Staffing Your Children's Ministry
Staffing Your Children's Ministry

Author: Vernie Schorr

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1606084925

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Written by Vernie Schorr and revised by Wes Haystead, this practical book for children's ministry leaders tells you how to accomplish your staffing goals without losing your focus on children. Topics include o The value of children o Programming to meet needs o Recruiting workers o Training volunteers before assigning a task o Providing in-service training o Evaluating, encouraging, and supporting your volunteer staff This updated version includes critical issues that children's ministry leaders must not ignore: screening volunteers, preventing child abuse and maintaining a secure environment for the children. Includes Reproducible Teacher training Sessions

Sustainable Youth Ministry
Sustainable Youth Ministry

Author: Mark DeVries

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-11-29

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1458723992

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You're looking for a youth pastor. Again. What goes wrong? Why do youth ministries crumble? And what is the cost to students, parents, volunteers and church staff? Is a sustainable youth ministry possible, even after a youth pastor leaves? Youth ministry expert Mark DeVries knows the answer is yes, because he helps build sustainable youth minist...

Budgeting for a Healthy Church
Budgeting for a Healthy Church

Author: Jamie Dunlop

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0310093872

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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 health. As such, the church budget is a far more potent pastoral tool than many church leaders realize. Budgeting for a Healthy Church examines each section of the budget in light of Biblical principles to show how a church budget can lock in healthy approaches to ministry. Whereas most books on church budgeting are "how" books, explaining how the budgeting process should work, this is a "what" book, helping church leaders determine the pastoral implications of what they choose to fund in their budgets.

Family-Based Youth Ministry
Family-Based Youth Ministry

Author: Mark DeVries

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2010-08-20

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0830868054

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Mark DeVries offers an approach that brings teens into one-to-one relationship with older Christians; involves the whole church family from singles to seniors; and frees pastors and leaders from worrying about attendance, budget and competition with other programs.

It Worked For Us
It Worked For Us

Author: Judy Comstock

Publisher: Cokesbury

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1426748310

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Need help from someone who has actually “been there and done that”? This comprehensive guide provides the all the information you need to plan and implement a complete ministry with children of all ages. Produced in partnership with the International Network of Children's Ministry, this guide features numerous articles written by experienced children’s workers. The enclosed CD-ROM makes it easy to access and customize forms. This one-source guide covers multiple topics, from safety concerns and technology to spiritual formation. Ideal for children’s pastors, educators, and leaders, whether paid or volunteer.

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Children’s Ministries
Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Children’s Ministries

Author: Melanie C. Gordon

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1426736436

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You have answered the call to serve as a minister to children. Calls come in a variety of ways, yet here you are. Whether your ministry touches three children in a small congregation, three hundred children in a large congregation, or the children who live in the community where you serve, you have been invited to gather dedicated adults and scripturally sound resources to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. This booklet concentrates of the basics of ministry that help children grow in faith. It is the beginning point for organizing for ministry and is designed.

Foundations of Ministry
Foundations of Ministry

Author: Michael J. Anthony

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 1998-02-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1441206574

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Develop an excellent Christian education ministry with this introductory guide from the faculty of Biola University's Talbot School of Theology.

Guidelines Children's Ministries
Guidelines Children's Ministries

Author: General Board Of Discipleship

Publisher: Cokesbury

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 1501830228

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You have answered the call to serve as a minister to children. Calls come in a variety of ways, yet here you are. Whether your ministry touches three children in a small congregation, three hundred children in a large congregation, or the children who live in the community where you serve, you have been invited to gather dedicated adults and scripturally sound resources to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. This booklet concentrates of the basics of ministry that help children grow in faith. It is the beginning point for organizing for ministry and is designed to help congregations use their own gifts to respond to God’s call to care for the children, on Sunday morning, through the week, and for special events. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2017-2020 that cover church leadership areas including Church Council and Small Membership Church; the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees; and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more.

Staff Your Church for Growth
Staff Your Church for Growth

Author: Gary L. McIntosh

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2000-05-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1585582069

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Why, when, and how should a church add to its professional staff? Here is a practical manual dealing with the issues of hiring and utilizing multiple staff positions to encourage church growth.

The Unstuck Church
The Unstuck Church

Author: Tony Morgan

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0718094476

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Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan unpacks the lifecycle of a typical church, identifies characteristics of each phase, and provides practical next steps a church can take to move towards sustained health. Think about your church for a moment. Is it growing? Is it diminishing? Is it somewhere in between? Acclaimed church leader, blogger, and founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Morgan has identified the seven stages of a church's lifecycle that range from the hopeful and optimistic days of launch, to the stagnating last stages of life support. Regardless of the stage in which you find your church, it carries with it the world's greatest mission—to "go and make disciples of all the nations . . ." With eternity at stake the Church should be doing most everything within its power to see lives changed forever. The Church should strive for the pinnacle of the lifecycle, where they are continually making new disciples and experiencing what Morgan refers to as "sustained health." In The Unstuck Church, Morgan unpacks each phase of the church lifecycle, and offers specific and strategic next steps the church leader can take to find it's way to sustained health . . . and finally become unstuck. The Unstuck Church is a call for honest an assessment of where your church sits on the lifecycle, and a challenge to move beyond it.