Pastor's Service Manual - ESV - 9780911802610

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{"id":13103174795,"title":"Pastoral Graces - 9780802405678","handle":"pastoral-graces-9780802405678","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003cspan style=\"color:#ff0000\"\u003e\r\nLEADERSHIP JOURNAL 2012 BOOK AWARDS - BEST OF THE BEST!\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\r\n\"Oh, my, a book on the pastorate that is about, well, pastoring, shepherding! It's a rare breed in our ambitious and managerial age. But it's a biblical breed who knows that the minister is, from first to last, a minister of God's grace.\"-Mark Galli\r\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nGrace is the credential that lets us park close to people's hearts. When Jesus\r\nChrist, the Lord of the church, calls a pastor He instills a kind of heightened\r\ninstinct for grace; what we call a shepherd's heart. However, pastors often\r\nbecome disoriented by leadership demands, congregational expectation, and the\r\nwounds of ministry. 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{"id":13103897931,"title":"Redevelopment - 9780911802917","handle":"redevelopment-9780911802917","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\r\nWho this book is for\r\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nIt's for pastors who are thinking about transitional ministry\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nMany pastors are curious about what it would be like to do transitional ministry. Some of you have acquired a great deal of knowledge, skill and wisdom through many years of serving as a solo pastor (the only pastor of a small church), a senior or lead pastor, an associate pastor or a youth pastor. If you're looking for something easier, this book is not for you. If you're looking for an adventure then this book and the ministry it describes is worth your consideration. 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(I will have more to say about the confusing terminology of this profession later in the book.) As a professional who strives for excellence, you're always interested in improving your skills and increasing your effectiveness. If you're serving as a traditional transitional pastor - providing good teaching and loving shepherding care but not very involved in changing the churches that you serve - this book will definitely help you take your ministry to the next level: that of the redevelopment transitional pastor. \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\r\nIt's for lay leaders\r\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n Some of you are interested in finding out what a transitional pastor might be able to bring to your congregation. You might want to go right to chapter one and learn about the value of these unique ministers of the gospel. Transitional pastors are increasingly being recommended by denominational leaders who know how much good they can do in churches. This book (and especially chapter one) will help you understand why. \r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003e\r\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nBuy this book and keep it on your desk if you are a transitional pastor. Brian Thorstad has hit another home run for the growing network of transitional pastors. This wonderful addition to the church revitalization and church health community has so many key resources added to the appendix that everything you will need is included. If you are a pastor, denominational leader, or layperson within the church you will find this book highly beneficial. I foresee this resource becoming the quintessential work on preparing the transitional pastor to lead a church, which just lost its pastor, towards renewed vitality, refocused vision, and restored gospel witness to the community it has been called to reach for the sake of the gospel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n Tom Cheyney,\u003cbr\u003e Executive Director of Missions, Greater Orlando Baptist Association, Author of Thirty Eight Church Revitalization Models for the Twenty-First Century, Founder and Directional Leader, Renovate National Church Revitalization Conference \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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If you are more concerned with being biblically faithful than chasing after the latest church growth fads, then this is a great place to start. If you desire to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, the greatest disciplemaker, and align yourself with God's redemptive call to multiplication, then God's Plan for Church Multiplication: A Biblical Blueprint is absolutely for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e It is a special pleasure to endorse this most unusual book from a long-time friend, Bob Nieuwendorp. Here is a book that has been lived out in real life and used as a basis for a most exciting and God-ordained method of planting the seeds of the Christian Gospel in the heartland of our country with the Evangelical Free Church of America. The multiplication that has taken place is surely an endorsement from heaven of God's blessing on those who have honored God's approved method of sowing the seed of the Gospel and seeing the harvest. 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{"id":4353526923342,"title":"The Coming Revolution in Church Economics - 9780801094798","handle":"the-coming-revolution-in-church-economics-9780801094798","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Coming Revolution in Church Economics:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough, and What You can Do About It\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Mark Deymaz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur entire understanding of funding and sustainability must change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTithes and offerings alone are no longer enough to provide for the needs of the local church, enable pastors to pursue opportunities, or sustain long-term ministry impact. Growing financial burdens on the middle class, marginal increases in contributions to religious organizations, shifting generational attitudes toward giving, and changing demographics are having a negative impact on church budgets. Given that someday local churches may be required to pay taxes on the property they own and\/or lose the benefit of soliciting tax-deductible gifts, the time to pivot is now. What's needed is disruptive innovation in church economics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor churches to not only survive but thrive in the future, leaders must learn to leverage assets, bless the community, empower entrepreneurs, and create multiple streams of income to effectively fund mission. You'll learn why you should and how to do so in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coming Revolution in Church Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mark DeYmaz challenges local churches to think innovatively in order to fund and fulfill the Great Commission. 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You and your leadership team will find this guide a helpful resource for effective ministry in the third millennium.\"--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Stetzer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Billy Graham Distinguished Chair, Wheaton College\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-11-08T12:04:28-06:00","created_at":"2019-11-08T12:16:44-06:00","vendor":"Baker Publishing Group","type":"Book","tags":[],"price":1439,"price_min":1439,"price_max":1439,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1799,"compare_at_price_min":1799,"compare_at_price_max":1799,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31174064341070,"title":"Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It \/ Mark Deymaz","option1":"Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It","option2":"Mark Deymaz","option3":null,"sku":"9780801094798-1","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Coming Revolution in Church Economics - 9780801094798 - Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It \/ Mark Deymaz","public_title":"Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It \/ Mark Deymaz","options":["Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It","Mark Deymaz"],"price":1439,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1799,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":""}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2110\/3579\/products\/9780801094798.jpg?v=1573237004"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2110\/3579\/products\/9780801094798.jpg?v=1573237004","options":["Subtitle Title","Author"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":5627904786510,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":386,"width":250,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2110\/3579\/products\/9780801094798.jpg?v=1573237004"},"aspect_ratio":0.648,"height":386,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2110\/3579\/products\/9780801094798.jpg?v=1573237004","width":250}],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThe Coming Revolution in Church Economics:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough, and What You can Do About It\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Mark Deymaz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur entire understanding of funding and sustainability must change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTithes and offerings alone are no longer enough to provide for the needs of the local church, enable pastors to pursue opportunities, or sustain long-term ministry impact. 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In \u003ci\u003eJesus Skeptic\u003c\/i\u003e, John Dickerson provides a compelling answer to these pressing questions.\"--\u003cb\u003eDrew Dyck\u003c\/b\u003e, contributing editor at CTPastors.com and author of \u003ci\u003eYour Future Self Will Thank You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn S. Dickerson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an award-winning journalist, a millennial, and a bestselling author. His writing has appeared in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Tom Brokaw (NBC News) and Christiane Amanpour (CNN and ABC News) have named him winner of the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. Now convinced that Jesus launched the greatest movement for social good, John has given his life to join the cause. Today he serves as lead pastor at Connection Pointe Christian Church in Indianapolis. Learn more at JohnSDickerson.com.\u003c\/p\u003e"}