15 characteristics of effective pastors / Kevin W. Mannoia and Larry Walkermeyer

Contents: Grace and growth -- Love for God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal integrity -- Love for the church -- Servant leader -- Model of holiness -- Prayer life -- Holy Spirit empowerment -- Inspired preaching -- Sure calling -- Godly character -- Personal accountability -- Strong marriage -- Visionary leadership. Abstract: This invaluable guidebook explores the 15 character qualities o…

Effective pastoring : giving vision, direction, and care to your church / Bil…

The pastor's person -- The pastor's purpose -- The pastor's practice. Abstract As a pastor or pastoral staff member you have one of the most demanding jobs in the world. This book will encourage you to delight increasingly in the Lord, who has made pastoring the desire of your heart.

Preparing for Christian ministry : an evangelical approach / edited by David …

Preface / David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson -- Section I. Transitions into community -- The nature of Christian community and the theological seminary / Mark A. Seifrid -- Facing doubt and crisis with integrity in a seminary setting / Melanie Greer Nogalski and James D. Nogalski -- The seminary experience : tips and traps / Marsha A. Ellis Smith -- Section II. Personal formation and calling…

The prophetic imagination

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ISBN/ISSN

0800613376

Physical Description

127 pages ; 22 cm

Call Number

BS1198.B83

The contemplative pastor : returning to the art of spiritual direction / Euge…

Redefinitions -- I. The Naked Noun -- II. The Unbusy Pastor -- III. The Subversive Pastor -- IV. The Apocalyptic Pastor -- Between Sundays -- V. Ministry amid the Traffic -- VI. Curing Souls: The Forgotten Art -- VII. Praying with Eyes Open -- VIII. First Language -- IX. Is Growth a Decision? -- X. The Ministry of Small Talk -- XI. Unwell in a New Way -- XII. Lashed to the Mast -- XIII. Desert …

5 ministry killers and how to defeat them : help for frustrated pastors--incl…

pt. 1. This ain't Kansas anymore. "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get" -- "Houston, we have a problem" -- Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ..." -- pt. 2. "What we've got here ... is a failure to communicate" (what almost 2,000 pastors and more than 600 church members revealed). Schoolyard bullies who eat our lunch -- Punch 'em out, tell …

Life cycle theory and pastoral care / Donald Capps ; Don S. Browning, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

Brothers, we are not professionals : a plea to pastors for radical ministry /…

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Look before you lead : how to discern and shape your church culture / Aubrey …

Part 1. The basics of congregational culture. Why leaders should read this book : the importance of culture -- What are we talking about? : the definition of culture -- What we do : the church's expression of culture -- Why we do what we do : the church's cultural values -- What we believe : the church's beliefs -- How we respond : the church's relationship to culture -- Part 2. Reading congreg…

The heart of the parish : a theology of the remnant / Martin Thornton.

Includes bibliographical references.

The word of God and pastoral care / Howard W. Stone.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Reflections of a contrarian : second thoughts on the parish ministry / Lyle E…

Includes bibliographical references.

Co-creating : a feminist vision of ministry / Lynn N. Rhodes.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral). Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132).

Under the unpredictable plant : an exploration in vocational holiness / Eugen…

Undercapitalized Vocations. Vocational Idolatry. The Jonah Story -- I. Buying Passage to Tarshish. 1. Jonah Disobedient. Escape to Tarshish. Stay Where You Are. Ecclesiastical Pornography. The Travel Agent in Joppa. 2. Jonah Obedient. Professionalized Obedience. The Kind of Pastor We in Fact Are -- II. Escaping the Storm. 1. Repudiating Tarshish Religion. What Do You Mean, You Sleeper? The Amer…

Working the angles : the shape of pastoral integrity / Eugene H. Peterson.

"In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of fai…

Pastoral theology : essentials of ministry / Thomas C. Oden.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-354). Includes indexes.

Comprehensive pastoral care : enabling the laity to share in pastoral ministr…

Includes bibliographical references.

The vital congregation / Herb Miller.

Your most important employee -- The God connection -- Climate controls the crops -- The beehive principle -- Loading the plane -- Taking down the fences -- Putting the wheels on -- The best kind of networking -- Beyond the fund-raising mentality -- From serve-us to service.

The tender shepherd / John Killinger.

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ISBN/ISSN

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Physical Description

208 pages ; 22 cm

Call Number

BV4011 .K55

Being holy, being human : dealing with the expectations of ministry / Jay Kes…

091746317X