Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring

The Danger Zone is a candid discussion relative to the dangerous times for everyone, especially church leaders. The Danger Zone is a handbook for those who want to see reformation in these critical times through repentance and restoration, in that specific order. Christian, you are called to "live as if the power of Christ reigns in you. You will never regret it. It will take you out of the Danger Zone "

"Breakthrough ideas to take your church to the next level of effectiveness"--Bill Hybels

After more than twenty-five years of ministry in Hawaii, Wayne Cordeiro knows how to do church as a team. In his signature style, he shares this expertise with pastors, lay leaders, and people in the pew who want to see their churches become more vibrant. He presents twelve practical proven steps to develop a church God wants to bless, including ways to help people become part of a community, develop a culture of serving, turn visitors into regular attenders, and much more. This short, easy-to-read...

Learn some words of wisdom for the space of social networking.

We don't often associate social networking with good things. The conventional wisdom, as it were, is that Twitter, Facebook and the like are engaging and fun, maybe dangerous, and definitely a big, shallow waste of time.

When it comes to faith, is there any value? Some point to horror stories of illicit behavior simplified by the connections it creates. Others point to its effectiveness as a tool for networking Christians with prayer chains and referrals. But what is really going on here? By now we can acknowledge that...

As a church leader, it's easy to make the wrong move and find yourself in a bad position.

-What to teach; How to teach; What to do, - were the three questions Wesley employed at his first conferences. In sixty previous books Will Willimon has worked the first two. This book is of the -What to do?- genre.

Many believe the long decline of The United Methodist Church is a crisis of effective leadership. Willimon takes this problem on. As an improbable bishop, for the last eight years he has laid hands on heads, made ordinands promise to go where he sends them, overseen their...

Church after church faces eventual death while helplessly lamenting its fate. What perversity is at work that causes those who sincerely love the church to become obstacles to growth? Like the apostle Paul, churches don't always do the things they want, but instead they do the very thing they hate. Why? While the theological answer is sin at work in us, the organizational answer may just be that members of dying churches unconsciously find a payoff in the church's decline. They are tempted by church.

Because it can be abused, leadership is a risky business--both for those in it and those under it. But God has good plans for leadership within the church. This study explores God's plans for authority by focusing on God's revelation of himself as shepherd, and how God calls leaders to image him. The rest of the study looks at the special responsibilities and roles within the church, fulfilled by elders, deacons, and church members themselves.

A series of ten 6-7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of a healthy church as originally laid out in Nine Marks of a Healthy...

Church discipline is essential to building a healthy church. So how exactly do we practice church discipline?

Jonathan Leeman helps us face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no scriptural case study exists, sins that don't show up on any list and need a biblical framework to be corrected appropriately in love.

Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations and the...

Deacons: Serving God, Serving God's People looks at the office of deacon in the New Testament. Confusion about the offices in the church can lead to frustration, hindered growth, and a gradual erosion of faithfulness to the Bible. This book helps to alleviate such confusion. Acts 6 is examined closely to see how deacons and elders are to relate together. 1 Timothy 3:8-13 is exposited to see what kind of person should be a deacon and what their role in the church might be. Appendices provide a possible approach to get from identifying to commissioning deacons, and look at deacons in three...

The 2011 version of Anura Guruge's well received 'The Next Pope' book that was initially published in early 2010. This updated and expanded version, 29 pages longer, is meant to be the definitive, no stones left unturned handbook for the next papal election, post 2011, following the reign of the current pope, Benedict XVI. The Catholic News Agency (CNA) in its review of the 2010 book, by Brother Benet S. Exton, on June 4, 2010, said: 'This book will be of interest to scholar and general reader and it is a must for those interested in anything about the Papacy.' 'The Next Pope 2011, ' deals,...

People visit our churches every week and for special events, but if they don't tell us they are there, we can't connect with them. Our people come to church every week, but if we don't know their needs, we can't help them. Church Connection Cards can do all this and so much more. This book gives you detailed ideas, advice, samples, and a ministry plan to make connections, grow your church, and serve your people using this seemingly small, but very powerful ministry tool. The book provides detailed instructions on how to make sure you get the largest number of people to fill out the cards,...

This book is a practical focus on planning, measuring, and evaluating our church communications to help you make sure that your time and money spent in creating church communications accomplishes the goals of your church. The book looks at the details of planning that form the foundation of a solid church communication program. It then goes into the use of FORMS that will help you gather and organize the facts and the information people need to connect with your ministry or event. The forms will also help you measure and evaluate your communications and enable you to understand what is really...

This short book is a description of the vision the Lord gave me about what is messing with the churches and ministries in America and why they can't seem to change. If I'm right, this is a horrifying state of things - far worse than anyone knows - and far more hopeless. This is NOT about deliverance or about fighting Satan. This is about what GOD HIMSELF has done to us because of our disobedience. He said that He would turn us over to a "strong delusion" if we went our own way - and we did - and He did Read it and weep. No, I mean it. Weep. That is our only hope. Read Ezekiel 9. Everybody...

My introduction into the reality of the spirit realm continued one day when I drove south from the campus in Baton Rouge for about an hour to the city of New Orleans. I had never experienced anything like this in my life. It was as if I was walking on the bottom of a swimming pool. I could actually feel the spiritual atmosphere. The spirit of witchcraft, though I didn't know what to call it at the time, was swirling around me like a whirlwind. The crushing heaviness that I carried day after day was more intense than ever. I felt sick. This indescribable oppression was the result of a massive...

Reaching Teenagers is a manual for the local church youth leader. Giving ideas, methods and programs that will produce results in reaching, discipleing and strenghtening teenagers spirtually and numerically in the church.

This handbook is for those interested in joining one of our ministry teams at Revival Church. You will find protocols, standards and practical information that will help you lead and serve with excellence.

Invasion of the End Time Wolves The prophesied great "falling away" is upon us - in Christian media, seminaries, books, programs, and especially in our pulpits (2 Thessalonians 2:3). As promised by our LORD and His apostles, "evil men and seducers" are waxing "worse and worse" in this late hour just before our Savior's return (2 Timothy 3:13).

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Burns Flat, Oklahoma committed to reach every school-aged child in the community with the good news of Jesus Christ by the end of 2012. This is the boldest commitment that this church has ever made. This is the base plan for completing this part of the Great Commission. It is meant to be both plan and planning tool. It is a reminder and a record. It the commitment of the church put into words. Expect Good News 2012 to bless those who deliver and receive the good news of life in Christ

The Small Group is the prime platform for establishing and instilling the Great Commandment and the Great Commission that Jesus gave us in Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 12:29-31. The Small Group is also the vehicle with which to develop and experience authentic relationships and growing discipleship. This builds a Church of authentic community, poured out to His precepts and being in relational intimacy and fullness in Him. This is what we are called to emulate from our Lord.

Church member education guide for Cumberland Presbyterian congregations.

As the Director of Just Jesus Ministries, Orange County Chaplain, Sharlotte Druex, has compiled a well-rounded, amplified manual that makes outreach ministry both simple and applicable for anyone desiring to enter the Jail/Prison and Homeless ministries. The simple principals contained in this manual have proved successful for Just Jesus Ministries, again and again, with 1,600 souls saved in 12 years. Chaplain Druex's own testimony is a real shocker and proves the importance of sharing one's testimony with all affected persons. Anointed areas of focus are: Organizing the Matthew 25 Ministry...