Church Administration category: 339 books

Lords or Servants is a refreshing look at the Scriptures as they reveal God's plan for leadership in the church. Learn what the Scriptures say about authority in the church. What are the various leadership roles in the church and how are they to be administered? What is the meaning of "servant...

• Written by CPA working exclusively with parishes of various denominations • Updated to reflect changes in tax law • What to do and how to do it for parishes of all sizes • Real-life examples Experience shows that open and transparent churches engender a greater feeling of trust and willingness...

Both the faithful and bishops are called to learn and to teach. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the faithful of the local church witness to the apostolic tradition with their lives, and so are teachers. Learning to receive and respond to the sense of the faithful is an essential way the bishop grows...

Pope Francis has called upon Catholics to use what he calls “the grammar of simplicity” when talking with one another and with others outside the church. In this groundbreaking work, Brother Louis De Thomasis and Sr. Cynthia Nienhaus use the grammar of simplicity to describe the current schism happening...

How should a church be organized? What functions do the pastors, deacons, and congregation serve? Who qualifies for the offices of pastor and deacon? How should a church manage its finances? How does a congregation biblically address problems? The authors answer these important questions and many...

Church leaders and financial executives are saddled with the responsibility of broad range of decision making which have financial implications. However, many Church leaders and executives are not experts in financial management. Understanding some basic issues and principles surrounding financial...

The rapid changes all around us in the new millennium may cause one of two errors: wishing to return to an idealized past or refusing to look back at all. Both patterns of thinking lead to ineffective churches and communities. Look Back, Leap Forward challenges Christian leaders to balance the two...

Many pastors and church planters believe that if they don’t grow their organization to a thousand people they have failed. The truth that no one seems to admit is that 90% of all churches in America are under 500 people.  Maybe instead of trying to reach one thousand or two thousand...

In my previous book, Giving to God Is an Investment, my emphasis was prophetically based on the auditorium to be built. In this book, I am now talking about the auditorium worth six point five million rand that was dedicated in 2005. With God all things are possible. Those who trust in him, their...

Over the past number of years, I have been asked to write a study-guide on the topic of church leadership, especially by our friends in countries such as India, Pakistan, and Africa.  They have shared the need for a simple, yet very practical study-guide to help train their leadership (pastors, assistant pastors, elders, and deacons) on how to lead the ministry/church God has given them.

Clergy and laity will discover ways to lead the church that just may be more effective than the "top-down" leadership model we're all so familiar with. Woods takes a clever and very effective approach by presenting educational material in a fictional context--you're drawn into the stories...

Who Made You a Pastor highlights the ills of today's pastor and church and proffers solutions to identified problems. It list and sheds light on the twenty five basic rudiments of service in ministry and also provides forty questions that will expose the true identity of a pastor and church and also...

Concrete solutions to real-world problems are discussed in this guidebook for church officers on how to increase the involvement of African American males in the ministry. From drugs and prison to health and homosexuality, this treatise investigates the needs and trends of African American males,...

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...