Reverend's New Book Urges Leaders to Rethink the Structure of the Church

The Making of a Preacher: Naked in the Pulpit by Reverend C. Mark Ealy explores the work that leads to healthy relationships and calls the church to new core values.

Lewis Center, OH (PRWEB) June 29, 2007 -- The Making of a Preacher: Naked in the Pulpit, a new book by Reverend C. Mark Ealy, guides people to gain a greater relationship with God and urges church leaders to reevaluate their leadership.

What makes a great church? How do ministers really reach their congregation? Those are some of the questions reverend C. Mark Ealy addresses in his honest and brave book, The Making of a Preacher: Naked in the Pulpit. The church has a mission of rescue and recovery, states Ealy. But this mission has been forsaken for what is politically expedient.

In calm, compassionate prose, Ealy addresses such hot button topics as homosexuality, and suggests that churches might be looking at it in the wrong way. He examines how church leaders have fallen because they have not addressed their own personal problems and he uses his own struggles as an example of how to heal. The physical metaphor of nakedness referenced in the book's subtitle represents the need for vulnerability, which allows humans to really be available for true love, both from God and from others.

As Ealy explores his life, he laces the text with scriptures and spiritual revelations. Meaningful and inspirational, Ealy's book is a gift for anyone wanting to bolster belief and find greater inner peace.

For more information or to request a free review copy, please contact the author. The Making of a Preacher: Naked in the Pulpit is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author:
Reverend C. Mark Ealy is the founder and CEO of the Institute of Living, a non-profit spiritual development corporation. A pastor and private business consultant specializing in business finance and capital formation, he also was on the steering committee for minority business development in the U.S. Department of Transportation. Published in several periodicals, he wrote and directed a one hour video, "Classroom of the Future."

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