{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leadership that works : hope and direction for church and parachurch leaders in today's complex world \/ Leith Anderson.","author":"Anderson, L.","isbn":"1556619944","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":": Bethany House"},"datePublished":"1999","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-220).\n\nPublished in: Minneapolis, Minn.\n\nPhysical description: 220 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"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":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading transformation in Africa \/ Delanyo Adedevoh.","author":"Adadevoh, D.","isbn":"1600000002","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ILF Publishers"},"datePublished":"2007","inLanguage":"English","description":"Series\tGuidance for Christian leadership in today's world\n\nPublished in: Orlando\n\nPhysical description: ix, 140 p.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Listening and caring skills : a guide for groups and leaders \/ John S. Savage.","author":"Savage, John S.","isbn":"0687017165","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:  Basic listening skills for ministry. Paraphrase ; Productive questions ; Perception check ; Expression of feelings and emotions ; Fogging ; negative inquiry ; Behavior description -- Hearing the story. Story listening ; Story polarization listening -- Advanced listening skills for ministry. Life commandments ; The linguistic bridge.\r\nAbstract :  \"The secret to leadership and transformation of a group, or of another person, is the quality of the relationship one person has with another. Thus the effective group leader or counselor will be the person who learns how to listen to other people. By studying and employing these listening skills, church leaders will engage others more compassionately, allowing them to feel that their needs are being met. The skills can be used with persons who are terminally ill, inactive at church, going through a divorce, in a family with a severely ill person, unemployed, seeking a new church, grieving, traumatized by catastrope, going through teenage adolescence, in marriage counseling, or leading a ministry team.\" \"John Savage offers eleven specific and teachable listening skills for improving relationships among those who do ministry in small-group settings or when offering counsel to others. The skills are taught through oral exercises and unfailingly helpful examples from actual congregational situations. The skills include paraphrase, productive questions, perception check, expression of feelings and emotions, fogging, negative inquiry, behavior description, and story listening.\"--BOOK JACKET.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 152 pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Living in the presence : disciplines for the spiritual heart \/ Tilden Edwards.","author":"Edwards, T.","isbn":"0060621257","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1987","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1. Life's doors into God: dimensions of spiritual living -- Grounding -- Embodiment -- Sound and silence -- Seeing -- Communing -- Re-membering -- Acting -- Appreciating -- Part 2. Supporting: practicing the presence in small groups -- Intent and method -- Rhythm -- Leadership and its development.\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: x, 164 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"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":7,"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":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Missional church : a vision for the sending of the church in North America \/ Darrell L. Guder, project coordinator and editor; Lois Barrett ... [et al.]","author":"Barrett, L.; Guder, D. L","isbn":"0802843506","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Mich W.B. Eerdmans Pub"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280)\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Planting growing churches for the 21st century : a comprehensive guide for new churches and those desiring renewal \/ Aubrey Malphurs.","author":"Malphurs, A.","isbn":"0801065143","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2004","inLanguage":"English","description":"It's not about numbers. Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century is not about how many people you can get through the church doors on Sunday morning, but about planting and growing spiritually healthy churches that are equipped to reach today's unchurched generation. With vision, purpose, and practical advice, Aubrey Malphurs carefully leads you through the six stages of a new church, including funding, creating a strong servant leadership, and establishing values. The church planters workbook will help you implement the book's contents into your own unique ministry situation, showing you how to develop a focus group, recruit a leadership team, and implement small groups. This third edition of a popular and practical hands-on guide will inspire, encourage, and equip ministry leaders. - Back cover.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich\n\nPhysical description: 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":"3rd edition","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Preparing for Christian ministry : an evangelical approach \/ edited by David P. Gushee, Walter C. Jackson.","author":"Gushee, David P.; Jackson, Walter C.","isbn":"1564766063","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Victor Books"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"Preface \/ David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson -- Section I. Transitions into community -- The nature of Christian community and the theological seminary \/ Mark A. Seifrid -- Facing doubt and crisis with integrity in a seminary setting \/ Melanie Greer Nogalski and James D. Nogalski -- The seminary experience : tips and traps \/ Marsha A. Ellis Smith -- Section II. Personal formation and calling for ministry -- Toward a biblical view of call \/ John Polhill -- Spirituality and spiritual growth \/ David S. Dockery and David P. Gushee -- Identifying and cultivating spiritual giftedness \/ Gerald L. Borchert -- Human personhood and the minister \/ Leigh E. Conver -- The church and its ministry \/ Timothy P. Weber -- Vocational options in ministry \/ Doris A. Borchert -- Clergy sexual misconduct : a crisis in ministerial ethics \/ David P. Gushee -- Section III. Professional formation and tasks of ministry -- Church ministry leadership \/ Walter C. Jackson -- Worship leadership \/ Craig A. Loscalzo and Lloyd L. Mims III -- The ministry of sheperding \/ David Stancil -- Teaching : a little piece of holy ground \/ John D. Hendrix -- Social ministry in the community \/ John Dever and Janet Furness Spressart -- Evangelism through church planting \/ Thom S. Rainer -- Church staff relations \/ Dennis E. Williams -- Authority in ministry \/ Walter C. Jackson -- Section IV. Global formation and contemporary issues in ministry -- Christian ministry in global context \/ David F. D'Amico -- Christian ministry in local contexts \/ Robert Don Hughes -- Christian ministry in the African American church : a challenge for seminarians and seminaries \/ T. Vaugn Walker and Robert Smith, Jr. -- Moral issues facing the contemporary church \/ David P. Gushee.\n\nPublished in: Wheaton, Ill\n\nPhysical description: 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}