A well-rounded and practical approach to the issues and crisis faced by pastors everyday
This all-in-one guide is designed to better equip clergy and the church leaders to meet their congregations' needs in a spiritually grounded and scientifically sound manner.
What do we mean when we talk about small groups?
Joan Gray challenges elders and deacons to see themselves as spiritual leaders and equips them to lead alongside their pastors. Gray lays out a variety of leadership styles and helps leaders understand when each is appropriate.
This study examines some key approaches to ecumenical social ethics in the past century as expressed in the thought of Walter Rauschenbusch Reinhold Niebhur and the World Council of Churches.The author argues that unless Christians are ...
What are current models for effective leadership in the African American Christian community? This book answers those questions and more with up-to-date research and current best practices regarding leadership principles and strategies.
Resources Anthony, M., and J. Estep Jr., eds. 2005. Management essentials for Christian ministries. Nashville: Broadman & Holman. Cousins, D., L. Anderson, and A. DeKruyter. 1990. Mastering church management. Portland, Ore.: Multnomah.
Lester DeKoster is the retired editor of The Banner, weekly news magazine of the Christian Reformed Church.
"Tom Kraeuter is one of the most prolific authors and teachers on the contemporary worship scene today. His books are available worldwide in multiple languages. Tom's biblical, practical teaching transcends denominational lines.
After successfully serving Methodist pastorates for nearly a decade, B. T. Roberts was expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church because of his reformist writings and preaching.This book, which is an abridged version of Snyder's original ...
Covering such concerns as "Who is really leading the church?" and "What do church boards do?" this book provides not only practical evaluation tools, but a plan for developing a church board that can accomplish defined and vital goals.