{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"15 characteristics of effective pastors \/ Kevin W. Mannoia and Larry Walkermeyer","author":"Mannoia, Kevin W.; Walkermeyer, Larry","isbn":"9780830744770","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Regal Books"},"datePublished":"2007","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: Grace and growth -- Love for God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal integrity -- Love for the church -- Servant leader -- Model of holiness -- Prayer life -- Holy Spirit empowerment -- Inspired preaching -- Sure calling -- Godly character -- Personal accountability -- Strong marriage -- Visionary leadership.\r\n\r\nAbstract:  This invaluable guidebook explores the 15 character qualities of pastors who are deemed to be the most effective and offers hope to pastors and church leaders who are in doubt about how well they are doing in their role.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Ventura, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"A theology of personal ministry : spiritual giftedness in the local church \/ Lawrence O. Richards and Gib Martin.","author":"Richards, L.; Martin, G.","isbn":"0310319706","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Zondervan Pub. House"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1: Theological core the identity of the believer -- A people of God -- A new covenant people -- A kingdom people -- A servant people -- An empowered people -- A gifted people -- Part 2: Practical implication -- Identity implications -- Communicating vision -- Building relationships and community -- Making disciples -- Equipping -- Extending freedom -- Understanding leadership.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 332 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Ablaze for God \/ Wesley L. Duewel.","author":"Duewel, W. L","isbn":"817362075X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Upper Room Books"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Reprint of the 1989 ed. published by F. Asbury Press.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references and index.\n\nPublished in: Secunderabad, India\n\nPhysical description: 327 pages ; 20 cm","bookEdition":"1st Indian ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Adventures in missing the point : how the culture-controlled church neutered the gospel \/ Brian D. McLaren & Tony Campolo","author":"McLaren, B. D.; Campolo, A.","isbn":"0310253845","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Zondervan"},"datePublished":"2003","inLanguage":"English","description":"Content: \r\nSalvation -- Theology -- Kingdom of God -- End times -- The Bible -- Evangelism -- Social action -- Culture -- Women in ministry -- Leadership -- Seminary -- Environmentalism -- Homosexuality -- Sin -- Worship -- Doubt -- Truth -- Being postmodern.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 259 pages ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"African Christian leadership : realities, opportunities, and impact \/ edited by Robert J. Priest and Kirimi Barine.","author":"Barine, A. Kirimi; Priest, Robert J.","isbn":"9781626982420","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Orbis Books"},"datePublished":"2017","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents :\tThe Genesis and growth of the Africa Christian leadership study \/ Robert J. Priest -- Characteristics of influential African Christian leaders \/ David K. Ngaruiya -- Formation of African Christian leaders : patterns from the ALS data \/ Wanjiru M. Gitau -- Connected--the role of social capital for leaders with impact \/ Steven D.H. Rasmussen -- Leadership responses during armed conflict \/ Elisabet le Roux and Yolande Sandoua -- Word and deed--patterns of influential African Christian organizations \/ Nupanga Weanzana -- African Christian organizations and socioeconomic development \/ Michael Bowen -- African women's leadership--realities and opportunities \/ Truphosa Kwaka-Sumba and Elisabet le Roux -- Empowering leadership--a new dawn in African Christian leadership \/ H. Jurgens Hendriks -- Reading and leading -challenges for African Christian leaders \/ Robert J. Priest, Kirimi Barine, and Alberto Lucamba Salombongo -- Developing transformational leaders--curricula implications from the Africa leadership study \/ John Jusu -- Engaging Africa -- the Tyndale House Foundation's story \/ Mary Kleine Yehling.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \t\"Do you wish you had a better understanding of the issues and questions African Christians face as they seek to live out their faith in their cultural context? Do you wonder how Africans themselves frame these questions and their answers? Would you like access to actual research that can confirm your own experience or bring new information to your attention that would deepen and broaden your understanding? This unique book, the product of a multiyear study and survey sponsored by the Tyndale House Foundation, offers insights into all these questions and more. Featuring input from over 8,000 African survey participants and 57 in-depth interviews, it provides invaluable insight and concise analysis of the dynamics of the development of African Christian leaders today\"--\n\nPublished in: Maryknoll, New York\n\nPhysical description: xx, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"African traditional leadership : past, present and future \/ Jacob U. Gordon.","author":"Gordon, J.U.","isbn":"9988600917","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Smartline"},"datePublished":"2015","inLanguage":"English","description":"Other Notes\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 75-84) and index\n\nPublished in: Accra, Ghana\n\nPhysical description: xii, 148 p. : ill.; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Children are from heaven : positive parenting skills for raising cooperative, confident, and compassionate children \/ John Gray.","author":"Gray, J.","isbn":"9780060930998","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Quill"},"datePublished":"2001","inLanguage":"English","description":"Children are from heaven -- What makes the five messages work -- New skills to create cooperation -- New skills to minimize resistence -- New skills form improving communication -- New skills for increasing motivation -- New skills for asserting leadership -- New skills for maintaining control -- It's okay to be different -- It's okay to make mistakes -- It's okay to express negative emotions -- It's okay to want more -- It's okay to say no, but mom and dad are the bosses -- Putting the five messages into practice. \r\n \tAbstract\tThis brilliantly original and practical system for parenting children is the brainchild of John Gray, whose Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus books and seminars have helped millions of adults communicate more effectively and lovingly with each other. Based on the idea that children respond better to positive rather than negative reinforcement, the Children Are from Heaven program concentrates on rewarding, not punishing, children and fostering their innate desire to please their parents.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xxxiii, 357 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Conflict Resolution interpersonal and organisational\/ David Kofi Ahorse","author":"Ahose D.K.","isbn":"9789988199470","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":null},"datePublished":"2014","inLanguage":"English","description":"Content: conflict theories and sources of conflict, interpersonal relationship in organization, the dynamics of conflict, the management of interpersonal conflict, resolving conflicts in organization, research on conflict resolution in an organization, empirical findings on the use of conflict resolution strategies, Definition of terms, conflict Scenarios, References, Index.\n\nPublished in: Tema - Ghana\n\nPhysical description: 111p. ill.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Death and ministry : pastoral care of the dying and the bereaved \/ J. Donald Bane [and others] editors.","author":"Bane, J. D","isbn":"0816402604","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Seabury Press"},"datePublished":"1975","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part I. Personal Perspectives -- A personal odyssey : experiencing the human \/ Peter H. Beisheim -- A crisis \/ Judith Best -- The impact of the death of patients on the minister's (chaplain's) faith \/ John M. Humphreys -- Vignette \/ Zelda Foster -- To write about death, we must contemplate our own death \/ Cima Star -- Response to the threat of death, immediate and\/or postponed \/ Carroll A. Wise -- Part II. Ministry to the dying -- Ministry to the dying as a learning encounter \/ Carl A. Nightswonger -- Another look at the hopeless chase \/ Joseph R. Proulx -- The waiting vulture syndrome \/ Glenn W. Davidson -- Prayer and the dying patient : intimacy without exposure \/ Daniel C. DeArment -- The dying patient's concept of God \/ David H.C. Read -- The psychological function of religion to the dying patient \/ Edgar Draper -- Communication and pain \/ Kenneth A. Chandler -- Part III. Ministry to the bereaved -- The cup of Mithradetes \/ William L. Nate, Jr. -- Bereavement : an opportunity for emotional growth \/ Harry S. Olin and Grace B. Olin -- Mourning, family dynamics, and pastoral care \/ Richard G. Bruehl -- Consoling the bereaved in the weeks after the funeral \/ Walter Debold -- The grief work cycle in Judaism \/ Steven Moss -- The bereaved in the hospital \/ Carleton J. Sweetser -- Bereavement : a pediatric view \/ Rudolf Toch -- Divorce and grief \/ John Freund -- Part IV. Clergy and the medical professionals -- Problems which confront the minister \/ Edward F. Dobihal -- The clergyman as the dying patient's agent \/ Robert M. Veatch -- The physician's ministry to the dying \/ James A. Knight -- Alternatives to cure in ministration to the dying \/ Joseph R. Proulx -- Learning to talk with the cancer patient \/ Arnoldus Goudsmit -- Ministerial leadership in thanatology \/ J. William Worden -- The minister as part of health care team \/ J. Donald Bane and Elizabeth Dorsey I. Smith -- Part V. What does death mean? -- The agnostic and the religious : their coping with death \/ Paul E. Irion -- The concept of bereavement \/ H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. -- Bereavement in New Testament perspective \/ Schuyler P. Brown -- The trouble with the concept \"death\" \/ George M. Schurr -- Perspectives on death : philosophical and theological \/ James M. Demske -- Mortality and the fear of death \/ Lloyd R. Bailey -- Developing a theology of death \/ Peter H. Beisheim -- Death and incarnation \/ William B. Frazier.\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: ix, 278 pages ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Developing the leaders around you \/ John C. Maxwell.","author":"Maxwell, John C.","isbn":"0785261508","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"T. Nelson Publishers"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents : The leader's key question : am I raising up potential leaders? -- The leader's toughest challenge : create a climate for potential leaders -- The leaders primary responsibility : identifying potential leaders -- The leader's crucial task : nurturing potential leaders -- The leader's daily requirement : equipping potential leaders -- The leader's lifelong commitment : developing potential leaders -- The leader's highest return : forming a dream team of leaders -- The leader's greatest joy : coaching a dream team of leaders -- The leader's finest hour : realizing value to and from leaders -- The leader's lasting contribution : reproducing generations of leaders.\r\nAbstract : \"Whether you're the leader of a non-profit organization, small business, or Fortune 500 company, Developing the Leaders Around You can help you to take others to the limits of their potential and your organization to a whole new level.\"--Jacket.\n\nPublished in: Nashville (Tenn.)\n\nPhysical description: 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}