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Robert's Rules in Plain English: A Readable, Authoritative, Easy-to-Use Guide to Running Meetings, 2nd Edition 23 reviews
Doris P. Zimmerman
Collins, 2005
Reference book
Great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about running meetings in an organizational setting. Seems to me lots of meeting attendees think they know how to make motions and take actions but in my experence most meeting attendees do not know the basic rules of order. I use this small easy to understand book monthly as a reference at my Chamber of Commerce. A must have if you serve as a ...
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Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders14 reviews
Aubrey Malphurs
Baker Books, 2005
Practical Church Leadership Resource
Aubrey Malphurs, author of many books on parish leadership and strategy, is a professor of Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary and is also the president of the Malphurs Group (a training and consulting firm for churches). "Advanced Strategic Planning" is a book that seeks to assist a congregation to move from a stage of stagnation and plateaued growth to a period of change and ...
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Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity 12 reviews
Frank Viola
David C. Cook, 2008
Amazing and Necessary Sequel to Pagan Christianity!
For everyone who initially finished reading "Pagan Christianity?" and still had questions about leadership and how something like "organic church" was even possible, this book is a must have! "Reimaging Church" is the 3rd book in Frank's new 5(Two are left to be released I believe) part series. The first was "The Untold Story of the New Testament" which helped many of us finally make sense of the ...
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The Apostles19 reviews
Pope Benedict XVI
Our Sunday Visitor, 2007
The Apostles
I consider that nowadays Pope Benedict XVI is currently "an universal moral reference" for mankind, the Catholic Church is all over the world the only one of churches growing vigorously among the young and the intellectuals .. The message of Jesus is as fresh as always !!!
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Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry 19 reviews
Doug Fields
Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2002
Excelente Libro!!!
Hace unas semanas mi esposo y yo fuimos instalados como pastores de jovenes y desde entonces comence a buscar informacion que nos fuera util para trabajar con este ministerio. Compre este libro y otro adicional pero este resulto ser de gran bendicion. Es un buen libro, facil de leer y el autor sustenta sus ideas con buenas bases biblicas. Ademas, el autor es muy simpatico y ameno lo que hace ...
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Nine Marks of a Healthy Church21 reviews
Mark Dever
Crossway Books, 2004
Pastors please read and follow!
growing up in church offices, working in church offices, I would have to say this book finally gets church and it's polity right. This should be required reading for every evangelical pastor in the world.
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Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices182 reviews
Frank Viola, George Barna
BarnaBooks, 2008
Thank God for the fearless Ones!
Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
I thank God for this book. It has gone where no book has ever gone before. The Authors takes dead aim at all of our 'sacred cows', & systematically strip them of their ability to deceive and to control by a)exposing the roots of our traditions, and laying bare the reality that these were never born in God. & b) In giving us ...
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Reaching People Under 40 While Keeping People Over 60: Being Church for All Generations (TCP Leadership ...4 reviews
Edward H. Hammett, James R. Pierce
Chalice Press, 2007
Finally! Suggestions for existing churches in the new culture
I have been wondering since I entered the ministry how we can honor the faithful elders while attracting those under 40. Here is a book that is up-to-date and takes a church step by step through the transformation needed to reach younger people while honoring the elders.
One caveat, the authors come from an evangelical theological standpoint, so if you are more liberal theologically, you will ...
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The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth145 reviews
Scott Hahn
Doubleday, 1999
WOW - Appreciate Mass Again!
Scott Hahn helps you to rediscover the beauty and mysteries behind the mass. You'll never miss mass again after reading this book. He is brilliant!
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Who Stole My Church?: What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century22 reviews
Gordon MacDonald
Thomas Nelson, 2008
Must read for Pastors and Midlife Plus Adults
My husband & I have recently launched a ministry working with and through midlife-plus adults. This book came at a perfect time. We thoroughly appreciated the story. With the demographics of our nation shifting to an older population - Who Stole My Church? - shows the value of being intergenerational in ministry focus. And let's hear it for Pastors who are willing to listen to concerns & ...
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Competent to Counsel 23 reviews
Jay E. Adams
Zondervan, 1986
Introduction to Nouthetic Counseling
In the beginning there was spiritual friendship, soul care, and spiritual direction dispensed by soul physicians. The Serpent entered and enticed Christians to sell their souls for a mess of secular psychological pottage. Adams charged in exhorting the faithful to faithfully use the Word of God which made every believer competent to counsel.
In the ensuing generation (four decades), thousands ...
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Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church11 reviews
Gary L. McIntosh
Baker Books, 2006
Practical Advice for Churches
The title of McIntosh's compelling book shoud be an eye-catcher for anyone concerned about how their church looks to visitors--or guests, as the author puts it. He offers thoughtful, practical ideas about church people in churchs of all sizes. This book is a compelling read and a great starting point for discussions.
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made12 reviews
Philip Yancey, Paul Brand
Zondervan, 1997
The World of Medicine Through Spiritual Eyes
Note: This review refers to an additional book, "In His Image" by the same author that I consider a "companion" to this one. In both these books the authors take us into the world of medicine as seen through spiritual eyes. The parallels between our own bodies and the Body of Christ are fascinating to say the least. Read, for example, how when one area of our physical body is injured an urgent ...
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Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry11 reviews
William H. Willimon
Abingdon Press, 2002
A Job Description for Pastors
William H. Willimon's comprehensive and insightful, Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry, should be read by all entering or currently working in ordained ministry. Willimon examines the multi-faceted roles of the ordained pastor-worship leader, care giver, interpreter of Scripture, servant, counselor, teacher, evangelist, and prophet-through the lenses of Scripture, Christian ...
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Models of the Church7 reviews
Avery Dulles
Image, 1991
An honest appraisal of 5 Church models
Just based on the number of sentences I've underlined, "Models of the Church" is one of the most logical and readable books about Catholic ecclesiology that I have every read. Cardinal Avery Dulles lays out the pros and cons for 5 model of the Church -- Church as Institution, Mystical Communion, Sacrament, Herald and Servant. Later he looks at the Church as a Community of Disciples. The models ...
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Organic Disciplemaking: Mentoring Others Into Spiritual Maturity And Leadership21 reviews
Dennis McCallum, Jessica Lowery
Touch Publications, 2006
A Practical and Comprehensive Resource
In the long tradition of The Lost Art of Disciple Making, Multiplying Disciples, and Disciples Are Made, Not Born, Organic Disciplemaking: How to promote Christian leadership development through personal relationships, biblical discipleship, mentoring, and Christian community is designed to do more than tell about the need for making disciples of Jesus. This is a book that painstakingly provides ...
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An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind27 reviews
Erwin Raphael McManus
Group Publishing, 2001
A Must-Read
Read this book - it will energize and focus you if you are a believer. If you are not, it will cause you to rethink what your perceptions are about church.
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Revolution90 reviews
George Barna
BarnaBooks, 2005
The Face of the Church is Changing
This is a groundbreaking book. George Barna, who is esteemed by the evangelical Christian world, lays it all on the line and the numbers reveal the sad truth that the present form of the traditional church is not getting the job done. It's failing to change lives and it's failing to influence the culture that surrounds it.
There is a revolution happening and it has to with the changing form ...
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Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in Their Cultural Setting, Revised Edition6 reviews
Robert J. Banks
Hendrickson Publishers, 1994
Excellent Book on House Churches
I am a youth pastor in a local church. I have often struggled with the current model we have of the American church. The traditions we hold so dear are so often not based on clear New Testament teachings. I have longed for a church where "one another" passages are lived out, where accountability is strong, where the pastor is not a CEO but a servant, where leaders are biblically chosen and ...
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The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism
Richard P. Mcbrien
HarperOne, 2008
From the struggles of the very first Christians to the challenges and scandals of today, the Catholic Church has wrestled with how to organize itself, express its beliefs, and nurture its members. The Church has grown from a handful of disciples in the first century to over one billion members in the twenty-first, resulting in profound changes that demand a theological response. In this sweeping history, renowned scholar Richard McBrien reveals ...
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