Ministry for Spiritual Growth
- Finding beauty in the silence
- 7 things pastors should know about millennials and work
- FWE Integration in a Small Congregation: An Interview with Mary Lou Erlacher
- 3 Reasons Why the “Vocation Conversation” Is Critical
- “Every Business Decision is a Theological Decision:” An Interview with CEO Eric Stumberg
- Discipling Millennials: A Conversation with Dr. Kelly Madden of the Boston Fellows Program
- Fruitfulness on the Frontline: Making a Difference Where You Are
- Nurturing Whole Life Disciples: Lessons from London (Part 2)
- Nurturing Whole Life Disciples: Lessons from London (Part 1)
- God’s Work; Our Work – Work in Worship
- Five Aims in Your Vocation
- The Character of a Foretaste Bringer
- Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good (Washington Times)
- Connecting our Work to the Missio Dei
- Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good