{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Cultivating religious growth groups \/ Charles M. Olsen.","author":"Olsen, Charles M.","isbn":"0664246176","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster Press"},"datePublished":"1984","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes index.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 118 pages ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Effective pastoring : giving vision, direction, and care to your church \/ Bill Lawrence ; Charles R. Swindoll, general editor ; Roy B. Zuck, managing editor.","author":"Lawrence, W.; Swindoll, Charles R.; Zuck, Roy B.","isbn":"0849913535","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Pub.,"},"datePublished":"1999","inLanguage":"English","description":"The pastor's person -- The pastor's purpose -- The pastor's practice. \r\n \tAbstract\tAs a pastor or pastoral staff member you have one of the most demanding jobs in the world. This book will encourage you to delight increasingly in the Lord, who has made pastoring the desire of your heart.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading the congregation : caring for yourself while serving others \/ Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser.","author":"Shawchuck, N.; Heuser, R.","isbn":"0687133386","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1993","inLanguage":"English","description":"Why is it so tough to be a church leader? -- The interior attitudes of the leader -- The leader's spirituality -- The leader's call -- The leader's vision and ensuing mission -- Managing your own effectiveness -- The dark side of leadership -- The changing roles of today's pastor -- The congregation's spirituality -- The leader as guardian of the corporate vision -- Understanding the congregation's life cycle -- The leader's role in congregational renewal -- The leadership team of the congregation -- Don't forget to fly the plane -- Paradigms for church leadership -- Church leadership in a multi-cultural context: an emerging paradigm -- Women in church leadership: an emerging paradigm -- Leading for the leasts: a woman's story -- On finishing well. \r\n \tAbstract\tVanguard University professor, Roger Heuser, is joint author.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Life cycle theory and pastoral care \/ Donald Capps ; Don S. Browning, editor.","author":"Capps, D.","isbn":"0800617266","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Fortress Press,"},"datePublished":"1983","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 127 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Look before you lead : how to discern and shape your church culture \/ Aubrey Malphurs.","author":"Malphurs, A.","isbn":"9780801015076","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2013","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1. The basics of congregational culture. Why leaders should read this book : the importance of culture -- What are we talking about? : the definition of culture -- What we do : the church's expression of culture -- Why we do what we do : the church's cultural values -- What we believe : the church's beliefs -- How we respond : the church's relationship to culture -- Part 2. Reading congregational culture. Reading the church : understanding its culture apple -- Reading the pastor : discovering the pastor's culture -- Part 3. Shaping congregational culture. The church planter as culture architect : creating a new church culture -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 1 preparation -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 2 personnel -- The church pastor as culture sculptor : part 3 the process -- The church pastor as culture blender : adopting established church cultures -- Appendixes. Behaviors audit -- Core values audit -- Core values statements -- Beliefs audit -- Faith statement -- The culture matrix : beliefs, values, behavior -- Spiritual maturity audit -- Character assessment for leadership -- Spiritual gifts inventory for leaders -- Temperament indicator 1 -- The personal profile : the persuader pattern -- Temperament indicator 2 -- Temperament indicator 2 : further explanation -- Implementation team worksheet. \r\n \tAbstract\t\"Before you can lead your church, you have to know your church. Pastoral ministry is challenging work. It is made even more challenging when a pastor ignores the church's 'congregational culture' when seeking to minister to members or implement changes. Just as a pastor studies to interpret the Scriptures, he or she must also interpret the local church culture to better understand and move the church toward accomplishing its mission and vision. In Look Before You Lead, trusted church leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs shows pastors how to read their church's unique local culture, how to change or revitalize it, and even how to combine two cultures when one church adopts another. This unique resource approaches leadership and discernment from a solid, biblical perspective and includes a number of helpful appendixes that are key to reading and understanding the culture.\"--Publisher description.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ministry and imagination \/ Urban T. Holmes III.","author":"Holmes, U.T","isbn":"0816402922","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Seabury Press"},"datePublished":"1976","inLanguage":"English","description":"\"A Crossroad book.\"\r\nIncludes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 279 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ministry and solitude : the ministry of the laity and the clergy in church and society \/ James C. Fenhagen.","author":"Fenhagen, James C.","isbn":"0816404984","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Seabury Press"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xi, 93 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ministry is-- : how to serve Jesus with passion and confidence \/ Dave Earley & Ben Gutierrez.","author":"Earley, D.; Gutierrez, B.","isbn":"9781433670589 (pbk.)","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"B&H Publishing Group"},"datePublished":"2010","inLanguage":"English","description":"The meaning of ministry -- The motives of ministry -- The essentials of ministry -- The manner of ministry -- The methods of ministry.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: vi, 313 p. ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastor, preacher, person : developing a pastoral ministry in depth \/ David K. Switzer.","author":"Switzer, David K.","isbn":"0687301378","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"The minister: person, pastor, professional -- The context: church as the family of God -- The word in proclamation: meeting person's needs through preaching -- The word in proclamation: the ingredients of helpful preaching -- The word in scripture and relationship: the use of the Bible in pastoral care.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 144 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Pastoral theology : essentials of ministry \/ Thomas C. Oden.","author":"Oden, Thomas C.","isbn":"0060663537","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354).\r\nIncludes indexes.\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: xii, 372 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}