A local pastor.A long-standing member of not-for-profit board.A former president of a university.These three authors share their wisdom and experiences from decades of board leadership. With specific areas of expertise, they bring 3 distinctive voices and perspectives to the 12 essential principles every leader needs to develop and maintain a healthy governing board.Best Practices for Effective Boards challenges your board to become the most effective, God-honoring body to ever serve your organization. Regardless of the size of your board or the organizations that you serve, you can benefit from the principles outlined in this book. The starting point is clear and the path is systematically laid before you, helping to transform your vision, strategy, and future. No matter where you start, you can develop your board into a strong and effective body working toward a future of growth and development.Reviews'Board development is one of the most important, if not difficult tasks for any organization or leader. Without an effective board an organization is unstable and its leader is unaccountable. These three gifted and respected leaders offer some of the best advice available for grounding and advancing a mission through the development of effective boards.'-Tom Nees, President of Lead to Serve'There is no question that any leader will benefit from the thoughtful Best Practice compilation. Looking back on my own career there are many places where I could have applied the principles and ended up more effective and productive. We all should be thankful for the diligence of the authoring team.'-Richard Schubert, Executive VP, Executive Coaching Network, Inc.

Sometimes, churches need a little help. These days, some don't know who they are and don't know what they're supposed to be doing. Churches today are trying anything and everything to be effective, but are bewildered by worship styles, spectator syndrome, and consumerism. In the meantime, people are hungry for a relationship with a God who has substance--a God with character and integrity, and a God of grace. And they're having trouble finding such a God in churches today. Seven Letters to Seven Churches is written to challenge the church to be what God created us to be and then do what God created us to do: join Him in His mission to save the world. 'Dwight Gunter has written a masterful book. Every Pastor and church leader should read Seven Letters...' -Stan Toler, Bestselling Author God Is Never Late; He's Seldom Early; He's Always Right On Time 'It is rare to have such solid theology and such radical identification with a hurting world show up in the same place. Gladly, it shows up in this book.' -Dan Boone, President Trevecca Nazarene University

Cules son los gigantes en su vida? Sufre usted de neophobia (miedo de algo nuevo) o y decidophobia (miedo de tomar decisiones)? Tal vez usted lucha con la ira o la preocupacin o una relacin rota? Los gigantes opresivos como estos pueden ser difciles de vencer, y puede parecer ms fcil aprender a vivir con ellos aceptando que la vida nunca ser diferente. Pero la vida puede ser diferente. Usted puede derrotar a esos gigantes. Dwight Gunter ha enfrentado a estos gigantes opresivos, y en este libro le revela su secreto para encontrar el poder para derrotarlos, un poder transformando que slo Dios puede dar. Si se trata de crtica, fracaso o incluso la tragedia, Liberndonos de los gigantes le une con la nica fuente de alimentacin que le da la victoria sobre los gigantes que le atacan a diario. Ellos ya no tendrn ningn control en su vida. Usted no tiene que vivir con los gigantes. Dwight Gunter le muestra como encontrar el poder para conquistarlos. Usted encontrar la libertad para vivir la vida abundante que Dios quiere que viva. Acerca del autor Dwight M Gunter II es un lder con corazn de pastor. Actualmente sirve como el pastor principal en la Iglesia del Nazareno Trevecca Community. Gunter recibi su doctorado en ministerio del Seminario Teolgico Nazareno en Kansas City, con nfasis especial en liderazgo pastoral. Vive en Nashville, junto a su esposa, Karan.