Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
by Andrew Scarborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
The year was 2012. I was 25 and depressed.To most of the world, I was immensely successful in what I was doing in life. I was (and still am) a pastor. At that time, I was pastoring at the largest church in our denomination, and one of the largest in Australia. The ministry I was leading was growing...
Right Thinking in a Church Gone Astray
Finding Our Way Back to Biblical Truth
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Keeping the Church on Track in a Secular World The church today faces great challenges, both from without and from within. Popular culture tempts Christians to compromise truth in the name of relevance and to ignore sin under the guise of tolerance. At the same time, serious doctrinal errors threaten...
by Eric D. Barreto
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
We are constantly engaged in processing data and sensory inputs all around us, even when we are not conscious of the many neural pathways our minds are traveling. So taking a step back to ponder the dimensions and practices of a particular way of thinking is a challenge. Even more important,...
A Generous Community
Being the Church in a New Missionary Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
How can the church adapt to a constantly changing world? An Episcopal bishop issues a bold call to action.
In order to be vital, the church must be dynamic. In A Generous Community, Bishop C. Andrew Doyle calls on parishioners, congregations, and all people of faith to ask themselves: How should...
Why They Stay
Helping Parents and Church Leaders Make Investments That Keep Children and Teens Connected to the Church for a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Do you want your children to be actively serving in the local church when they turn thirty and beyond? Why The Stay can help! Much has been written about younger adults and their departure from church involvement. Concerned parents and church leaders want to know what has caused them to depart. Instead...
Ministerial Ethics
A Guide For Spirit-Filled Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Helps ministers deal with ethical decisions and dilemmas. Answers questions concering ethics in three featured parts: The basis for Christian Ethics, Scipture, Ethics and Church Doctrine, and Ethics in Practical Ministry.
The Weeping Church
Confronting the Crisis of Church Polity
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
The Weeping Church was first published in 1985. It continues to be an effective tool for pastors and churches who are seeking to follow the clear teaching of scripture on the polity of the local church. Over the thirty three years in publication hundreds of letters have been received expressing gratitude...
by Linda Ranson Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
To grow and remain vital, churches need to attract families. But the cultural landscape has changed and any church may have two-parent families with children, blended families, boomerang families, adult children of divorce and their families or lack of families, single adults whose family is the...
by Matthew Caminer
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Women now comprise almost half the priests serving in the Church of England. As a result, there are many male clergy spouses who have had to come to terms with the seismic shift that occurs in family life when a wife embarks on the journey from exploration of vocation - through selection, training...
Be Transformed
The Healing Power of the Sacraments
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
**Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Sacraments. (First Place).
How can Christians grow spiritually in the midst of our sinfulness? How can we transform our lives in a way that allows us to share in the resurrection of Jesus?**
God has already given us the perfect solution—the...
Twelve Keys to an Effective Church
Strong, Healthy Congregations Living in the Grace of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of one of the most trusted and authoritative strategic resources for church leaders
In this second edition of his groundbreaking book, Kennon Callahan identifies the twelve essential qualities of successful, growing churches and offers all congregations...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Preach a sermon? No problem. Choose a theologically-sound Sunday school curriculum? No trouble. Conduct annual performance reviews with your ministry staff? Not so simple. Managing People provides pastors with tips for inspiring and leading staff and volunteers, including: How to handle tough conversations,...
by Dr. Samuel Kirk Mills
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
This is your companion workbook to your study book titled The Abrahamic Christian Tithing: A Study book for the Church. The study delves into the cause of Abrahams tithing to Melchizedek, in order to indicate the fundamental spiritual benefits of Christian tithing to every individual member of a local...
Creative Church Handbook
Releasing the Power of the Arts in Your Congregation
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Mobilizing and managing artists and other creatives in your congregation
Establishing structures and parameters for arts ministry
Leading and supporting staff and church members in creative changes
Enhancing the worship service
Adding creative elements to your sermons
Engaging the broader community