9 Things They Didn't Teach Me in College about Children's Ministry

9 Things They Didn't Teach Me in College about Children's Ministry
Author: Ryan Frank
Publisher: Standard Pub
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780784729793

This ministry resource book will mentor and encourage those who serve in children's ministry through humor and real-life stories about nine essentials for leading a successful children's ministry.

Give Me Jesus

Give Me Jesus
Author: Ryan Frank
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-01-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441266267

A hundred years from now, the only thing that will matter is a person's relationship with Jesus Christ. The gospel is the good news that we can have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It's the main thing. It's the reason why we do ministry. It's the reason why the church exists. It provides the hope that every child and every family needs. What about your ministry? Is the gospel at the center of everything you do? How does that play out practically? In Give Me Jesus, Ryan Frank and ten ministry leaders share practical advice about keeping the gospel at the center of family and children's ministry. It will change how you do ministry.

What Jesus Demands from the World

What Jesus Demands from the World
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1581348452

for every healthy tree bears good fruit --; Demand #28 : love your enemies--lead them to the truth --; Demand #29 : love your enemies--pray for those who abuse you --; Demand #30 : love your enemies--do good to those who hate you, give to the one who asks --; Demand #31 : love your enemies to show that you are children of God --; Demand #32 : love your neighbor as yourself,

What They Didn't Teach You in Seminary

What They Didn't Teach You in Seminary
Author: James Emery White
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441232192

In churches today, there are ever fewer older pastors speaking into the lives of younger leaders, and fewer younger leaders feeling there is much to be learned from the experience of their elders. Street-smart wisdom is gone from training as there are many men and women preparing pastors who have never themselves pastored a church. Intriguingly, even older, more seasoned pastors yearn for insight into their task, as they remain "undiscipled" in the school of leadership. In What They Didn't Teach You in Seminary, veteran pastor James Emery White provides the kind of mentoring young pastors desperately need but cannot get from academia or leadership books. These "from the trenches" insights will help them transform their relationships with staff and parishoners, develop healthy boundaries, deliver hard truths, avoid spiritual pitfalls, use their time effectively, and much more.

What I Didn't Learn in Seminary

What I Didn't Learn in Seminary
Author: Michael Tucker
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1479709301

What I Didn t Learn In Seminary is a book that leans upon more than 45 years of experience of its author. The book has serious and humorous examples of failures and successes in the real world of a pastor. It s Not A Sin To Look Stupid, is a chapter based upon a sermon originally spoken to help parents of teenagers. That phrase has been an often repeated one as parents grapple with their teenagers attire. Several chapters explain what parishioners expect from a pastor on his very first day on the job, fresh out of seminary. Other chapters deal with personal struggles that attack those in vocational ministry. The author reveals his own struggles, failures and triumphs. The Perfect Storm, chapter debunks the myth that any pastor can lead a growing church if he/she just follows certain formulas. The book is an honest confession about what really happens in the life of a pastor. It is a positive book that recognizes stress, difficult people and problems, but the theme is the joy and honor of being a pastor.

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome
Author: R. Kent Hughes
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2008-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433521016

Every year thousands of God's servants leave the ministry convinced they are failures. Years ago, in the midst of a crisis of faith, Kent Hughes almost became one of them. But instead he and his wife Barbara turned to God's Word, determined to learn what God had to say about success and to evaluate their ministry from a biblical point of view. This book describes their journey and their liberation from the "success syndrome"-the misguided belief that success in ministry means increased numbers. In today's world it is easy to be seduced by the secular thinking that places a number on everything. But the authors teach that true success in ministry lies not in numbers but in several key areas: faithfulness, serving, loving, believing, prayer, holiness, and a Christlike attitude. Their thoughts will encourage readers who grapple with feelings of failure and lead them to a deeper, fuller understanding of success in Christian ministry. This book was originally published by Tyndale in 1987 and includes a new preface.

20 Questions about Ministry

20 Questions about Ministry
Author: James Cunneen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2018-09-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532654707

"What do I do now?" Whether you're a lay minister, pastor, or missionary, this is probably a question you've often asked yourself. Along with the joy of helping people in Christian ministry comes the complexity of all the issues and situations that arise. This book offers biblical perspectives and insights into twenty of the most common, and puzzling, questions that occur in Christian ministry today. Questions like . . . how can I help people with problems? How can I be a great small-group leader? Can we actually hurt people by trying to minister to them? How do I answer the tough questions non-Christians--and Christians--ask? Why doesn't God seem to help us more in our ministries? What does success in ministry look like? The discussions of these and other questions will hopefully encourage us to view every situation we face as an opportunity to help people connect with God.

Mrs. Oswald Chambers

Mrs. Oswald Chambers
Author: Michelle Ule
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1493406965

Among Christian devotional works, My Utmost for His Highest stands head and shoulders above the rest, with more than 13 million copies sold. But most readers have no idea that Oswald Chambers's most famous work was not published until ten years after his death. The remarkable person behind its compilation and publication was his wife, Biddy. And her story of living her utmost for God's highest is one without parallel. Bestselling novelist Michelle Ule brings Biddy's story to life as she traces her upbringing in Victorian England to her experiences in a WWI YMCA camp in Egypt. Readers will marvel at this young woman's strength as she returns to post-war Britain a destitute widow with a toddler in tow. Refusing personal payment, Biddy proceeds to publish not just My Utmost for His Highest, but also 29 other books with her husband's name on the covers. All the while she raises a child alone, provides hospitality to a never-ending stream of visitors and missionaries, and nearly loses everything in the London Blitz during WWII. The inspiring story of a devoted woman ahead of her times will quickly become a favorite of those who love true stories of overcoming incredible odds, making a life out of nothing, and serving God's kingdom.