Why does one well-equipped, well-meaning person in ministry succeed while another fails? Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman and Donald Guthrie undertook a five-year intensive research project on the frontlines of pastoral ministry to answer that question. What they found was nothing less than the DNA of thriving ministry today.
- What is the church's mission in the world? - How do we welcome the presence and power of God in our churches? This book is for all who are burdened by the challenges facing the church as well as the turbulence of our times.
This journey through The Resilient Pastor will be worth your time as an individual leader or in a small group context with other pastors.
Filled with real-life stories, this book from Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman, and Donald Guthrie combines their long ministry experience with sociological research, setting out wise principles and practices that help us see more clearly the ...
Is it possible to rise above the storm and even thrive despite it? Ordained minister and leadership consultant Alfred Ells says yes, it is.
Essential reading for all Christian leaders."--CBA Retailers "An engaging, challenging, and morally compelling study."--Library Journal "This is a wonderful, thoughtful book that conveys difficult truths in a spirit of humility.
John Gill, John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible (Seattle: Amazon Digital Services, 2012). 3. Bob Benson, Laughter in the Walls (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1990). 4. Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor (Wheaton: Tyndale, ...
This book will help you find the resilience you long for when the world has gone mad--and discover in Jesus himself the strength that prevails.
Exploring the qualities of adaptive leadership within churches and nonprofit organizations, Tod Bolsinger deftly examines both the external challenges we face and the internal resistance that holds us back, showing how leaders can become ...
Resilient explores all the watered-down ways of presenting the gospel over the past 50 years that can result in a shaky foundation.
This is not a dry history of dates, names, and abstract ideas but a call to a rich project of retrieval--a chance to sit at the feet of our oldest brothers and sisters and learn from them how we might live more fully in the way of Jesus.