{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"I believe in the church \/ by David Watson.","author":"Watson, D.","isbn":"0802817882","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Eerdmans"},"datePublished":"1978","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references\n\nPublished in: Michigan\n\nPhysical description: 368 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"1st American ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"I believe in the church \/ by David Watson.","author":"Watson, D.","isbn":"0802817882","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Eerdmans"},"datePublished":"1979","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids\n\nPhysical description: 368 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"1st American ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Instruments in the Redeemer's hands : people in need of change helping people in need of change \/ Paul David Tripp.","author":"Tripp, P.","isbn":"087552607","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"P & R Pub."},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"The best of news : a reason to get up in the morning -- In the hands of the Redeemer -- Do we really need help? -- The heart is the target -- Understanding your heart struggle -- Following the Wonderful Counselor -- Building relationships by entering their world -- Building relationships by identifying with suffering -- Getting to know people -- Discovering where change is needed -- The goals of speaking the truth in love -- The process of speaking the truth in love -- Establishing agenda and clarifying responsibility -- Instilling identity with Christ and providing accountability -- Opening blind eyes : another look at data gathering -- What the counselor brings to the process of data gathering -- Strategies for data gathering -- Doctrines that drive homework -- Homework and four phases of counseling. \r\n \tAbstract\tWe might be relieved if God placed our sanctification only in the hands of trained professionals, but that is not his plan. Instead, through the ministry of every part of the body, the whole church will mature in Christ. Paul David Tripp helps us discover where change is needed in our own lives and the lives of others. Following the example of Jesus, Tripp reveals how to get to know people and how to lovingly speak truth to them. - Back cover.\n\nPublished in: philipsburg\n\nPhysical description: xiii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Lifesigns : intimacy, fecundity, and ecstasy in Christian perspective \/ Henri J.M. Nouwen.","author":"Nouwen, Henri J. M.","isbn":"038523628X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Doubleday"},"datePublished":"1986","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 127 pages ; 21 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":"Original blessing : a primer in creation spirituality : presented in four paths, twenty-six themes, and two questions \/ Matthew Fox.","author":"Fox, M.","isbn":"1585420670","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":": Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Putnam"},"datePublished":"2000","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 364 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":"1st Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Putnam ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Outstanding Black sermons \/ J. Alfred Smith, Sr., editor.","author":"Smith, J. A.","isbn":"0817006648","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Judson Press"},"datePublished":"1976","inLanguage":"English","description":"Belk, L.S. The eyes of the Lord.--Blanford, C. The church and its mission.--Booth, L.V. The master dreamer.--Clark, E.M. How a people make history.--Gregory, H.C. The shepherd.--Jones, O.C. The preacher's dilemma.--Matthews, J.V. When, from our exile ... --Moyd, O.P. Membership or movement?-- Shaw, W.J.A day of trouble.--Smith, J.A. The future of the Black church.--Stewart, J.H. The cost of citizenship.--Thomas, R.C. The gateway to life.--Wright, H.S. Rules for the road.\n\nPublished in: Valley Forge\n\nPhysical description: volumes  ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Outstanding Black sermons \/ J. Alfred Smith, Sr., editor.","author":"J. Alfred Smith, S","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Judson Press,"},"datePublished":"1976","inLanguage":"English","description":"Belk, L.S. The eyes of the Lord.--Blanford, C. The church and its mission.--Booth, L.V. The master dreamer.--Clark, E.M. How a people make history.--Gregory, H.C. The shepherd.--Jones, O.C. The preacher's dilemma.--Matthews, J.V. When, from our exile ... --Moyd, O.P. Membership or movement?-- Shaw, W.J.A day of trouble.--Smith, J.A. The future of the Black church.--Stewart, J.H. The cost of citizenship.--Thomas, R.C. The gateway to life.--Wright, H.S. Rules for the road.\n\nPublished in: Valley Forge, Pa.\n\nPhysical description: volumes  ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Preaching to strangers \/ William H. Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas.","author":"Willimon, William H.; Hauerwas, S.","isbn":"0664251056","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster\/John Knox Press"},"datePublished":"1992","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction \/ Stanley Hauerwas -- Freedom (Acts 16:16-40) -- Living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-8) -- Be imitators of Me (Philippians 3 :17-21) -- Ordinary people (Ruth 1:1-19a) -- Who are these? (Revelation 7:9-17) -- One though Master? (Matthew 25:14-28) -- The day of the Lord (Amos 5:18-24) -- Now (Mark 13:32-37) -- More (Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11) -- Here (Luke 2:1-20) -- Postscript \/ William H. Willimon. \r\n \tAbstract\tThese twelve sermons by renowned author and pastor William Willimon, with responses by theologian Stanley Hauerwas, demonstrate the fruitfulness and difficulty of the interaction between theologians and practicing pastors. In this book, the authors suggest an intriguing way to think about theological work within the church.\n\nPublished in: louiseville\n\nPhysical description: vii, 144 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Sacrament of the present moment \/ Jean-Pierre de Caussade ; translated by Kitty Muggeridge ; [introd. by Richard J. Foster].","author":"Caussade, Jean Pierre de; Foster, Richard J.; Muggeridge, Kitty.","isbn":"0060618116","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1982","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: xxiv, 103 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}