Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Trustees

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Trustees

Author: General Council On Fin & Admn

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1426754515

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Your role as trustee is governed by The Book of Discipline. Being a trustee of your local church is an important role and one in which you can take great pleasure. This Guideline is intended to be a guide as you begin fulfilling your responsibilities, and a reference throughout your tenure as trustee. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines that cover church leadership areas including Church Council and Small Membership Church, the administrative areas of Finance and Pastor, and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, and Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more. To see a full list of Guidelines, search by typing keywords: “Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016,” and click “search”.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Church Council

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Church Council

Author: Betsey Heavner

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1426736266

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The church council exists to create and supervise the strategic plan for your local congregation fulfills its mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ. This twofold function includes both leadership and management. This Guideline is designed to help equip you and your ministry team to navigate these two functions. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines that cover church leadership areas including Pastor-Parish Relations and Small Membership Church, the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees, and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, S.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 (Set of 26)

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 (Set of 26)

Author: General Board Of Discipleship

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 985

ISBN-13: 1426755341

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The Guidelines’ booklets, one for each ministry area, are tools that enable you to help get new lay leaders off to a good start. Each booklet includes the basic "job description" for the leader as well as practical "how-to" information important to implementing ministry effectively. Brief and to the point for the busy, but spirit-led leader, these Guidelines take some of the unknown out of leading these ministry areas. One booklet for each title makes up this set of 26 Guidelines, perfect for making them available to all church members. The twenty-six Guidelines, one for each ministry area, 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, and Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more. The download file of a product is copyrighted just as a print resource is copyrighted. In the case of the Guidelines Set of 26, the purchaser can extract one copy of each booklet for an individual to use. (For example, one copy can be extracted for the chair of the stewardship committee; one for the person responsible for adult ministries; one for the lay leader). Additional copies are purchased separately as needed. Download files for each individual booklet are sold separately, just as print copies of the booklets are sold separately.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Small Membership Church

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Small Membership Church

Author: Julia Kuhn Wallace

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426736215

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The vast majority of United Methodist churches are small membership churches that can be and are vital places of ministry that matter. Most are situated in areas where there are people outside any faith community and have great potential for ministry. This Guideline will help you be an effective leader in your smaller church. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines that cover church leadership areas including Church Council and Pastor-Parish Relations; the administrative areas of Finance and Trustees; and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, S.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Worship

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Worship

Author: Taylor W. Burton-Edwards

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 142673638X

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The worship ministry of the local church is often the first, if not only, entry point for people seeking to establish a relationship with God in a Christian community. The ways in which we worship and honor God set a tone for the overall ministry of the church. This guideline is designed to help implement and guide the work of the ministry area. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines 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 Ev.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Finance

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Finance

Author: General Board Of Discipleship

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1426754558

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The goal of the ministry of finance is to fund ministries that nurture persons in their faith. The finance system in the congregation will raise, manage, and disperse the funds of the congregation that help realize the mission and vision of the church. This Guideline is designed to help equip you in leading this ministry group in your congregation/ This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines that cover church leadership areas including Church Council and Small Membership Church; the administrative areas of Trustees, and ministry areas focused on nurture, outreach, and witness including Worship, Evangelism, Stewardship, Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more. To see a full list of Guidelines, search by typing keywords: “Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016,” and click “search”.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Ministries with Young People

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Ministries with Young People

Author: Cindy Klick

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 1426736665

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You have been called to ministry with young people-those journeying through adolescence and those emerging from their teenage years to find themselves navigating the unpredictable and full-of-firsts years of their twenties and thirties. This sacred and exciting leadership role comes with dozens of challenges to be addressed, countless opportunities to touch lives, and a myriad of blessings that you might never anticipate. Your position as a leader with young people is the basis for building relationships and leading by example. This Guideline, formerly called Young Peoples Ministries, covers a.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Pastor

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Pastor

Author: General Board Of Discipleship

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426754299

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The pastoral leader is the primary spiritual leader of the congregation. The pastor carries the responsibility for a number of different ministry tasks, which are condensed into seven categories. Effective pastors will also take intentional time for their own spiritual growth and restoration to maintain a vital ministry. The guideline helps each pastor navigate their role a pastoral leader. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines 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, and Christian Education, age-level ministries, Communications, and more. To see a full list of Guidelines, search by typing keywords: “Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016,” and click “search”.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Pastor-Parish Relations

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Pastor-Parish Relations

Author: Regina Hoosier

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1426736320

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The Pastor Parish (or Staff Parish) Relations committee serves a key role in establishing the focus of the pastor, staff, and congregation's ministry. By advocating for the pastor and staff and helping to interpret their roles and ministries, the PPRC supports and nurtures the whole congregation. This guideline is designed to help implement and guide the work of the ministry area. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines 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.


Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Lay Leader/Lay Member

Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016 - Lay Leader/Lay Member

Author: General Board Of Discipleship

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1426754310

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The Lay Leader and Lay Member to Annual Conference are key roles in linking the vision and plan of the congregation with the ministry of the Annual conference and in nurturing cooperation and coordination of the pastor and congregation in leadership. These two roles are complementary, yet there are responsibilities unique to each role. The greatest distinction is the connections they forge with and on behalf of the congregation. The lay leader has a primary focus in linking the local church and community. The lay member of annual conference has a primary focus in linking the local church to the connectional United Methodist Church and God’s worldwide church. This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines 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. To see a full list of Guidelines, search by typing keywords: “Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation 2013-2016,” and click “search”.