{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Effective Pastoring: Guidelines for Christian Ministry \/ Christian Fred Worlali Gbekor","author":"Gbekor C.F.W.","isbn":"9789988864491","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"sonLife Press"},"datePublished":"2016","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Accra, Ghana\n\nPhysical description: xvi, 146p.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"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":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The church and the homosexual \/ John J. McNeill.","author":"McNeill, John J.","isbn":"0807079014","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Beacon Press"},"datePublished":"1988","inLanguage":"English","description":"Moral theology and homosexuality -- Scripture and homosexuality -- Tradition and homosexuality -- Tradition and human nature -- The human sciences and homosexuality -- Toward a positive approach of moral theology -- Pastoral ministry to the homosexual community -- Conclusion : justice, the church, and the homosexual.\n\nPublished in: Boston\n\nPhysical description: xii, 266 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The pastor's guide to leading and living \/ O.S. Hawkins.","author":"Hawkins, O. S.","isbn":"9781401675691","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Thomas Nelson"},"datePublished":"2012","inLanguage":"English","description":"The pastor and his purpose -- The pastor and his preaching -- The pastor and his preparation -- The pastor and his passion -- The pastor and his perspective -- The pastor and his position -- The pastor and his pastorate -- The pastor and his people -- The pastor and his prayer life -- The pastor and his power -- The pastor and his privilege -- The pastor and his passage -- The pastor and his pastoral ministry -- The pastor and his pastoral care -- The pastor and his partner -- The pastor and his parenting -- The pastor and his priorities -- The pastor and his personal life -- The pastor and his possessions -- The pastor and his pressures -- The pastor and his politics -- The pastor and his poor -- The pastor and his pedagogy -- The pastor and his pay -- The pastor and his pension -- The pastor and his prize.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, TN\n\nPhysical description: ix, 383 pages ; 19 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Working the angles : the shape of pastoral integrity \/ Eugene H. Peterson.","author":"Peterson, E. H.","isbn":"0802802656","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"W.B. Eerdmans"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"\"In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of faith, and another person. Only by being attentive to these three critical acts, says Peterson, can pastors fulfill their prime responsibility of keeping the religious community attentive to God. Written out of the author's own experience as pastor of a 'single pastor church,' this well-written, provocative book will be stimulating reading for lay Christians and pastors alike.\" -- Publisher's Website\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: v, 137 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}