Self-supporting Ministry
Self-supporting Ministry

Author: John Lees

Publisher: SPCK

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0281078467

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Self-supporting ministers are wonderfully non-standard. They are deployed in a wide variety ofways and have a range of motivations, working patterns and training needs. Sometimes underused or overworked, they may feel unrecognized and under-supported. As the Church turns increasingly to its volunteer minsters, however, there are encouraging signs that SSMs are being given more creative opportunities than in the past. ‘This handbook is full of sound common sense. . . [it] is both an encouragement and a challenge in the task of re-imagining ministry today.’ Robert Atwell, Bishop of Exeter

Handbook For Lay & Self-supporting Workers
Handbook For Lay & Self-supporting Workers

Author: Colin D. Standish

Publisher: Hartland Publications

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780923309930

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book provides essential guidance and practical information to enhance the ministry of both new and experienced lay workers. Will help you avoid pitfalls and gain insight into divine principals of a soul-saving ministry.

A Guide to Ministry Self-Care
A Guide to Ministry Self-Care

Author: Richard P. Olson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1538107996

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ministry has never been an easy path, and the challenges of today’s changing church landscape only heighten the stress and burn-out of congregational leaders. A Guide to Ministry Self-Care offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of both the causes of stress and strategies for effective self-care. Written for both new and long-time ministers, the book draws on current research and offers practical and spiritual insights into building and maintaining personal health and sustaining ministry long term. The book addresses a wide range of life situations and explores many forms of self-care, from physical and financial to relational and spiritual.

Clergy Self-Care
Clergy Self-Care

Author: Roy M. Oswald

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1566994888

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Nationally known for his work and teaching on clergy development, Oswald integrates research and experience into a liberating perspective on the pastoral calling. Discover how imbalances in your physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual lives can destroy the very ministry you seek to carry out. Learn what you can do to restore that balance. Packed with self-assessment tools, real-life experiences, and specific self-care strategies.

Leaders Who Last
Leaders Who Last

Author: Margaret J. Marcuson

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1596270950

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Is helping others overrated? Is ministry a recipe for burnout? How can pastors last the course? Author and pastor Margaret Marcuson introduces the notion of "sustainable ministry," which trains and empowers pastors to focus on their inner resources for proactive leadership, instead of trying harder to help, fix or change others. Leaders Who Last draws upon the author's own pastoral experience and leadership, plus a significant analysis of leadership in both families and churches over generations. Interviews with current church leaders punctuate chapters on stress, spiritual practice, church triangles, relationships, self-awareness, money, and creating a climate where true change can take place.

Flourishing in Ministry
Flourishing in Ministry

Author: Matt Bloom

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-10-09

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1538118971

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Pastoral work can be stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than among adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving in it. Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome
Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome

Author: R. Kent Hughes

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2008-01-07

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1433521016

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

Funding Your Ministry
Funding Your Ministry

Author: Scott Morton

Publisher: NavPress

Published: 2017-07-18

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1631466844

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Annotation Whether you are experienced at fundraising or just starting out, Funding Your Ministry will help answer your questions and put you on the biblical path for recruiting and maintaining donor support.

Resilient Ministry
Resilient Ministry

Author: Bob Burns

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2012-11-30

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 083086461X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Why does one well-equipped, well-meaning person in ministry succeed while another fails? Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman and Donald Guthrie undertook a five-year intensive research project on the frontlines of pastoral ministry to answer that question. What they found was nothing less than the DNA of thriving ministry today.