Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
The Other Side of Leadership
Understanding the Forgotten, Lesser-Known Side of Leading a Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Get ready to embark on an expedition with a fresh approach to leadership. You will discover contributing factors that may be slowing, stopping, or even reversing progress in your church, ministry, or organization.
The Other Side of Leadership takes you beyond the standard concepts to lesser-understood...
by John MacArthur
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
*An overseer…must be above reproach. *1 Timothy 3:2
Scripture holds leaders and teachers of the Word to an incredibly high standard. And for good reason. Shepherding God’s people into salvation and spiritual growth is an enormous responsibility. Even more now than ever, today’s church...
Mentoring for Ministry
The Grace of Growing Pastors
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
The art of mentoring, like all great arts, is a grace to be received, a gift to be given, and a skill that can be learned and practiced. This book explores the practice and grace of that art. The pastors in these pages share their hard-won experience of mentoring and being mentored, their wobbles and successes, insights and wisdom harvested from years in the vineyard.
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
A helpful handbook for pastors about all the stuff they didn’t learn in seminary. Most pastors didn’t go into ministry because they love spreadsheets, HR policies, and balancing budgets. Yet neglecting these practical elements of church life can quickly lead to ministry meltdown, distracting pastors...
Beware the Slow Leaks
Eight Ways Ministry Leaders Can Thrive and Finish Strong
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
“Urgent, timely, and inspiring biblical wisdom for Christian leaders who want to start strong, thrive fully, and finish well!” –W. Scott Brown, Christian Leadership Alliance
“Too often technique and numeric growth are on the minds of young pastors. Learn from a veteran and seek faithfulness!”...
To Be and To Serve
The Ministerial Identity of the Deacon
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
In To Be and To Serve, Deacon William T. Ditewig explores the important topic of identity for permanent deacons by reflecting on the place of deacons within the local community and the universal church. Noting that “it’s all about relationships,” he takes readers on a journey through church...
The Courage to Lead
Leadership in the African American Urban Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2001
This book focuses on pastoral and lay leadership in the African American church. It deals with the internal and external issues such as the tendency toward a bifurcated mentality and practice such as the 'this is business' syndrome as well as the social issue of race and affirmative action. Ministers...
by J. Heinrich Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
It's one of those topics most of us would rather avoid in conversation -- why would anyone want to reveal private jealousies, resentments, fantasies, temptations, or other weaknesses? Yet steady sales of this valuable little book attest that there are plenty of us who struggle with sinful thoughts...
The Imperfect Pastor
Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Dear Pastor,
Desire burns within you. You’ve trained and dreamt of doing large things in famous ways as fast as you can for God's glory. But pastoral work keeps requiring your surrender to small, mostly overlooked things over long periods of time.
You stand at a crossroads. Jesus stands...
What On Earth Am I Doing?
Leadership Lessons for Clergy Spouses
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Pastors’ spouses are not homogeneous, but all face similar challenges. This book will inspire pastors and their spouses, seminarians and their spouses, church members and the general public to a deeper respect for a corps of faithful servants who receive few thanks, but who lovingly inspire a global...
Without Warning
My Personal Journal of Struggling with Grief
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
The Recovery-Minded Church
Loving and Ministering to People With Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
The Recovery-Minded Church
Caring Liturgies
The Pastoral Power of Christian Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Caregiving practices in churches often center around listening and giving counsel, making referrals, and creating support groups for specific needs. In Caring Liturgies, Susan Marie Smith proposes that Christian ritual is both a method and a means for helping people through liminal times of...
by James R. Hobbs
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1925
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1925
Suggestions for performing the various tasks of the pastor. Includes vital information and examples for all types of services and ceremonies.