Church Administration category: 339 books
The Mother Church
A Church Leader’S Guide to Birthing and Nurturing Thriving New Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
It would be reasonable to estimate that multiple hundreds of thousands of people have become followers of Jesus Christ as a result of the modern church-planting movement. One characteristic of the literature of this movement has been an almost singular focus on the individual who is sent out to lead...
by John Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
FOREWORD BY DR. TOM C. FULLER…
My friend John Schmidt has assembled a practical and usable list of ideas that will work in any church whose members love the Lord and will focus their efforts on winning people for Christ. John’s many years as a Christian author and his commitment to the...
Ministry of the Missional Church, The
A Community Led by the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the Spirit with a unique nature and identity. Purpose and strategies of the church are derivative dimensions,...
Budgeting for a Healthy Church
Aligning Finances with Biblical Priorities for Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Many pastors conceive of the church budget as primarily a financial tool, but in fact it is primarily a pastoral tool. A church's philosophy of ministry is locked into its budget, and so the budget will either stifle or accelerate any attempts to move a congregation toward a biblical model of church...
Rethinking the Church
A Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Why is it important to rethink the church? Today many leaders focus on how their ministries can be run more efficiently. But the foundational question, according to James Emery White, should be Why do we have this ministry? and then, Why do we do this ministry the way we do? Is it effective?
Rethinking...
When Hurtful Things Happen in Christian Churches
Why People Drop Out of Worship and Fellowship Services
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Christian Churches, available for attendance to worship God and to receive from His written Word, are the most important institutions that exist. Nations that practice freedom of religion and worship are blessed to have this privilege and people of the world who desire this but who are not allowed...
The Agile Church
Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
A groundbreaking and essential guide to opening up the concept of church and achieving spiritual renewal in the 21st century.
Taking one page from the Bible and another from Silicon Valley, priest and scholar Dwight J. Zscheile brings theological insights together with cutting-edge thinking...
The Kingdom Focused Church
A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
The Kingdom-Focused Church will give you everything you need to achieve your church's full potential—and relief from the smorgasbord approach that distracts you from the unique focus, nature, and mission of the church God has saved for you. You'll discover that success doesn't come from copying...
The Ground Has Shifted
The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the black church, the dilemmas it faces, and the roadmap for an ethical path forward.
Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award
If we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church?...
One Church, Four Generations
Understanding and Reaching All Ages in Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
The challenge facing today's church is simultaneous and effective ministry to people of four widely divergent generations. More than at any time in history, pastors must plan programs that will appeal to a mosaic of groups and subgroups. This updated edition of Three Generations: Riding the Waves...
Your Church Sign
1001 Attention-Getting Sayings
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Signs have been almost as much a part of the modern church as the front doors. For that matter, they've been the entry into church life for countless people who have responded to their brief but cogent message. Your church sign has more potential than you may imagine -- if you're smart in using it....
Focusing Your Church Board
Using the Carver Policy Governance Model
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Church boards are often the scene of confusion, conflict, and chaos. What’s the job of a board? What’s the role of the pastor in relation to the board? Should there be an elder board and an administrative board? Ted Hull’s use of illustrations and analogies bring these questions—and answers—into...
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The Pastoral Search Comitttee Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Finding your church’s pastor is as serious as an organ transplant.
You need a pastor that matches your church’s vision, culture, and most importantly, your church’s heart. While there is no simple, one-size-fits-all solution to the puzzle of planning for a seamless pastor search, this...
by Kevin D. Hendricks
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Church websites are too often woeful. Websites are the digital hub of church communication and it’s time to make them better.
Here’s to church websites that wow.
The Getting Started in Church Communication series goes online to tackle websites. If your church needs a website or...