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Book Synopsis The Competent Pastor by : Ronald D. Sisk
Download or read book The Competent Pastor written by Ronald D. Sisk and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to say that a pastor is competent? And how does a competent pastor function? This book is intended to help pastors, seminarians, and lay people who work with pastors understand and answer these two questions. Competence in ministry is a moving target. A ministry technique that works in one parish may not work in another. What works today may not work five years from now. But a competent pastor will be able to adapt to changing locations and changing times. A competent pastor will be happy in her job—or able to figure out why she’s not happy and how to move forward. A competent pastor won’t get stuck—or when he does get stuck, he’ll know what steps to take to get unstuck. Competence, defined by author Ronald Sisk as "the ability to do what needs to be done," requires ministers to understand themselves and others and to keep a realistic perspective on their lives. Competent pastors function by moving toward this kind of understanding and perspective.
Download or read book Cultural Competency written by Paul Nixon and published by Market Square Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cultural Competency, Getting Back in the Game for Ministry with Your Neighbors, Paul Nixon explores how a church can regain a sense of cultural competency for ministering to the world around it. There are different strategies that impact how we do this - no single strategy is right for every church. But there are also baseline principles that are universally applicable. Paul Nixon looks first at a few baselines of culturally competent ministry, and then considers the varied strategies churches employ to get back in the game, in terms of effective ministry with their neighbors. These baselines include: The Christian Good News transcends culture Your church belongs to God, not to you The Good Ole Days are in front of us, not behind us Authenticity is essential No church can serve everybody Friendship first, then ministry development Spiritual readiness Social privilege often gets in our way Community partnerships are priceless Good listening may lead to Un-learning A lot of what we try will go about as well as a Wile E. Coyote scheme; God is alive and at work in every neighborhood. Our challenge is to show up to what God is doing; Regardless of strategy, spiritual collaboration with new people is essential! What Readers Are Saying: In a world of converging cultures, clashing ideologies and competing priorities, leadership in the church today can feel like trying to build on shifting sand. In Cultural Competency, Paul Nixon offers leaders Terra Firma. With a call to the timeless and timely work of partnering with God in every place and with every people, Cultural Competency lays the groundwork for the construction of God's preferred future for the church and the world. The Good Ole Days are ahead of us! C. Greg Moore Senior Pastor, Edenton Street UM Church, Raleigh NC Cultural Competency is filled with deep thoughts, spiritual grounding, and down to earth approaches to effective ministry. As a veteran church planter, I highly recommend this book to all Christian ministry leaders, especially those who seek to be relevant participants in the Spirit-led Gospel movement. Bener Agtarap Executive Director, Path 1 at Discipleship Ministries If your church finds itself at a ministry crossroad as it tries to be relevant in our rapidly changing world, this book is for you. Reading Cultural Competency is like sitting down with one of the best church consultants in North America to pick his brain about what your church should think about to thrive in the 21st century. Beth Ann Estock Co-author of Weird Church: Welcome to the 21st Century Cultural intelligence is a learned practice, one needed now more than ever. Understanding the social context of our ministries is imperative, making Paul Nixon's book a vital tool in this endeavor. Filled with relevant insights and engaging examples, his words are for anyone desiring to make an impact for Christ in their unique community. As we shift our hopeful hearts toward ministry in a post pandemic world, this book is a must-read. Ken Nash Lead Pastor, Watermark Wesleyan Church, Buffalo, NY Paul Nixon has the capacity help us see the church as though looking through a retro View-Master toy, enabling readers to take trips to places they have never been or to help us see something in a series of different angles or lights. He offers this very gift in Cultural Competency as he takes a complex subject and allows you to see it through thirteen different lenses or screens. Packed with practical tools for reflection and conversation, this book will be a gift to all congregations who are seeking new ways of loving their community and being church together. Donna Claycomb Sokol Pastor, Mount Vernon Place UMC, Washington DC
Book Synopsis Competent Ministry by : Mark A. Rouch
Download or read book Competent Ministry written by Mark A. Rouch and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Order this additional CD for multiple listening stations, work groups, or classrooms. With PowerXpress complete lesson plans, stories, activities, scripts, station set-up tips, list of resources needed, printed music, lyric transparencies, and a music CD are included with each unit. For more information about PowerXpress, go to www.powerxpress.com.
Download or read book Weird Church written by Paul Nixon and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wake-up call to anyone who still thinks church revitalization is simply a matter of doing better the things that used to come so easily. However, for the innovators whose ministries cannot fully be measured or understood by the old paradigms of members and money, Weird Church offers compelling vindication and encouragement that may cause them to stand and cheer
Book Synopsis Competent to Minister by : Martin Bobgan
Download or read book Competent to Minister written by Martin Bobgan and published by Eastgate Pub. This book was released on 1996 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book answers such questions as: What can believers do to help individuals suffering from problems of living? What should churches do for suffering souls? What did the church do for almost 2000 years without psychological counseling? What did the church do without the biblical counseling movement which began about 25 years ago? This book calls Christians back to the Bible and to the biblically ordained ministries and mutual care in the body of Christ that have effectively cared for souls fo almost 2000 years. - Back cover.
Book Synopsis Spirit-Led Ministry in the 21st Century by : Thomson K. Mathew
Download or read book Spirit-Led Ministry in the 21st Century written by Thomson K. Mathew and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to competent Spirit-led ministry in the 21st century. Written from a Pentecostal/Charismatic perspective, it focuses on four important aspects of effective ministry - preaching, teaching, healing, and leading. Beginning with biblical definitions of ministry, the book describes the challenges presented by the 21st century in light of the long history of Christian ministry, and it offers biblically sound advice to address these challenges. The role of the Holy Spirit in ministry is examined in detail. The bulk of the book is devoted to the theory (theology) and practice of competent, Spirit-led ministry. This book is a call to excellence in ministry as well sa a guide to empowered preaching, teaching, healing, and leading.
Book Synopsis Competent to Counsel by : Jay E. Adams
Download or read book Competent to Counsel written by Jay E. Adams and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic in the field of Christian counseling, Competent to Counsel is one of the first works to fully articulate a vision of "nouthetic" counseling—a strictly biblical approach to behavioral counseling and therapy. Dr. Jay Adams defends the idea that the Bible itself, as God's Word, provides all the principles needed for understanding and engaging in holistic counseling. Using biblically directed discussion, nouthetic counseling works by means of the Holy Spirit to bring about change—both immediate and long-term—in the personality and behavior of the counselee. As he points out in his introduction, "I have been engrossed in the project of developing biblical counseling and have uncovered what I consider to be a number of important scriptural principles. . . There have been dramatic results. . . Not only have people's immediate problems been resolved, but there have also been solutions to all sorts of long-term problems as well." Competent to Counsel has helped thousands of pastors, students, laypersons, and Christian counselors develop: A general approach to (and theology of) Christian counseling. Specific, practical responses to particular problems useful for teaching, study, and personal application. Since its first publication in 1970, this book has gone through over thirty printings. It establishes the basis for and an introduction to a counseling approach that is being used in pastors' studies, in counseling centers, and across dining room tables throughout the country and around the world.
Book Synopsis Enabling More Competent Ministry Through Growth in Ministry Strategies by : Clifford Allen Winter
Download or read book Enabling More Competent Ministry Through Growth in Ministry Strategies written by Clifford Allen Winter and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Multicultural Ministry Handbook by : David A. Anderson
Download or read book Multicultural Ministry Handbook written by David A. Anderson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Anderson and Margarita Cabellon bring together an experienced team of practitioners to share best practices for multicultural ministry. Drawing on the pioneering expertise of Bridgeway Community Church and BridgeLeader Network, the contributors present a holistic and multifaceted portrait of what a dynamic, grace-filled and diverse ministry can look like in your church.
Book Synopsis Ministers and Ministries in the Local Church by : Sebastian S. Karambai
Download or read book Ministers and Ministries in the Local Church written by Sebastian S. Karambai and published by St Pauls BYB. This book was released on 2005 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry by : Osoba O. Otaigbe
Download or read book Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry written by Osoba O. Otaigbe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revd Osoba Otaigbe has written a comprehensive guide for helping the church more effectively relate and serve across cultural borders. Whether youre welcoming a community of refugees, travelling on a short-term mission experience, befriending an expat family, or simply interacting with an increasingly diverse society, this guide will help you love your neighbour. The book is packed full of insights about cultural intelligence and brings them to life for Christians. The case studies and discussion questions are particularly useful for making the theoretical ideas immensely practical. As both a cultural intelligence researcher and a Christian, it gives me great joy to commend Revd Osoba and his work to you. David Livermore, PhD., author of Leading with Cultural Intelligence and President of Cultural Intelligence Centre USA Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry is a timely contribution to our understanding of the way varied global and local cultures can be nurtured to offer a rich and meaningful engagement in our lives and in work. It draws on a wide range of scriptural and practical examples that makes it an easy to read and understand study guide for various audiences. The guidance on how to develop cross-cultural competence, in particular, makes the book a must-read, one that promises to equip the reader with the much required understanding, appropriate responses, and management of diverse cross-cultural engagements in both missions and ministries. Dr Maureen Ayikoru, Senior Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom In our rapidly changing society it is really important that we all develop greater cultural intelligence. If we are to become the vibrant Kingdom community of all nations that the Bible envisages we need much greater understanding and appreciation of those who are different from ourselves. This book, and the assessment and workshops that go alongside it, will be particularly helpful for leaders, churches and groups who want to grow in this area. Relating the concepts of cultural intelligence to passages of Scripture, it will certainly encourage some great discussion, learning and reflection for discipleship and mission. Revd Lynn Green, General Secretary, Baptist Union of Great Britain Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry is a worthwhile work with important things to say and to give perceptive and practical guidance Prof David Dunn-Wilson, Honorary Research Fellow, Cliff College, United Kingdom Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry book has done a marvelous job of integrating scriptural basis and reference points in the exploration of the cultural intelligence factors as they relate to ministry and mission. This being interspersed with practical and real world scenarios and examples is very helpful. The reflection/study guide questions are also well written and will provide for deeper learning, discussion and application. There is a considerable amount of information and detail to work through and I would suggest that people work through the book at a steady pace so that they can fully digest that immense learning and insights that this book will give. Adrian Kistan, Principal Consultant, Intercultural Solutions, Australia More than ever, cultural intelligence is a much-needed competence to grow, develop and nurture. Current fears and conflicts on the global and in local contexts, and not the least in churches, underscore this. Through this timely volume, Osoba O. Otaigbe brings his expertise as a cultural intelligence researcher, and years of experience working in cross-cultural and diverse contexts to offer an invaluable resource for churches. Building Cultural Intelligence in Church and Ministry draws on a variety of scholarly sources, biblical texts, and practical examples to provide readers with helpful insights and questions for reflection on developing cultural awareness, intelligence and competence. A welcome resource for ministerial/missional formation and both denominational and local church leadership! Michael N. Jagessar (Revd Dr) Global and Intercultural Ministries, United Reformed Church (UK)
Book Synopsis The Competent Pastor by : Ronald D. Sisk
Download or read book The Competent Pastor written by Ronald D. Sisk and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to say that a pastor is competent? And how does a competent pastor function? This book is intended to help pastors, seminarians, and lay people who work with pastors understand and answer these two questions. Competence in ministry is a moving target. A ministry technique that works in one parish may not work in another. What works today may not work five years from now. But a competent pastor will be able to adapt to changing locations and changing times. A competent pastor will be happy in her job--or able to figure out why she's not happy and how to move forward. A competent pastor won't get stuck--or when he does get stuck, he'll know what steps to take to get unstuck. Competence, defined by author Ronald Sisk as "the ability to do what needs to be done," requires ministers to understand themselves and others and to keep a realistic perspective on their lives. Competent pastors function by moving toward this kind of understanding and perspective.
Book Synopsis What Great Ministry Leaders Get Right by : Jimmy Dodd
Download or read book What Great Ministry Leaders Get Right written by Jimmy Dodd and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ministry throws unexpected challenges at you. What if a little more training could help you navigate them successfully? Though church leaders take courses in preaching and Christian education, when do they learn about personal limitations and the benefits of intimate friendships? Or what about conflict resolution? Knowledge gaps like these are often the primary factors that lead to frustration and burnout. In What Great Ministry Leaders Get Right, Jimmy Dodd of PastorServe and Renaut van der Riet of Mosaic Church in Winter Garden, FL, outline the six core competencies church leaders need to develop healthy, biblical, and sustainable leadership. Jimmy and Renaut address the critical lessons often missing from ministry training that all leaders need to successfully serve their congregations. Whether you’ve been in the pulpit for years or are just beginning your ministry education, every pastor can make sure they’re prepared for the real-world challenges of ministry.
Book Synopsis 25 Indispensable Qualities of a Credible and Competent Minister by : Francis Bola Akin-John
Download or read book 25 Indispensable Qualities of a Credible and Competent Minister written by Francis Bola Akin-John and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-08-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone cannot just wake up one morning and proclaim himself a bonafide member of the Medical Association; Lawyers Council; Pilots Association or Engineering council, without having gone to their school and pass through the process of becoming a recognized member of such prestigious bodies. If anyone tried it, he would be labeled a quack and an impostor! Well, the reverse is the case in Christian ministry. Anyone can just wake up and call himself or herself a minister of the gospel with high sounding and self-awarded titles. Denominations also have not helped matters. People are made ministers indiscriminately. Bible colleges and seminaries have also not fared better. People buy doctoral titles and upon graduation are ordained as ministers of the gospel. With all these errors, small wonder we have lots of incompetent and incredible ministers all over the place today. This book by Dr. Akin-John is the humble attempt to bring sanity to this malaise. He wrote on: * Who is a true gospel minister? * Why incompetent ministers are on the increase. * Qualities of competent and credible ministers. * Factors that define a competent minister. * Jesus' Favourite Minister and many more. This is a classic work on how to become relevant, current and time-tested ministers of the gospel. This is a training manual for ministers and should often be consulted for guidance and advice. It is highly recommended for every minister, denominations, ministers screening boards and training institutions.
Book Synopsis Brimming with God by : Barbara J. Blodgett
Download or read book Brimming with God written by Barbara J. Blodgett and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The yearning to be a theologian is widespread. Pastors, students, supervisors, and mentors all wish to think theologically about their ministries but often feel inadequately prepared. This book seeks to respond by showcasing a variety of approaches to theological reflection brought to bear upon actual situations in ministry. It is written by theological field educators. We define theological reflection as reflection upon lived, embodied experiences in ministry that seeks to make sense of practice and form reflectors in habits for competent ministry. An introductory chapter defines theological reflection as practiced within field education and points readers toward a diversity of approaches. Eleven subsequent chapters present two reflections upon the same case, each reflection written by a different author and representing a different reflection method. The book's significance is as a resource for teaching theological reflection in a range of settings. It not only offers a definition of and rationale for theological reflection but models various approaches to it. Its use of cases furthermore models the use of case studies in theological education and pastoral practice more widely.
Book Synopsis 10 Habits for Effective Ministry by : Lowell O. Erdahl
Download or read book 10 Habits for Effective Ministry written by Lowell O. Erdahl and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies reveal that many pastors are stressed out, discouraged, and tempted to leave the ministry. Giving practical advice and often drawing on examples from his own experience, Lowell O. Erdahl offers support and wise counsel for new and experienced clergy alike. Erdahl shows that to provide life-giving ministries, pastors must develop ten key habits, including: bonding with their people, having something to say and saying it well, becoming lifelong learners, picking their battles wisely and fighting them fairly, exercising gift-evoking leadership, and respecting boundaries.
Book Synopsis Competent Christian Counseling, Volume One by : Timothy Clinton
Download or read book Competent Christian Counseling, Volume One written by Timothy Clinton and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2002-04-16 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative new reference guide that equips counselors, pastors and church leaders, and caregivers for an effective ministry of soul care. Under the guidance of the highly respected American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), more than 40 leading Christian professionals have come together to provide this comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date reference guide for professional and lay counselors, pastors, and leaders in training. Competent Christian Counseling offers you: • the best contributions on spiritual formation and pastoral care from Scripture as well as from giants of church history • the latest research, theory, and successful practice methods in Christian counseling • a practical, 21st century model of Christian counseling that is not only “counselor friendly,” but also facilitates effective, biblical client change--all geared to help people mature in the ways and wisdom of Jesus Christ. Competent Christian Counseling, edited by Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager, is destined to be regarded for years to come as the authoritative, trustworthy resource for Christian counseling.
