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Developing the Leader Within You (Maxwell, John C.)

Developing the Leader Within You (Maxwell, John C.)

by John C. Maxwell

In this repackaged bestseller John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others. These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change. Developing the Leader Within You also allows readers to examine how to be effective in the highest calling of leadership by... (more)

It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It

It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It

by Craig Groeschel

Craig Groeschel, founder of LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK), witnessed a powerful presence from God that he calls It at work in many churches. What is this transformational force? How can you and your ministry get—and keep—It? Combining in-your-face honesty with off-the-wall humor, this lively book tells how any believer can obtain It.

Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential

Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential

by John C. Maxwell

Knowing that a company cannot grow without until its leaders grow within , John Maxwell encourages you to grow your organization by growing your leaders. Developing leadership qualities in others is the way to ensure success in today's competitive world because the one asset that truly appreciates within any organization is people . People can grow, develop, and become more effective if they have a leader... (more)

VISIONEERING

by Andy Stanley

Lift Your Vision High Vision is a preferred future. A destination. Vision always stands in contrast to the world as it is. Visioneering, according to bestselling author Andy Stanley, is “a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.” With warm, down-to-earth practicality, Andy Stanley explores the ordinary life of Nehemiah and his God-given vision for accomplishing the... (more)

The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church

The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church

by Reggie McNeal

In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. In The Present Future, McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity... (more)

Excellence in Leadership : Reaching Goals With Prayer, Courage & Determination

Excellence in Leadership : Reaching Goals With Prayer, Courage & Determination

by White, John

With the wisdom and biblical insight John White is known for, he shows how to be action-oriented and prayer-oriented, a firm leader and a servant, a realist and a visionary.

A Leader Becomes a Leader: Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation

A Leader Becomes a Leader: Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation

by J. Kevin Sheehan

A Leader Becomes a Leader opens with a window on history: Henry David Thoreau riding a borrowed horse and wagon into the woods around Concord, Massachusetts to Walden Pond in 1845. There, he writes a classic work that has a powerful effect on the lives and philosophies of seminal leaders in the next century as diverse as Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Thoreau believed that a... (more)

Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches

Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches

by Christian A. Schwarz

Critics of the church growth movement have often emphasized the need for quality congregations. We should not focus on numerical growth, but rather, we should concentrate on qualitative growth. Christian Schwarz has done extensive research world-wide and found that healthy, growing churches seem to share eight quality characteristics. These characteristics are: Empowering leadership Gift-oriented ministry ... (more)

Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity

Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity

by Frank Viola

Viola ( Pagan Christianity ), a leader in the house church movement, believes the church as we know it today is nothing like what God intended it to be. According to Viola, the first-century church, which should be our pattern, met in homes without any official pastor. All members of the church were involved in worship, spontaneously breaking out with teaching or song as they were moved. Decisions were not made... (more)

Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders (J-B Leadership Network Series)

Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders (J-B Leadership Network Series)

by Earl G. Creps

In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly—complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go “off-road.” Becoming an off-road leader requires the cultivation of certain spiritual disciplines that allow the presence of the Holy Spirit to arrange your interior... (more)

Pastoral Ministry: MacArthur Pastor's Library (John Macarthur Pastor's Library)

Pastoral Ministry: MacArthur Pastor's Library (John Macarthur Pastor's Library)

by John MacArthur, Master's Seminary Faculty

Encouraging, insightful, and challenging, Pastoral Ministry is designed for a new generation of shepherds who seek to lead with the passion of the apostles. Written by MacArthur and his colleagues at The Master's Seminary, this guide outlines the biblical priorities essential to effective ministry. Other contributors include: Richard L. Mayhue, James F. Stitzinger, Alex D. Montoya, James M. George, Irvin A.... (more)

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

by John C. Maxwell

Everyone who works with people is realizing that the old autocratic method of leadership simply doesn't work. The way to win is to build a great team. John C. Maxwell has been teaching the benefits of leadership and team building for years. Now he tackles the importance of teamwork head on, writing about teamwork being necessary for every kind of leader, and showing how team building can improve every area of... (more)

The Lord's Harvest and the Rural Church: A New Look at Ministry in the Agri-Culture

The Lord's Harvest and the Rural Church: A New Look at Ministry in the Agri-Culture

by Kent R. Hunter

Leading church growth expert provides insights into the unique worldview of rural settings in order to help pastors serve these congregations more effectively. Paper.

How To Change Your Church {without Killing It}

How To Change Your Church {without Killing It}

by Alan E. Nelson

If you sense that your church's best days are ahead, use this book's guidelines for deciding where and what kind of change to implement. Then tackle Mellado, Appel, and Nelson's strategy for wise planning and team building so your goals will find rich fulfillment. The authors authoritatively cover the elements of initiating change in a church body, addressing such topics as: Examining what motivates you ... (more)

They Call Me Pastor: How to Love the Ones You Lead

They Call Me Pastor: How to Love the Ones You Lead

by H. B. London

"Pastor. What a beautiful word. What a unique relationship it conveys.... Each time someone calls me pastor, I am awestruck.... It humbles me, but I am grateful. There is no higher privilege than being a pastor." So writes H. B. London, who once again joins with his frequent collaborator Neil Wiseman to encourage and inspire church leaders with their most passionate, stirring book to date. They Call Me Pastor is... (more)

If You Do ThisTroy Jones

If You Do This

by Troy Jones

If You Do This closely examines the leadership principles of Exodus 18, the day Moses learned how to become a leader. Jethro's advice saved Moses' life, family, and ministry. Troy Jones helps you to discover 12 characteristics of the twenty-first century youth pastor, 3 mentors every youth pastor needs, 5 ways to cast vision, 15 reasons people don't want to work with students and 7 indicators that you need... (more)

The Doctrine and Administration of the ChurchPaul R. Jackson

The Doctrine and Administration of the Church

by Paul Rainey Jackson

Shepherding the Small Church

by Glenn Daman

An indispensable source of advice and encouragement for the small church pastor, including how to formulate a mission while understanding the cultures of the community and the church. (20050420)

Turnaround Churches: How to Overcome Barriers to Growth and Bring New Life to an Established Church

Turnaround Churches: How to Overcome Barriers to Growth and Bring New Life to an Established Church

by George Barna

It can happen in any church-success in ministry can lead to a condition of paralysis. Churches begin to rely on the "tried and true" practices of the past and become unable-or unwilling-to risk making the changes required by present-day challenges. It's a dangerous scenario that can lead a church into decline. The good news is that "growth paralysis" can be cured-if church leaders learn to recognize it and take... (more)

The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church

The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church

by Alan Hirsch

Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of the early church, which grew from as few as 25,000 adherents in AD 100 to up to 20 million in AD 310. Such incredible growth is also being experienced... (more)

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by John C. Maxwell

by Craig Groeschel

by John C. Maxwell

by Andy Stanley

by Reggie McNeal

by White, John

by J. Kevin Sheehan

by Christian A. Schwarz

by Frank Viola

by Earl G. Creps

by John MacArthur, Master's Seminary Faculty

by John C. Maxwell

by Kent R. Hunter

by Alan E. Nelson

by H. B. London

by Troy Jones

by Paul Rainey Jackson

by Glenn Daman

by George Barna

by Alan Hirsch