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There is a way the church can help the wounded move beyond their
hurts, habits, and hang-ups to experience the forgiveness of
Christ. Celebrate Recovery helps the church fulfill its role as
Christ's healing agent. You don't have to lead alone. To lead
people forward in spiritual, physical, and emotional restoration is
to walk in the footsteps of Christ. And that's why the Celebrate
Recovery Leader's Guide is so important. With everything you need
to encourage lasting life-change, the leader's guide is the best
way to facilitate Celebrate Recovery in your church and help people
look forward to a whole new future. The Celebrate Recovery Leader's
Guide includes: Fresh testimonies A 90-day start-up strategy A
clear, easy-to-follow format Step-by-step instructions for each
meeting Guide for conducting leader training Teaching notes for the
25 lessons of The Journey Begins (Participant Guides 1-4) Overview
of the 25 lessons of The Journey Continues (Participant Guides 5-8)
Along with a willing heart, this leader's guide is invaluable for
leading men and women forward in complete restoration and
transformation through Christ.
This book series examines issues of Faith and Order, and to some
extent issues of life and work, from the perspective of leadership
in a modern Pentecostal church movement. The series addresses the
harnessing of ethnicity nationality and personal history in the
search for church unity. It tries to answer questions such as what
is means to be Apostolic in 21st Century Pentecostalism. It looks
at how these charismatic churches can renew their historic roots
and seek greater local unity with other Christians while remaining
authentic as Pentecostals. The author also encourages greater
contributions of convergence Pentecostals to the community
cohesion, and to peace and justice.
Provides practical instruction to help pastors and congregational
leaders bring clarity and purpose to the role of elders or deacons,
and to help deacons or elders learn and refine their ministry. Each
of the nine sessions in Training Ministry Teams reflects on Jesus'
method of training leaders and works toward a specific outcome.
Topics include: working as a ministry team, decision-making,
mediating conflict, visitation, partnering with the pastor, and
more. Sessions conclude with group assignments designed to move
participants from theory to action. Also included are resources to
help in calling, commissioning, and nurturing elders and deacons.
108 Pages.
Classic reflections on gospel wisdom from a modern martyr show the
ongoing relevance of the gospel in an age of idolatrous power and
capricious violence.
There are many things that make up a great leader. The ability to motivate, to see the big picture, to delegate. But perhaps just as important, if not more so, is the leader's emotional intelligence (EQ). How we feel impacts how we lead, and how those we lead feel about themselves when they're around us affects how well they follow our leadership. It follows then that if we want to be the most effective leaders, we must be emotionally mature.
In this practical book, church leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs shows church and ministry leaders how to assess, understand, and improve both their own EQ and that of their followers, so that they can inspire the very best in their churches and organizations.
Billy Graham, Eugene Peterson, William Willimon and other
well-known church leaders teach you how to connect with the
congregation through your preaching. Beyond the 'how-to's' of
preaching, The Pastor's Guide provides a foundation for embodying
God's grace and holiness as a means of communicating His message.
Great preachers of our time will teach you how to: Plan an extended
preaching schedule Keep your congregation engaged in what you're
saying Improve your delivery Develop ideas for content And much
more!
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Just as a physically healthy person--at an ideal weight and with
good blood pressure and cholesterol numbers--might not actually be
fit enough to run a 5k, so churches can appear healthy--with no
obvious issues, maintaining a healthy size--and yet not exhibit
fitness. A fit church is one that is not satisfied with merely
coasting along with no problems. A fit church is actively making
disciples, maturing in faith, developing strong leaders, reaching
out to the community, and more. Building the Body offers pastors
and church leaders twelve characteristics of fit churches and shows
them how they can move their church through five levels of fitness,
from beginner all the way to elite--just as an athlete, through
training and practice, can become the top in his or her class.
Includes comparison charts at the end of each chapter so readers
can clearly see where their church currently falls and concluding
"Complete the Progress Chart" so that they can see what their goals
should be for the future.
Becoming a Better Leader Starts with a Transformed Inner Life Do
you feel too overwhelmed to enjoy life, unable to sort out the
demands on your time? Are you doing your best work as a leader, yet
not making an impact? Have you ever felt stuck, powerless to change
your environment? In The Emotionally Healthy Leader, bestselling
author Peter Scazzero shows leaders how to develop a deep, inner
life with Christ, examining its profound implications for surviving
stress, planning and decision making, building teams, creating
healthy culture, influencing others, and much more. The Emotionally
Healthy Leader contains: Concise assessments for leaders and teams
to measure their leadership health Practical, proven strategies
that have been developed over a 28-year period spent both in the
local church and in equipping leaders around the world Helpful
applications of how to face your shadow, lead out of your marriage
or singleness, slow down, and embrace endings for new beginnings
Going beyond simply offering a quick fix or new technique, The
Emotionally Healthy Leader gets to the core, beneath-the-surface
issues of uniquely Christian leadership. This book is more than
just a book you will read; it is a resource you will come back to
over and over again.
Some people have called epilepsy the disability towards which
Christianity has been most antagonistic, partly because of the
Church's tendency to attribute demon possession to the condition.
Drawing on the very latest thinking in this area, Roy McCloughry,
who is committed to supporting the increasing participation of
people with disabilities in Christian communities and in society at
large, reveals how people's lives are still being blighted by such
attitudes, though there is much to celebrate too. This engaging
book aims to encourage people to become involved with people with
disabilities, as friendship is one of keys to breaking down the
barriers which lead to stereotypes and fear.
PASTOR You've been trained to preach and to teach and to do
outreach. How's it going now that you're in the trenches? How are
you doing professionally? Do you still have the big picture of your
call and your vision in view? Are you finding time and resources to
nurture your congregation? Are you controlling the administration
of your church, or is it controlling you? How are you doing
personally? Is your family life in shape? Are you taking care of
yourself physically and emotionally? Are your personal finances in
order? Larry Burkett, Dallas Willard, William Willimon, Dale
Galloway and other well-known church leaders provide solid advice
for your personal and professional development. Keep The Pastor's
Guide to Effective Ministry on top of your desk as you face the
day-to-day challenges of ministry.
Book One in The Preacher's Toolbox series tackles one of the most
important forms of preaching for the 21st century The first book in
Hendrickson's new Preacher's Toolbox series brings together a who's
who group of today's most influential pastors, who share their
understanding of prophetic preaching as well as their skills. The
book is divided into two sections, The Calling of Prophetic
Preaching and The Craft of Prophetic Preaching, which deliver clear
themes and practical takeaways on the art of preaching
prophetically. Speaking with grace and authority, preachers such as
Francis Chan, Mark Buchanan, John Ortberg, Mark Driscoll, Timothy
Keller, and Anne Graham Lotz offer Biblical and personal messages
on prophetic preaching while addressing commonly held questions
such as: - What's the purpose and aim of prophetic preaching?
- How do you do it?
- What are the common misconceptions?
- How does a preacher challenge but not overwhelm people with the
call of discipleship?Special Features- Introduction by Matt
Woodley, managing editor of preachingtoday.com
- Preface by Craig Brian Larson, editor of preachingtoday.comPart
1: The Calling of Prophetic Preaching
- The Basis of Prophetic Preaching, by Francis Chan
- Preaching in the City of Man, by Mark Buchanan
- Preaching Like Jesus, by James MacDonald
- Grace-full Prophetic Preaching, by Crawford Loritts
- Preaching Like a Prophet, by John Ortberg
- What All Good Preachers Do, by Craig Brian Larson
- The Clint Eastwoods of the Pulpit? by Lee Eclov
- When God is Revealed, Knees Bow, by Mark DriscollPart 2: The
Craft of Prophetic Preaching
- A New Kind of Urban Preacher, by Timothy Keller
- The Unchanging Grounds of Authority, by John Koessler
- The Three Kinds of Preachers, by James MacDonald
- Challenging Hearers, by Lyle Dorsett
- Applying and Preaching from the Old Testament Prophets, by Andrew
C. Thompson
- Preaching for Revival, by Anne Graham Lotz
- His Word in Your Mouth, by Kenneth Ulmer
Now with 250K copies in print! Revised and Updated Edition. Anne
affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of
lasting value that's fully paid for and filled with family, where
you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you
are invited to claim as your own. With over 40 percent new and
revised content, Anne Graham Lotz has updated her classic book on
Heaven for a whole new generation of readers, and also for herself.
With her father, mother, and husband now gone, Lotz beautifully
adds her own vulnerability and stories to the journey contained in
Heaven: My Father's House. Jesus promised us, "In My Father's house
are many rooms...I am going there to prepare a place for you." Amid
the turbulence of today's world, we cling to the hope of a heavenly
home where we will be welcomed into eternal peace and safety. Anne
affirms that Heaven truly is the home of your dreams: a home of
lasting value that's fully paid for and filled with family, where
you will be wanted and welcomed. Best of all, Heaven is a home you
are invited to claim as your own.
"What are Christians to make of their mission in an pluralistic
world?" asks Paul F. Knitter, author of the landmark work in
interfaith dialogue No Other Name? As a recognized scholar and
participant in interfaith dialogue, Knitter is in a unique position
to explore the key concept of what Christian mission must entail in
a world that will remain a world of many religious faiths for the
foreseeable future. From the first chapter of Jesus and the Other
Names, which recounts his own theological and dialogical odyssey,
Knitter constructs what he calls a "correlational,
globally-responsible theology of religions" as a necessary
correction to traditional pluralist and exclusivist approaches. By
anticipating and addressing his critics - both conservative and
liberal - Knitter makes a powerful argument for a reconstruction of
mission faithful to the Christian imperative and dynamically
attuned to the plurality of the world. Jesus and the Other Names
will give pause to those who believe Christian mission can be
carried on as it was in the modern era. Sure to inspire debate as
well as dialogue it offers a more humble, but perhaps more
"Christic", postmodern approach to mission in the new millennium
that has little to do with earthly glory and nothing to do with the
sense of cultural superiority that has so often - and often so
tragicallyaccompanied modern missionary movements. Theologians,
missiologists, Christian historians, can all benefit from its
thoughtful and timely message.
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