Building Leaders

Building Leaders
Author: Aubrey Malphurs
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2004-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 158558214X

Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this. Why? Tight budgets, small staffs, and a lack of know-how are just a few reasons suggested by church consultants Aubrey Malphurs and William Mancini in this groundbreaking book. Building Leaders provides real-life examples of ways churches can unleash their true ministry potential by training staff members and laypeople to lead. With step-by-step instructions that can be applied to any church or parachurch ministry, Building Leaders shows readers how to: - empower, not just train, leaders - overcome obstacles to developing leaders - identify emerging leaders - use biblical models for training leaders - form a leadership training program to fit any size or budget Packed with surveys, discussion questions, and a leadership development guide, Building Leaders will encourage leaders to "duplicate themselves" in order to see their ministry grow. It is a perfect resource for ministry students, church leaders, and pastors.

Raising Them Right

Raising Them Right
Author: Peter E. Gillquist
Publisher: Conciliar Press Ministries, Inc.
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1989
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780962271304

This work...applies in a concrete manner the profound spiritual wisdom of Orthodoxy to the realities of the common life and, in this case, the raising of children. Must reading for Orthodox Christian pastors, teachers and parents.--Fr. Stanley Harakas

Transformational Church

Transformational Church
Author: Ed Stetzer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433669307

It is time to take heart and rework the scorecard. --

Tending the Garden of Our Hearts

Tending the Garden of Our Hearts
Author: Elissa Bjeletich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-02-10
Genre: Lent
ISBN: 9781944967536

Are you looking for a way to keep your family engaged in the true spiritual nourishment Lent has to offer? Tending the Garden of Our Hearts offers family devotions based on the scriptures for each day of Great Lent, including questions to discuss and ponder and an appendix full of hands-on activities to bring the lessons of the season to life. Whether you use it every day or dip into it occasionally as time permits, this book will help the whole family get more out of this crucial season of the Orthodox year.

Close to Home

Close to Home
Author: Molly Sabourin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2009-04-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781888212617

Close to Home is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired over perfecting herself in time to become a good example for her children; who's ever wondered why "happily ever after" takes so much darn work.With courage, humor and unflinching honesty, Molly Sabourin addresses all these frustrations and more-offering not answers or solutions, but a new perspective, a pat on the shoulder, a reassuring "I've been there too, and there is hope." Those who share her "quest for patience, peace, and perseverance" will see themselves in these pages, laugh a little, cry a little and close the book with new strength to continue the quest."Close to Home is accessible, engaging and inspiring. Molly Sabourin tickles my funny bone. . . . She puts me at ease by admitting her own weaknesses. . . " -Jenny Schroedel, author

Parenting Toward the Kingdom

Parenting Toward the Kingdom
Author: Philip Mamalakis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2016-10-13
Genre: Child rearing
ISBN: 9781944967024

The Orthodox Christian tradition is filled with wisdom and guidance about the biblical path of salvation. Yet this guidance remains largely inaccessible to parents and often disconnected from the parenting challenges we face in our homes. Parenting Toward the Kingdom will help you make the connections between the spiritual life as we understand it in the Orthodox Church and the ongoing challenges of raising children. It takes the best child development research and connects it with the timeless truths of our Christian faith to offer you real strategies for navigating the challenges of daily life.

Church Unique

Church Unique
Author: Will Mancini
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0470435348

Written by church consultant Will Mancini expert on a new kind of visioning process to help churches develop a stunningly unique model of ministry that leads to redemptive movement. He guides churches away from an internal focus to emphasize participation in their community and surrounding culture. In this important book, Mancini offers an approach for rethinking what it means to lead with clarity as a visionary. Mancini explains that each church has a culture that reflects its particular values, thoughts, attitudes, and actions and shows how church leaders can unlock their church's individual DNA and unleash their congregation's one-of-a-kind potential.

Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds

Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds
Author: Philip Schmidt
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-03-26
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0760358125

Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds—your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans for 12 different structures, step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance. Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces. Some are built for personal use, as miniature sheds for gardeners or as decorative accent pieces. More commonly, though, they are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization and community outreach. This movement has been popularized by Wisconsin-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 75,000 stewards seeking to build community togetherness and promote reading at the same time by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, food, garden tools, and seeds in the community. Produced in cooperation with Little Free Library, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is the builder's complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge. Illustrated throughout with colorful step-by-step photography and a gallery of tiny structures for further inspiration, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds covers every step: planning and design, tools and building techniques, best materials, and 12 complete plans for structures of varying size and aesthetics. In addition, author and professional carpenter Phil Schmidt includes information on proper installation of small structures and common repairs and maintenance for down the road. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds even includes information on how to become a steward, getting the word out about your little structure once it's up and running, and tips for building a lively collection. Community togetherness has never been so at the fore of our consciousness—or so important. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.

Leading Leaders

Leading Leaders
Author: Aubrey Malphurs
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2005-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801091780

How can well-meaning but sometimes ill-prepared laypeople guide the path of a church body? A leadership expert provides the secret, which lies in offering effective, practical training.

Orthodoxy and Catholicism

Orthodoxy and Catholicism
Author: Theodore Pulcini
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN: 9781888212235

A former Roman Catholic chronicles his own journey into Orthodoxy and examines the critical issues that influenced his decision'including papal authority, the filioque, works salvation, and the ?new dogmas? of the Roman Church.