Administration category: 6852 books
by Roy A. Teel, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
How can something meant for such good go so bad? Against the Grain takes you inside the mega-church machine, dissects the structure of these monolithic temples (claimed to be dedicated to God) and shows them for what they really are: huge mega-businesses that survive by using fear, guilt and psychological...
Leading Leaders
Empowering Church Boards for Ministry Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The key to effective leadership in the vast majority of today's churches lies as much with their governing boards as it does with their pastor. But many churches are lead by those who volunteer to chair committees because there is a need, yet they have no leadership training to speak of. How can well-meaning...
by Susan Beaumont
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
For five years, Alban Institute senior consultant Susan Beaumont has been giving voice to the organizational and leadership demands of large congregations. Through her work, she has identified five basic leadership systems that need to stay in alignment for the large church to function well for its...
Integrity at Stake
Safeguarding Your Church from Financial Fraud
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Integrity at Stake: Safeguarding Your Church from Financial Fraud by Rollie Dimos is a financial resource book intended for pastors, church leaders, and church administrators. Dimos' expertise as a certified fraud examiner and internal auditor provides the church audience with essential tools and...
by Franciscan Brothers at Brother James Court
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2010
Helping orphaned and disadvantaged boys get a chance at a better life was the mission of Brother James, founder of the Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross, a German Catholic Order that sent Brothers to the United States in 1924. To that end, St. James Trade School was established in Springfield, Illinois,...
Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989
Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
by Mark Ray
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Ready-to-Go Devotions for Mission and Service is a toolkit of daily devotionals for youth mission trips. The devotions in this book address every aspect of the mission experience, from leaving home and sleeping on the floor to dealing with language barriers and grumpy teammates. Each devotion includes...
Four Views on Women and Church Leadership
Should Bible-Believing (Evangelical) Churches Appoint Women Preachers, Pastors, Elders, and Bishops?
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Should conservative churches appoint women to the offices traditionally reserved for men? Many writers are calling for such changes; others oppose them. Are these proposals inspired by a deeper understanding of the gospel of Christ as their defenders claim? Or, are they inspired by contemporary secular...
Church Communication Heroes Volume 1
Lessons From Those Who Have Gone Before
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Church communicators need heroes. Someone to look up to. Someone to give a jolt of inspiration, a shot of encouragement, a challenge that we can do more than this.
While mulling over mobile, sizing up strategy and battling bulletins, church communicators need to know we’re not alone. The...
Ordained Holy Men
Power, sex and sexuality in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
This provocative work presents a layperson perspective of a Catholic Church bureaucracy, a male clerical caste of privilege, which manifests controlling power, secrecy and resistance to conform to a fast-paced and changing world. The author's three year mission service in Africa became an enlightening...
Trumpography
How Biblical Principles Paved the Way to the American Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Behind-the-scenes stories merged to history as seen through the lens and eyes of campaign photographer, Gene Ho: the principles that powered Donald Trump to become the president of the United States of America. He who has ears, let him hear (Matt. 13:9).
The Courage to Lead
Leadership in the African American Urban Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2001
This book focuses on pastoral and lay leadership in the African American church. It deals with the internal and external issues such as the tendency toward a bifurcated mentality and practice such as the 'this is business' syndrome as well as the social issue of race and affirmative action. Ministers...
Straight Talk on Spiritual Power
Experiencing the Fullness of God in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Every church wants to experience the fullness of God, but many feel discomfort and confusion when the question of gifts of the Holy Spirit is raised. What does it mean to move in the power of the Holy Spirit? Isn't the issue of gifts of the Spirit divisive to evangelical churches?
Straight Talk on...
by G. H. Lang
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
If you've ever wondered what the churches of the New Testament looked like - how they functioned, how they were governed, how they conducted their evangelistic and missionary enterprises, what ordinances they observed, what their liturgy consisted of, how decisions were made, how discipline was administered;...