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  • Heart Of A Leader (Expanded)

    $18.99

    Ken Blanchard’s powerful leadership classic is more relevant today than ever. Ken Blanchard – one of America’s best-known leadership experts – helps readers understand and experience the art of influence thorugh the greatest life and leadership lessons he’s learned in his rich career. Arranged for busy schedules, The Heart of a Leader offers Blanchard’s most important insights in an accessible format. Thoroughly challenging and deeply inspiring, this classic captures the profound wisdom and valuable insight only Ken Blanchard can deliver.

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  • Crucifixion Of Ministry

    $20.00

    Today, there is a crisis in pastoral ministry. Andrew Purves explores the true and essential nature of Christian ministry, rooting it in Christ’s own example. He provides vision and direction for students and practicing ministers to reclaim the connection between Christ, themselves, and their ministries.

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  • 21 Indispensable Qualities Of A Leader

    $22.99

    In the tradition of his million-seller The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, author John C. Maxwell provides a concise, accessible leadership book that helps readers become more effective leaders from the inside out. Daily readings highlight twenty-one essential leadership qualities and include “Reflecting On It” and “Bringing It Home” sections that help readers integrate and apply each day’s material.

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  • Discover : Use Your Gifts And Help Others Find Theirs

    $9.95

    Everyone has at least one spiritual gift, according to the Bible. But many don’t know what that gift is or how to use it. Discover provides clear steps and guidelines to find and activate your spiritual gift. This book is an invaluable resource for any individual to discover his or her spiritual giftedness. It will especially help those leading a small group to know how to discern the different gifts among group members-and then to help each person activate that gift. The eight lessons offer biblical insight on the different spiritual gifts as well as practical suggestions on how to use them. Discover is a great resource to use individually, in a small group, or in a classroom teaching setting.

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  • Coach : Empower Others To Effectively Lead A Small Group

    $9.95

    Coaching is the key to helping small group leaders succeed over the long haul. Yet those who are willing to coach often lack information on how to do it. This book provides step-by-step information on how to coach a small group leader. Someone who is already coaching a small group leader will find the eight lessons in the book invaluable to empower others to lead fruitful cell groups. And even those who have never coached before will receive clear information on how to take the small group leader to the next level. Coach is a great resource to use individually, in a small group, or in a classroom teaching setting.

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  • 21 Most Powerful Minutes In A Leaders Day

    $16.99

    While a few people appear to be born leaders, the ability to lead is actually a collection of skills, nearly all of which can be learned and sharpened. Based on his New York Times bestseller The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, author John C. Maxwell presents a daily plan to help you grow as a leader in your personal, professional, and spiritual life.

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  • Timothy Training Program Teacher Edition (Teacher’s Guide)

    $19.99

    In today’s rapidly growing churches how does a pastor keep up with all the demands of a growing congregation? More than ever we need to rise up leaders in the local church. Taken straight from I & II Timothy, Timothy Training Program provides teaching materials for pastors and leadership trainers to use in equipping potential leaders. Ideal for small groups or medium size classes, this package incorporates teaching, discussion, and relational, hands-on discipling. Session Topics Include: The Life of Timothy Requirements and Expectations Teaching Sessions Outline The Invitation and Response Proving and Preparation Selection and Character Factor Equipping and Placement Promotion and Progress Perseverance and Perspective.

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  • Lay Pastor Training Manual Students Edition (Student/Study Guide)

    $15.99

    The Lay Pastor Training Program is specifically written with the growing church in mind. Designed to train lay pastors to help alleviate the heavy ministry load of elders and senior pastors, this course teaches lay people how to do the harvesting and pastoring at a relational level within the local church.

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  • Lay Pastor Training Manual Teachers Version (Teacher’s Guide)

    $22.99

    Lay Pastor Training Program is specifically written with the growing church in mind. Designed to train lay pastors to help alleviate the heavy ministry load of elders and seniors pastors, this course teaches lay people how to do the harvesting and pastoring at a relational level within the local church

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  • Timothy Training Program Student Edition (Student/Study Guide)

    $11.99

    The Timothy Training Program is the first of our two phase plan for equipping and training specific leaders within your church. For oever thirty years the City Bible Church (formerly Bible Temple) has established and trained leaders in the context of the local church. With today’s rapidly growing church, leadership training is critical to the establishment and growth of a healthy local church. The Timothy Training Program is designed to use for equipping potential leaders and the Lay Pastor Training Program takes the potential leaders one step further by establishing and training them for a Lay Pastor role. Timothy Training Program In today’s rapidly growing churches, how does a pastor keep up with all the demands of a growing congregation? More than ever, we need to raise up leaders in the local church. Taken from I and II Timothy, Timothy Training Program provides teaching materials for pastors and leadership trainers to use in equipping potential leaders. The Timothy Training Program will take students on a journey through the leadership principles found in Timothy’s life. Highlights include requirements and expectations, proving and preparation, selection and character, equipping and placement, and promotion and progress. Ideal for small groups of medium size clases, this package incorporates teaching, discussion and relational hands-on disciplining.

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  • 2nd Resurrection : Leading Your Congregation To New Life

    $19.99

    1. When It’s Not A Matter Of Sickness
    2. Are We Spiritually Dead?
    3. How Churches Die Spiritually
    4. Turnaround Is An Eternal Issue
    5. Leaders: It’s Time To Die To Yourself
    6. A Life Worth Watching
    7. Resurrection Begins With You
    8. Rolling Away The Stone
    9. Life Beyond The Tomb
    10. Pastor, Are YOU Ready For Resurrection?
    Epilogue: The Meaning Of Faithfulness

    Additional Info
    For many congregational and denominational leaders, the goal for churches experiencing declining worship attendance is to turn those congregations around. The “turnaround church” is one that has stagnated or is in decline. The old trends are reversed, new members are added, and everyone rejoices in this story of a congregation restored to health and vitality. But what if the metaphors of decline, stagnation, and loss of health just aren’t getting to the problem? What if the situation is much worse than what those ways of describing it imply? What if the congregation is spiritually dead? The only solution is resurrection. Churches that have lost their sense of mission, that exist only to provide fellowship for the “members of the club,” that expect their leaders to focus solely on ministering to the members’ personal spiritual needs; these churches have died to the purpose of the New Testament church, to make disciples of Jesus Christ. They cannot be turned around; they must come to life again. The key to that resurrection is leaders who are not afraid to diagnose the problem for what it really is, and who realize that resurrection is what being a Christian is about.

    The goal of this book is to guide the leaders of these churches through the painful, yet ultimately life-giving work of leading a church to new life in the Spirit. If you want to find new life for your church, read on . . .

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  • Vanguard Leader : A New Breed Of Leader To Encounter The Future

    $15.99

    Author Frank Damazio defines the characteristics, function, and motivation of vanguard leadership and encourages leaders to break free from the stagnation, mediocracy, and complacency of the past.

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  • Local Church Today (Student/Study Guide)

    $15.99

    This book is intended to help you better understand God’s glorious purpose in the Church and your individual part in that purpose. It will give you the vision from God’s perspective rather than man’s. Your faith will be strengthened to see the Church of Jesus Christ fulfill everything that God has purposed.

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  • From Members To Disciples

    $18.99

    The Book of Acts is really a first-century journal of the early development of congregational Christianity. Foss explores Acts as a guidebook for helping pastors and other church leaders move people from merely being members to becoming disciples. He provides stategies, lessons, and steps for creating a disciple-making ministry. By delving into early Christianity, participants can learn how to become purposeful disciples of the faith and experience the unstoppable power of passion, disciplined growth, vision, and purpose.
    Foss also shows how to use crises and setbacks (inevitable as they are) as opportunities to sharpen participants’ focus for disciple-making ministry and empower them to become agents for change in the world.

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  • Organic Community : Creating A Place Where People Naturally Connect (Reprinted)

    $18.00

    Offers practical help for church leaders who are ready to make the switch from developing programs to shaping environments-where communities may emerge more naturally.

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  • John F Kennedy On Leadership

    $18.99

    Today’s business leaders have much in common with President Kennedy. They face monumental decisions in unpredictable times; their actions have implications far beyond their own organizations; and they are judged mercilessly and incessantly by both their constituents and the media. Professionals, then, would do well to study the leadership traits that made Kennedy one of the most respected, beloved, and influential world leaders in modern history. John F. Kennedy on Leadership analyzes what made Kennedy, both before and during his Presidency, a unique and dominant force who would serve as the standard by which future leaders would be judged. Readers will learn the value of: * Planning and decision making: Consult widely, then act. * Crisis management: Don’t let events manage you. * Building a team: Find your own “Bobby.” * Independence: Don’t follow the crowd. * Mistakes: Learn from them and move on. This timely (and timeless) book will be of interest to anyone involved in leadership.

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  • Hand Me Another Brick Bible Companion

    $9.99

    Most of us could benefit from wise advice on how to be a more effective leader at work and at home. In Hand Me Another Brick Bible Companion, Charles Swindoll delves deep into the life of Nehemiah to show how to handle the issues of motivation, discouragement, and adversity with integrity. Features include: Perfect for small group study or individual study alike Questions for reflection Helpful and insightful discussion of Scripture Discussion questions to facilitate group study

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  • By Design Or Default

    $22.99

    You can be intentional about creating the right God-given culture for your church. This book is intended to help both pastors and members engage in the never-ending process of creating a purposeful church culture that flows with the synergy of their vision for reaching the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. You can create a culture that supports and champions the message you want to communicate to your city.

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  • More Than Serving Tea

    $20.00

    SKU (ISBN): 9780830833719ISBN10: 0830833714Editor: Nikki Toyama | Editor: Tracey Gee | Editor: Jeanette YepBinding: Trade PaperPublished: December 2006Publisher: InterVarsity Press Print On Demand Product

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  • Innovative Planning : Your Church In 4-D

    $27.99

    For leaders of small organizations – churches and businesses – who do not have a regular, ongoing planning process, this book will be your guide to becoming an innovative planner for your group’s future.

    This book presents a solid process for developing complete organizational planning – from vision, to mission, to strategies. It also includes the day-to-day operations – the level at which the vision ultimately comes to fruition.

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  • 10 Thing Every Minister Needs To Know

    $13.99

    Realistic solutions to avoid being side-tracked by church “games and politics”
    How a disciplined daily schedule will make your life, family, and ministry stronger
    Have you suddenly realized the fire that burned in your spirit years ago for ministry has waned? Are you a pastor feeling overwhelmed by the demands on your time, energy, and spirituality?

    Ronnie Floyd can relate – yet with 30 years of pastoral ministry, he is still passionately committed to God’s calling in his life. What has sustained his passion for ministry? In this book, he will share the very best perspective, encouragement, and solutions for all ministers.

    Each day, Dr. Ronnie Floyd and his ministry can be seen internationally through his Realistic solutions to avoid being side-tracked by church “games and politics”
    How a disciplined daily schedule will make your life, family, and ministry stronger
    Have you suddenly realized the fire that burned in your spirit years ago for ministry has waned? Are you a pastor feeling overwhelmed by the demands on your time, energy, and spirituality?

    Ronnie Floyd can relate – yet with 30 years of pastoral ministry, he is still passionately committed to God’s calling in his life. What has sustained his passion for ministry? In this book, he will share the very best perspective, encouragement, and solutions for all ministers.

    Each day, Dr. Ronnie Floyd and his ministry can be seen internationally through his television ministry, Winners. As pastor of First Baptist Church of Springdale and The Church oat Pinnacle Hills, Arkansas, he is a gifted communicator, leader, pastor, and author of 18 books. Pastor Floyd and his wife, Jeanna, will be married for 30 years in December of 2006. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law and one grandchild.

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  • Balancing Work And Life

    $13.99

    Life is more like a marathon than a sprint. Here’s how to stay well conditioned.

    Bill Butterworth will make you laugh-and learn while you’re doing it! In the opening chapter of this powerful little book, Bill shares with you how, while running his rotund body in a nightmarish 440-yard dash, he learned a great lesson:
    Life is much more like a marathon than a sprint.

    The attitudes and actions that result in steady success over the long haul are what make for long-term satisfaction and achievement. To experience this for yourself, you need to understand how to deal with life’s inevitable challenges:
    *The “Hazies”-losing sight of long-term goals
    *The “Lazies”-lacking the self-discipline to bring life back into focus
    *The “Crazies”-allowing life to run out of control

    Each of these can be conquered by three “clarifying triangles:” setting clear priorities, learning the discipline of endurance, and reaching the finish line through skillful pacing. It all adds up to a succinct and inspiring guide to balancing excellence at work with fulfillment in all of life.

    Also look for the On-the-Fly-Guide to Building Successful Teams!

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  • 4 Elements Of Success

    $19.99

    Laurie Beth Jones, management expert and business consultant extraordinaire, noticed that none of the personality/temperament profiles in the market today, none of them provided a tool that was simple, visual, intuitive, and powerful enough to create a shift in thinking as well as relating. So she developed The Path Elements Profile (PEP), which can be used in recruitment, placement, retention, team building, and customer relations as businesses transform many individuals into a harmonizing, humming force for good. Within the framework of the book will be scriptural examples as well as modern day business stories.

    Based upon the elements of Earth, Water, Wind and Fire, the Path Elements Profile helps determine both individual and team behavioral tendencies that affect everything from career choice to daily “to do” lists. We choose to act on what we value, and each element type values very different things:

    Fire personality types love and thrive on challenge
    Water personality types thrive on harmony and calm
    Wind personality types love chaos and change
    Earth personality types love order and structure
    PART I of this book provides an overview of the elements themselves as individual personality types. Jones will explain each element’s strengths and challenges and will have the readers identify their own as well as those of their team members.

    Then in PART II, readers will assess their teams. There are 28 one-day principles, that, if followed will take readers on a simple yet radical journey to a transformed workplace.

    INCLUDES an Assessment Test for Your Team’s Elemental Strengths and Weaknesses

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  • Leadership Lessons From The Bible

    $16.49

    Provides a guide for the application of 40 timeless principles that are necessary for successful leadership in all organizations – the church, business, or government. Secular examples are included to enable the reader to apply these principles to modern-day situations.

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  • Am I A Priest Servant Leader

    $12.49

    A “how-to” book written to help stop generational dysfunction by giving the man practical application tools as he becomes the spiritual and servant leader to his family and local church.

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  • Practicing Greatness : 7 Disciplines Of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders

    $24.95

    About Leadership Network.
    Foreword By Ken Blanchard.

    Acknowledgments.

    Introduction Needed: Great Spiritual Leaders.

    1. The Discipline Of Self-Awareness.

    2. The Discipline Of Self-Management.

    3. The Discipline Of Self-Development.

    4. The Discipline Of Mission.

    5. The Discipline Of Decision Making.

    6. The Discipline Of Belonging.

    7. The Discipline Of Aloneness.

    Conclusion Choosing Greatness.

    Notes.

    About The Author.

    Index.

    Additional Info
    Based on his extensive experience as coach and mentor to many thousands of Christian leaders across a broad spectrum of ministry settings, Reggie McNeal helps spiritual leaders understand that they will self-select into or out of greatness. In this important book, McNeal shows how great spiritual leaders are committed consciously and intentionally to seven spiritual disciplines, habits of heart and mind that shape both their character and competence:

    The discipline of self-awareness-the single most important body of information a leader possesses

    The discipline of self-management-handling difficult emotions, expectations, temptations, mental vibrancy, and physical well-being

    The discipline of self-development-a life-long commitment to learning and growing and building on one’s strengths

    The discipline of mission-enjoying the permissions of maintaining the sense of God’s purpose for your life and leadership

    The discipline of decision-making-knowing the elements of good decisions and learning from failure

    The discipline of belonging-the determination to nurture relationships and to live in community with others, including family, followers, mentors, and friends

    The discipline of aloneness-the intentional practice of soul-making solitude and contemplation

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  • Christian Reflections On The Leadership Challenge

    $18.95

    Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge gathers together in one place a remarkable collection of leaders who share insights on faith and leadership. Well-grounded in research, this reflective and practical book shows how Christian leaders – no matter the setting – put into place The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart.

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  • New Pastors Guide To Leading Worship

    $17.99

    14 Chapters

    Additional Info
    This practical book is for new pastors as they move into the role of worship leader and planner. When faced with the weekly rhythm of planning and leading worship, new pastors sometimes find themselves overwhelmed with the tasks. Barbara Day Miller centers on pastors and their identity as worship leader, on guidelines for leadership, and on the “why” and “how” of the worship service. She also explores the pastor’s role in guiding the planning of the worship service and the connecting of the congregation with the historical practices of the church. Brief narratives from other church leaders provide encouragement and useful guidelines for grounding worship-leading in the historic model of the liturgy.

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  • 5 Keys For Church Leaders

    $22.95

    A no-nonsense guide to church leadership and parish development. The book examines the five aspects of congregational life that are key to the development and growth of strong congregations.

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  • Winning On Purpose

    $20.99

    Using an innovative sports analogy, John Kaiser provides proven biblical principles of leadership to help board members, pastors, lay leaders, denominational executives, consultants, and dedicated church members succeed in their respective missions. He also discusses how these strategies can be tailored to fit the requirements of specific denominations.

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  • 78 Important Questions Every Leader Should Ask And Answer

    $18.99

    Great leaders have many talents, but one critical skill — often unrecognized — is the ability to ask and answer questions. This unique book offers 78 questions that leaders at all levels need to ask and answer both inside and outside the organization. Leaders who master this question-response technique will gain much useful information about what is really going on in their businesses, as well as the admiration of employees, customers, and others with whom they interact. The questions and answers cover a range of common and uncommon situations, including: the need to connect employees’ efforts to company goals; layoffs, business downturns, and mergers; personal crises of employees; coaching and mentoring sessions; and customer retention. The book even includes advice on answering questions when the answer is “I don’t know” or “I can’t tell you.” With worksheets in each chapter, it prepares leaders to ask important questions of: * Customers (“Why do you do business with our competition?”) * Employees (“What’s a recent management decision you didn’t understand?”) * And even themselves (“What do I want to be remembered for?”)

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  • Generating Buy In

    $17.99

    The power not just to persuade, but to inspire. Anyone interested in influencing fellow human beings can benefit from this book’s wise and practical advice. It’s a keeper!” –William Ury, Harvard Law School, Coauthor of the best-selling Getting to Yes The ability to influence people’s thoughts and feelings, to generate their buy-in, has emerged as the paramount leadership skill. The strongest leaders are those who create a positive vision of the future, paint a “”big picture”” that generates action by tapping into people’s emotions, ask for a commitment, and inspire their listeners to take steps toward the goal. Generating Buy-In: Mastering the Language of Leadership will help you master the powerful language that breeds such a commitment. Through real-world case studies and exclusive interviews, Generating Buy-In imparts a revolutionary yet practical approach to: * Crafting a strategic story that projects a positive future to your audience * Speaking the language of buy-in with images that mold powerful thoughts and emotions in your listeners * Putting the language to work in service of your goal — whether the goal is to raise sales, inspire a work force, or win a Presidential election. “”This book unlocks secrets top leaders have applied through the ages. Instinctively you know that Mark Walton has hit the bulls-eye, because it feels right in your heart and your gut. Wonderfully simple and effective!”” — Ron Kirkpatrick, National Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, USA Complete with examples, practical exercises, sample business scenarios, and a foreword by William Ury, coauthor of the best-selling Getting to Yes, Generating Buy-In is an indispensable resource for leading and succeeding in today’s fiercely competitive world!”

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  • How To Lead And Still Have A Life

    $15.99

    Dale Burke’s unique and powerful book Less Is More Leadership now in a trade binding is easier to keep on hand. Burke reveals how to work smarter and more efficiently to garner success that far exceeds results of the “work harder and longer” tactics.

    Readers will gain knowledge of eight key disciplines based on Christ’s leadership style, including:
    *Spirituality-the Power of Convictions
    *Humility-the Power of Servant-leadership
    *Imagination-the Power of Vision
    *Mobilization-the Power of Letting Go
    *Innovation-the Power of Creativity

    Business and ministry professionals, lay leaders, churches, schools, and anyone looking to transform their work, home, and life with the power of a new way of thinking will be empowered by these principles.

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  • Becoming Nehemiah : Leading With Significance

    $11.99

    1. The Man And His Journey: A Real-Time Look A Nehemiah
    2. The Crucible: A Test If Character And Competence
    3. The Cupbearer: Leadership For Survival Nehemiah’s Leadership Journal
    4. The Engineer: Leadership For Security Nehemiah’s Leadership Journal
    5. The Governor: Leadership For Significance Nehemiah’s Leadership Journal
    6. The Statesman: Leadership For Succession
    7. The Perspective Of Time: The Long View Of Leadership
    8. The Scale Of Greatness: The Quality That Cannot Be Taught

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  • More Bricks Less Straw

    $24.00

    IVP Print On Demand Title

    In today’s cutthroat business environment, leaders are expected to do more with less. Bottom lines are on the increase; available resources on the decrease. Worse, managers must achieve these grand goals while keeping morale at an all-time high. This isn’t just a trend. It’s the state of business today. And really, it’s nothing new. In ancient Egypt, the Israelite slaves were forced to make more bricks with less straw. With fewer and fewer resources, the Israelites had to find ways to meet higher and higher demands.

    David Farrington transports this and other familiar Bible stories into the modern workplace, demonstrating timetested solutions-delegation of authority, effective communication, consensus building, and more-for today’s time-pressed business leaders. As a veteran of consulting for Fortune 500 companies, Farrington knows how to produce more effective business leaders. His penetrating insights give leaders innovative strategies for building morale and creating a positive work environment, making the most of workers’ efforts in a way that is beneficial to you, your team, and your entire organization.

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  • Leading Leaders : How To Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, And Powerful People

    $22.99

    Whether you were born a leader or have had leadership thrust upon you, you’re in for a whole new set of challenges when managing other leaders. Think of the qualities that have brought you to a leadership role: your vision, confidence, and charisma, or perhaps your experience, unique skills, expertise, or network of powerful allies. Now remind yourself that other leaders share some or all of these qualities with you. The leaders you are called upon to lead may be other executives, highly educated experts, investors, board members, government officials, doctors, lawyers, or other professionals. The potential contributions of these elites to any organization are vital, but the likelihood of friction is also high if you don’t manage relationships carefully. In any case, they are people with significant resources — and strong opinions. How do you leverage the assets of the talented and powerful while making sure that egos remain unbruised? Leading Leaders breaks the challenge down into the Seven Daily Tasks of Leadership, and shows you how to carry out each task when you have to manage other leaders. The seven tasks and the special challenges they entail in leading leaders are: 1. Direction How do you negotiate a vision for the organization that other leaders will buy into? 2. Integration How do you make stars a team? 3. Mediation How do you resolve conflicts over turf and power among other leaders so the organization can move forward? 4. Education How do you educate people who think they are already educated? 5. Motivation How do you move other leaders who already seem to have everything” to do the right thing for the organization? 6. Representation How do you lead your organization’s outside constituents while still leading leaders inside? 7. Trust Creation How do you gain and keep other leaders’ trust, the vital capital that your own leadership depends on? Drawing on the author’s own leadership experience as well as his research in the corporate, political, academic, and professional worlds, Leading Leaders answers these questions with a clear set of effective rules for all managers to follow in successfully leading other leaders.”

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  • Mentoring Leaders : Wisdom For Developing Character Calling And Competency (Repr

    $20.00

    Who are tomorrow’s leaders? And who will prepare them? Focusing keenly on spiritual growth, Pue addresses the various phases of leadership development, and points out essential personal traits and characteristics. Emerging ministry professionals will learn to sharpen their vision, shape their values, and find renewed strength to follow their calling.

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  • Being A Deacon Today

    $22.95

    SKU (ISBN): 9780819222015ISBN10: 0819222011Rosalind BrownBinding: Trade PaperPublished: October 2005Publisher: Morehouse Publishing Print On Demand Product

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  • Developing The Leaders Around You

    $18.99

    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 who understands their potential value.

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  • Leading From The Second Chair

    $29.00

    About Leadership Network.
    Foreword (Greg L. Hawkins).

    Preface.

    1. Living In The Paradoxes.

    2. Am I A Second Chair Leader?

    THE FIRST PARADOX
    Subordinate-Leader.

    3. Taking It From The Top.

    4. Crossing The Line.

    A Word To First Chairs On The Subordinate-Leader Paradox.

    THE SECOND PARADOX
    Deep-Wide.

    5. A Matter Of Perspective.

    6. Building The Team . . . One Relationship At A Time.

    7. Putting It Into Practice.

    A Word To First Chairs On The Deep-Wide Paradox.

    THE THIRD PARADOX
    Contentment-Dreaming.

    8. Contentment In The Second Chair.

    9. Dreaming In The Second Chair.

    10. Leaving The Second Chair.

    A Word To First Chairs On The Contentment-Dreaming Paradox.

    Epilogue.

    The People Behind The Stories: Profiles Of Second Chair Leaders.

    Bibliography.

    Acknowledgments.

    About The Authors.

    Index.

    Additional Info
    LEADING FROM THE SECOND CHAIR will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they view their role, with an emphasis on their own responsibility as leaders. It recognizes the unique challenges and frustrations of serving in a subordinate position and equips these leaders with the attitudes and skills that they will need to survive and thrive in this new paradigm.
    Because of the scarcity of resources for second chair leaders, particularly those in the church, this book will offer a practical way to improve the performance of any organization. Leading Congregational Change discussed the importance of a “vision community”–a diverse group of key members who discern and implement the vision for a congregation–to guide the transformation of a church. This work will extend the theme of an empowered leadership team as we explore how individual clergy and laity can lead effectively.

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  • Secrets Of Special Ops Leadership

    $22.99

    The Navy SEALs. The Green Berets. Delta Force. These are just a few examples of what are known as “special ops” — unique fighting forces trained to beat overwhelming odds on every mission. Using principles like speed, purpose, repetition, surprise, and simplicity, elite units such as these have throughout history accomplished extremely challenging tasks against vastly superior forces. When something seemingly impossible must be achieved, special ops forces are the ones called upon for a miracle. Just as special ops are needed for critical tasks in battle, ultra-high achievers are needed for special circumstances in business: situations where time is important, when resources are low or insufficient, where you are challenging conventional wisdom or established competitors, or where crisis is imminent. But can commando techniques really work in business? If you can inspire and lead your employees to work at peak performance, they will accomplish dramatic, almost fantastic feats for you — just as fighting commandos do in battle situations. Secrets of Special Ops Leadership reveals the essential methods commando leaders employ, using dramatic real-life stories of commando leadership from biblical times all the way up through Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005, and showing how similar techniques are used by present-day business leaders such as Steve Jobs, Mary Kay Ash, Robert Townsend, and others. You’ll learn the fourteen core practices of special ops leadership, including how to: * Create the Best If you think you can just call some of your regular employees together and give them a pep talk and an impossible task to do, you’re wrong. Business commandos aren’t born. They must be created. Your first task as a special ops business leader is to recruit, select, train, and motivate the right people. * Build a Commando Team Using models such as Carlson’s Raiders, who fought for the U.S. Marines during World War II, the book explains how to work with different personalities, agendas, priorities, and motivations to create a team that works efficiently and effectively to get the job done. * Dare the Impossible Like the Sayeret Mat’kal, the Israeli Special Ops unit that staged the miraculous raid on Entebbe to free hostages on an Air France plane hijacked by terrorists in 1976, successful business ops must aggressively seek out opportunities and know when to transcend conventional thinking to stage an assault and take action. When they’ve got the right problems to work o

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  • Winning With People Workbook

    $17.99

    What kind of price would you put on good people skills? Ask the successful CEOs of major corporations, entrepreneurs, top salespeople, teachers, pastors, and parents what characteristic is most needed for success in leadership positions, and they’ll tell you– it’s the ability to work with people.

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  • Soul At Work

    $27.95

    Benefiel shows, using complelling stories of contemporary businesses, healthcare organizations, an dnon-profits that integrity, profitability, and personal and organizational transformation are all of a piece.

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  • 14 Tests All Leaders Must Face

    $9.99

    In this book, the reader will discover fourteen tests God administers to release the full potential of those He anoints. These often-difficult trials of Christian leaders include the tests of motivation, time, servitude, and character. Readers will be encouraged to know that God uses these tests not to tear them down, but to increase their capacity and strength through a deeper relationship with Him.

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  • Servant Leadership : Jesus And Paul

    $24.99

    “Efrain Agosto provides a rich and textured study of religious leadership as exercised by Jesus and the apostle Paul. The study is not only exegetically thorough, it provides an implicit challenge to contemporary religious leaders to rethink and reform our own roles. In the last chapter, Agosto makes that challenge explicit in ways that are clear, helpful, and appropriately demanding. A fine book for those who provide leadership to religious communities and to those who teach those leaders.”

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  • Small Group Leaders Handbook

    $19.99

    The Small Group Leaders Handbook provides a solid scriptural foundation upon which to build your small group ministry. By combining biblical teaching with practical guidelines, the Small Group Leaders Handbook provides a balanced and thorough exploration of small group ministry in the twenty-first century.

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  • Sermons On The First Readings Series 2 Cycle B

    $36.95

    The Old Testament details the epic faith story of ancient people who, just like us today, seek God’s answers to complex problems. Yet because pastors sometimes overlook this rich source of preaching texts, many people in the pews are not as knowledgeable as they could be of the Hebrew scriptures and their profound lessons for modern living. In this inspiring collection of spiritually enlightening messages based on the First Readings from Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary, four master preachers demonstrate the continuing relevance of passages from the Old Testament and the Book of Acts. Building on stories in which God moves ordinary people to extraordinary heights, these sermons for each Sunday and major celebration throughout the entire church year powerfully proclaim timeless themes of justice and righteousness while reminding us that God’s grace is the model for the Christian community’s core values of self-giving love and forgiveness. Each thought-provoking message is filled with compelling stories and illustrations from everyday life, and challenges readers to love and serve the Lord, trusting in divine providence even in the midst of a world that sometimes seems cruel and senseless.

    This essential resource is useful for:
    ? Fresh homiletical approaches to the lectionary texts
    ? Preaching illustrations
    ? Understanding scripture passages
    ? Bible study and discussion groups
    ? Personal devotions and inspirational reading

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  • Culture Shift : Transforming Your Church From The Inside Out

    $27.00

    About Leadership Network.
    Foreword (Erwin Raphael McManus).

    Preface.

    PART ONE: Awakening To Culture.

    1. Why Culture Matters.

    2. Your Destiny In Seed Form.

    3. What You Think Is What You See.

    PART TWO: Birthing The Culture.

    4. Totems: Identifying Your Church’s Culture.

    5. How To Shift Your Church’s Culture.

    6. Divine Partnership.

    PART THREE: Growing The Culture At New Hope O’ahu.

    7. Identifying New Hope’s Totems.

    8. Culture Setters.

    9. Plug-and-Play Subculture Vs. Authentic Culture.

    10. Creating And Re-Creating Culture.

    PART FOUR: Growing The Culture At Fellowship Bible Church.

    11. Identifying Fellowship Bible’s Totems.

    12. The Power Of A Disciplined Vision.

    13. Learning To Spot Opportunity.

    14. Courageous Adjustments To Safeguard The Values.

    PART FIVE: Advancing The Culture.

    15. Irresistible Culture.

    Notes.

    Appendix One: Involvement And Satisfaction Survey.

    Appendix Two: Sample Pages From A Life Journal.

    Bibliography.

    Acknowledgments.

    About The Authors.

    Index.

    Additional Info
    Culture Shift, written for church leaders, ministers, pastors, ministry teams, and lay leaders, leads you through the process of identifying your church’s distinctive culture, gives you practical tools to change it from the inside-out, and provides steps to keep your new culture aligned with your church’s mission. Real transformation is not about working harder at what you’re already doing or even copying another church’s approach but about changing church culture at a foundational level.

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  • Leading Lessons : Insights On Leadership From Women Of The Bible

    $12.99

    Acknowledgments

    Seeing Yourself As A Leader: Preparing For Your Insights On Leadership

    LESSON 1
    Created To Lead: Insights From Eve On Unlocking Your Leadership Potential
    (Study Text: Genesis 1:26-28)

    LESSON 2
    There Is A Balm In Gilead:
    Insights From The Daughters Of Jerusalem On Being A Healthy Potential
    (Study Text: Jeremiah 8:18-22)

    LESSON 3
    From Waterpots To Worship:
    Insights From The Woman Of Samaria On Empowerment
    (Study Text: John 4:5-42)

    LESSON 4
    Putting Away The Idols: Insights From Rachel On Discovering Value Within
    (Study Text: Genesis 29:1-35, 30:1-24, 31:1-21, 35:1-4)

    LESSON 5
    Recovering The Queen Within:
    Insights From Esther On Leadership Formation
    (Study Text: Esther 2:1-18, 4:1-17, 5:1-3, 8:3-8)

    LESSON 6
    Standing Before Moses:
    Insights From The Daughters Of Zelophehad On Leading Change
    (Study Text: Numbers 26:1-2, 28-34, 27:1-11, 36:1-13)

    LESSON 7
    Paving The Way For Ministry:
    Insights From Lydia On Pioneering Leadership
    (Study Text: Acts 16:6-15, 40)

    LESSON 8
    Working Together:
    Insights From Priscilla And Aquila On Partnering In Leadership
    (Study Text: Acts 18:1-3, 18-19, 24-28)

    Notes:

    References

    Additional Info
    A sequel to Porter’s first book, Leading Ladies, which explored how the Bible supports women in leadership, this volume delves deeper, providing insights into growing into leadership, leading through adversity, challenging the status quo, and seeing leadership potential in unexpected people.

    Nine scripturally based studies examine lessons of leadership from specific women of the Bible. From Eve, we discover how to unlock our leadership potential; from Esther, we learn about leadership formation from within. Each chapter includes a summary page of empowerment principles, as well as a series of questions for personal reflection or group discussion.

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  • Hidden Lives Of Congregations

    $30.00

    Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain “stuckness,” many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms-only to discover that the same problems keep recurring, often in different, and more serious, ways. In The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Christian educator and consultant Israel Galindo takes leaders below the surface of congregational life to provide a comprehensive, holistic look at the corporate nature of church relationships and the invisible dynamics at play.

    Informed by family systems theory and grounded in a wide-ranging ecclesiological understanding, Galindo unpacks clearly the factors of congregational lifespan, size, spirituality, and identity and shows how these work together to form the congregation’s hidden life. He provides useful tools for diagnosing and understanding how one’s congregation fits into the various categories he names and suggests what leadership skills are necessary to get beyond the impasse of surface issues and help the congregation achieve its mission.

    The Hidden Lives of Congregations provides one of the most far-reaching looks into the invisible nature of faith communities written in recent years. For seminaries and divinity schools, it provides a standard text for getting a solid start in congregational practices; for experienced pastors, it provides support for renewing ministry; for lay leaders and committees, it offers insight to deepening mutual ministry. Israel Galindo has written an indispensable manual that leaders will return to repeatedly for new wisdom and guidance on the unseen mechanisms that drive congregational life.

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  • Becoming Barnabas : The Ministry Of Encouragement

    $28.00

    Western culture has made a cult of success, and the church has accepted the larger culture’s definition, focusing on success as growth in membership and budget, rather growth in faithfulness as disciples of Jesus. When we do not measure up, we become discouraged, disillusioned, and perhaps even envious.

    Paul Moots offers a welcome antidote: a vision for the ministry of encouragement. Based on his study of the book of Acts, Moots has identified five incidents from the ministry of Barnabas, an easily overlooked character, that provide a starting point to explore encouragement and how it can work in a congregation. Moots then examines five components of this ministry: partnership, hospitality, courage, reconciliation, and authenticity.

    Moots details numerous examples to show how the ministry of encouragement offers a workable, effective pattern for church leadership. “I am convinced,” he writes, “that accepting Barnabas as my model has changed my ministry for the better and that Barnabas’s example can benefit any pastor and congregation who take his lessons seriously.”

    Barnabas and his ministry of encouragement offer us a focus for the vital, messy, and exhilarating work required of us as faith communities. Foreword by Robert Reber

    “At last! Here is a leadership book that provides practical help for congregations of every size and setting and pastors with a variety of gifts. Drawing from his own experience as a pastor, Moots shares a model of faithful ministry that is within the reach of every pastor, layperson, and congregation.”-Rueben P. Job

    “In an age when so many pastors and leaders are discouraged, no work of the Spirit is more needed or more welcome than encouragement. Moots’s book moves beyond diagnosis and actually shows readers how to ‘become Barnabas’ in ministries of partnership, hospitality, courage, and reconciliation.”-Donna Duensing

    Paul Moots has served as pastor in a variety of settings in his 22 years of ministry: associate pastor, campus ministry, pastor of an urban congregation, and his current position in the village church of First United Methodist in Mount Sterling, Ohio.

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  • Shaped By Gods Heart

    $24.95

    Preface: A Personal Letter To The Reader.
    Acknowledgments.

    Introduction: Sending The Church Into The World.

    PART ONE: The Church In A New And Changing World.

    1. From Maintenance To Missional: The Church In A World Of Change.

    2. Be Church And Be Changed: How Missional Churches Live Their Passion.

    PART TWO: The Nine Essential Practices Of Missional Churches.

    3. Missional Practice Number One: Have A High Threshold For Membership.

    4. Missional Practice Number Two: Be Real, Not Real Religious.

    5. Missional Practice Number Three: Teach To Obey Rather Than To Know.

    6. Missional Practice Number Four: Rewrite Worship Every Week.

    7. Missional Practice Number Five: Live Apostolically.

    8. Missional Practice Number Six: Expect To Change The World.

    9. Missional Practice Number Seven: Order Actions According To Purpose.

    10. Missional Practice Number Eight: Measure Growth By Capacity To Release, Not Retain.

    11. Missional Practice Number Nine: Place Kingdom Concerns First

    PART THREE: Structures And Strategies For Becoming Missional.

    12. They Run Rapids In Rubber Rafts: Church Structures That Can Survive The Rapids Of Cultural Change.

    13. Seeing Beyond The Horizon: The Nature And Task Of Missional Leadership.

    14. Moving To Missional: Becoming A New Kind Of Church.

    Appendix: Missional Church Cultural Assessment.

    Notes.

    About Leadership Network.

    The Author

    Additional Info
    Discover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea–a missiologist, urban strategist and practioner in minister–presents the best practices for re-energizing Christian spirituality in a congregational setting. He provides readers with the tools for assessing their congregation’s position on the continuum between maintenance and mission and for determining the actions that will move them toward becoming a missional community. He also outlines key strategies that successful churches have used to become relevant in a postmodern society without losing what is distinctly Christian in their spiritual practices.
    Milfred Minatrea (Irving, TX) is Director of the Missional Church Center for the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

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  • Way Of The Shepherd

    $19.99

    Find inspiration and a fresh perspective on the art of leadership in this account of a cub reporter who lands the interview of a lifetime and walks away with the keys to exceptional leadership. When the reporter meets with the most respected CEO in America, the businessman shares the seven secrets he learned long ago from his mentor_an eccentric but brilliant professor who taught him proven management principles that, while ancient in origin, are applicable in today’s fast-paced, high-tech world. The Way of the Shepherd is a compact, heart-warming story dotted with humor. It will teach you how to lead the people close to you so they will view their work as a calling rather than merely a job, a place to belong rather than a place to work. It shows leaders how to infuse work with meaning and how to engage, energize, and ignite their workforce and gives employees a better understanding of what makes for a quality work experience. It is a powerful metaphor for leaders that reaches back 5,000 years. It is . . . The Way of the Shepherd.

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  • Leading With Ministry Intelligence

    $21.99

    Discover the vital link between leadership and Ministry Intelligence. The author labels Ministry Intelligence as the convergence of the leader’s practice of the classic spiritual disciplines, perception of the shifts in leadership occurring in a changed culture created by 9/11, and a passion to do ministry. The author does not provide a cookie-cutter approach but a coaching process so each leader may define his or her own Ministry Intelligence. “Leading with Ministry Intelligence is a must read for anyone attempting to do ministry and be a minister in the shifting sands of the Third Millennium. With warmth, insight, and pastoral sensitivity, Dr. Winders articulates clearly and succinctly the philosophy and practical aspects of what it takes to be a ministry leader today.” -Craig A. Loscalzo, Ph.D. SENIOR PASTOR/AUTHOR, IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY “Barry Winders has hit on a vital nerve of the church world. His book, Leading with Ministry Intelligence would be a blessing to any leader that is serious about growing the church. I highly recommend!” -Stan Toler SENIOR PASTOR/AUTHOR/SPEAKER, TRINITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA “I love the title of your book, I wish I thought of it!! Biblical. Practical. Insightful. Those are the first words that come to mind about Barry Winder’s book, Leading with Ministry Intelligence. Dr. Winder’s book contains a warm blend of cultural insight and ministry experience. This book is a great tool for any leader who is serious about building a strong church.” -Pastor Dan Reiland, D.Min. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, LEADERSHIP & CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, INJOY EXECUTIVE PASTOR, CROSSROADS COMMUNITY WESLEYAN CHURCH LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA

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  • Leading With Ministry Intelligence

    $13.49

    Discover the vital link between leadership and Ministry Intelligence. The author labels Ministry Intelligence as the convergence of the leader’s practice of the classic spiritual disciplines, perception of the shifts in leadership occurring in a changed culture created by 9/11, and a passion to do ministry. The author does not provide a cookie-cutter approach but a coaching process so each leader may define his or her own Ministry Intelligence. “Leading with Ministry Intelligence is a must read for anyone attempting to do ministry and be a minister in the shifting sands of the Third Millennium. With warmth, insight, and pastoral sensitivity, Dr. Winders articulates clearly and succinctly the philosophy and practical aspects of what it takes to be a ministry leader today.” -Craig A. Loscalzo, Ph.D. SENIOR PASTOR/AUTHOR, IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY “Barry Winders has hit on a vital nerve of the church world. His book, Leading with Ministry Intelligence would be a blessing to any leader that is serious about growing the church. I highly recommend!” -Stan Toler SENIOR PASTOR/AUTHOR/SPEAKER, TRINITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA “I love the title of your book, I wish I thought of it!! Biblical. Practical. Insightful. Those are the first words that come to mind about Barry Winder’s book, Leading with Ministry Intelligence. Dr. Winder’s book contains a warm blend of cultural insight and ministry experience. This book is a great tool for any leader who is serious about building a strong church.” -Pastor Dan Reiland, D.Min. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, LEADERSHIP & CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, INJOY EXECUTIVE PASTOR, CROSSROADS COMMUNITY WESLEYAN CHURCH LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA

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  • Into The Unknown

    $22.99

    If life is an adventure, no one will ever live it more fully than Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the rumored Northwest Passage, Lewis and Clark instead discovered a seemingly endless land whose very existence foretold a future America infinitely different from what had been imagined. May 2004 marks the beginning of a two-and-a-half year bicentennial celebration of their incredible journey and its significance to the history of America. Against staggering odds, these unique men inspired such absolute loyalty in each other and in their group that they are still widely regarded as the most successful leadership team in American history. Today’s leadership adventures unfold in the rugged terrain of business, and who better than Lewis and Clark to lead us through its toughest challenges? Their story resonates with business leaders of our time because they had to: * Think strategically * Make tough and timely decisions * Surround themselves with good people * Manage resources * Motivate the team * Deal with different cultures * Assimilate information from many sources * Balance long-term goals against short-term realities * Learn from their mistakes * Try new approaches. Most importantly, they had to persevere and change course in the face of adversity. Their lessons will inspire business leaders to take their teams to new adventures of great discovery.

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  • Fathering The Nations

    $15.99

    Fathering the Nations reveals the character and integrity of Christ that are needed within the heart of God’s delegated representatives-apostles, prophets, evangelists, preachers, and teachers-so the body of Christ will be effectively trained, equipped, and released by God for works of service through spiritual fathers’ “fatherhood.” This book instills hope in the hearts of all levels of believers by dealing with the frustrations and misconceptions concerning leadership in the church as we’ve known it. Leaders were never given authority over the people of God but were given authority for God’s people. Fathering the Nations deals directly with leadership through biblical foundations, awakening and reestablishing God’s divine order for daily living and godly government for the eternal existence of the true Church of Christ Jesus “on earth as it is in heaven.”This book lays a solid foundation of Christ and His Kingdom “living within the hearts of all believers.”

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  • Parish Survival Guide

    $21.00

    SKU (ISBN): 9780281056651ISBN10: 028105665XMartin Dudley | Virginia RoundingBinding: Trade PaperPublished: January 2004Publisher: SPCK Print On Demand Product

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  • Take The Next Step

    $25.99

    Transformational leaders know how to build on their church’s identity. They know how to make the story of change the next chapter in the book of the congregation’s life, rather than throwing the book away and trying to start over. An astute student of management and leadership theory, Weems offers congregational leaders essential insights into how they can bring about authentic and faithful growth. Includes congregational case studies, visual illustrations of key ideas, and insights from other leadership experts.

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  • Empowered Church Leadership

    $25.00

    IVP Print On Demand Title

    Have you been guiding your church using secular marketing ideas and leadership strategies? Instead, Dodd issues a clarion call for pastors and laypersons to build their ministries on the New Testament apostolic principles of prayer, followership, partnership, servanthood, and willingness to run against the current. Learn to lead where God wants you to go.

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  • Developing The Leaders Around You Workbook (Workbook)

    $17.99

    Dr. John C. Maxwell is committed to more than just being a leader_he’s also committed to nurturing and mentoring thousands of potential leaders around him. This passion is what caused him to found INJOY and EQUIP, and it is the driving force in his ministry. Both practical and inspirational, Developing the Leaders Around You is crammed with strategies that help you effectively transform your goals into reality by building leadership in the people around you. Emphasizing that an organization can’t grow until its members grow, Dr. Maxwell encourages readers to foster a productive team spirit, make difficult decisions, handle confrontation, and to nurture, encourage, and equip people to be leaders.

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  • They Smell Like Sheep

    $15.99

    Jesus the Good Shepherd did not lead his flock from a distance; he got dirty with their problems and struggles. And that, says Anderson, is the only kind of leadership that will move the church forward in the new millennium. The practical leadership principles he shares will help you become the effective leader you’re meant to be!

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  • 17 Indisputable Laws Of Teamwork (Workbook)

    $19.99

    Whether leading in business, church, sports, or in your family, teamwork is essential. In this new book, John Maxwell walks readers through the various laws of leadership showing the importance of working together.

    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 your life.

    Written in the style of the bestseller The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, this new book not only contains laws that you can count on when it comes to getting people to work together, but it tells them in such a way that you can start applying them to your own life today. And it’s illustrated with great stories of team leaders – and team breakers – from history, business, the church, and sports.

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  • Attitude 101 : What Every Leader Needs To Know

    $14.99

    John Maxwell firmly points to attitude as the key in making or breaking a leader. Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition, because it will influence the way the followers think and feel. Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right responses from others. Maxwell addresses what shapes a person9s attitude and whether or not attitude can be changed. He addresses the common feeling of failure and shows how to overcome obstacles. Understanding success as a journey rather than a destination, he explains, is the key to good leadership. He concludes Attitude 101 with practical ways readers can take their attitude to the next level.

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  • Who Am I

    $26.99

    The great British historian Arnold Toynbee emphasized that “God revealed himself through human history,” and he related that to leaders. That is true-God is calling his people for his kingdom and glory on the earth. When God called Abram, Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, and Saul, they all obeyed him. Leaders are important. They determine the future and human history. Our society needs spiritual leaders because they teach us God’s will. In this complicated, immoral society, true leaders are essential for spiritual movement and cultural improvement. What is spirituality? It is not Plato’s dualism, which classifies the body and spirit. But it does include the total personality. Christian spirituality represents a deep relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ-a spiritual, deep, meaningful experience with God.

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  • Apostles : Spiritual Fathers To The Church

    $13.49

    Dr. Michael Pangio presents a fresh look at the ministry of the apostle as a spiritual father. In this book you will discover biblical principles that are essential to releasing and receiving the blessing of God upon your life and ministry. As you examine the truths revealed in this book, you will learn about: Building God’s way Apostles: spiritual fathers to the body of Christ Biblical parenting principles, and the release of “the blessing” David and Solomon, the pattern for spiritual fathers and sons The lasting influence of the apostle Faithful to the house You may reach Dr. Pangio for ministry and leadership training by contacting him at: Phone: (724) 962-2232 E-mail: mikepangio@worldnet.att.net Or you may write to: Dr. Michael Pangio 6993 RonJoy Place Boardman, Ohio 44512 U.S.A

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  • Unexpected Journey : Reflections On Pastoral Ministry

    $26.00

    J. Philip Wogaman offers candid reflections on his service as Senior Minister at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.- an unexpected journey that he began at the age of sixty – following a career as an ethics professor. Wogaman chronicles the task he faced as a new pastor, tasks with which every pastor deals-effective and faithful preaching, balancing pastoral and prophetic roles, presenting the church to the public media, dealing with prominent church members, and addressing stewardship. He also discusses the challenges of succeeding a long-loved pastor who departed under a cloud, the responsibilities of pasturing to a president, and his efforts to balance the roles of a pastor against such a dramatic backdrop. Identifying his own successes and mistakes, Wogaman provides fresh insights on parish ministry that are sure to become guideposts for all pastors.

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  • Projects That Matter

    $26.00

    Projects That Matter is a primer for project leaders and teams about basic project planning and evaluation. Intended for the nonexpert, the book introduces readers to the five basic elements of project design and describes in detail a six-step process for designing and implementing a project evaluation and for disseminating evaluation findings. Project leaders in congregations, colleges and seminaries, camps and other specialized ministries, and other religious settings will find Cahalan’s guidance clear and invaluable.

    Cahalan presents evaluation as a form of collaborative inquiry and shows how leaders can use evaluation design to develop effective project plans and prepare case statements for donors or grant proposals for foundations. She introduces project planning and evaluation as mission-related practices and invites leaders to consider how their tradition’s particular mission and beliefs influence the way they plan and evaluate. In the final chapter, she makes explicit her own theological presuppositions-that the virtues of discernment, stewardship, and prudence are essential for good project planning and evaluation. Foreword by Craig Dykstra.

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  • Leading The Way

    $18.00

    IVP Print On Demand Title

    As we enter a new millennium, there is a growing vacuum of leadership among the younger generation. The need is great for young men and women who will rise to the challenge-in the face of great opportunities and great obstacles-to be obedient to the call of leadership. This is the rallying call Paul Borthwick puts forth in Leading The Way. He asserts that leadership is not just reserved for those with the right education, abilities, status or background. Rather, God is calling all young Christians who have the vision and responsibility to persevere, to fill this growing leadership vacuum.

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  • Power Of Spiritual Alignment

    $13.99

    1. First Seek The Kingdom Aligning Your Priorities
    2. First Remove The Log From Your Own Eye Aligning Your Attitudes
    3. First Be Reconciled To Your Brother Aligning Your Relationships
    4. First Bind The Strong Man Aligning Your Authority
    5. First The Greatest Commandment Aligning Your Heart With Gods
    6. First Cleanse The Inside Aligning Your Inner World
    7. First Day Of The Week Aligning With His Body

    Additional Info
    In a masterwork inspired by seven of Christ’s priorities found in Matthew’s gospel, Frank Damazio challenges the reader who would aspire to be like Jesus and not deviate from His purpose for their life. Discover what Jesus said we must do if we want to align our experiences with His priorities. Learn to enjoy days filled with meaning, not moods: days filled with victory, not just survival. The author invites us to explore the “first things”, which are the core values we need to discover and follow our individual God-given goals.

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  • Redeveloping The Congregation

    $26.00

    What makes it possible for a church to reverse course from decline or stagnation into longlasting vitality? How can a church immigrate from a congealing present into a compelling future? What can a congregation do to experience continuous, deep change rather than just temporary, surface improvement? How does a person lead redevelopment?

    The three authors of this book address these and other questions by building on an eight-step framework for lasting change developed by John P. Kotter, noted former professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. His work on organizational change is heralded in the secular world as foundational, and Smith, Sellon, and Grossman have found that his findings hold true for congregations as well.

    Each chapter in this book comprises three sections: mentor, companion and coach. The mentor section discusses principles and concepts to be addressed in each of the eight steps; the companion section gives readers a sense of what leading change is actually like for a congregational leader; and the coach section provides specific ways for leaders to develop the unique change processes that will be effective in their church. Foreword by Anthony G. Pappas.

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  • Apostles : The Fathering Servant

    $13.99

    Bill Scheidler has illuminated the qualifications and function of an apostle today by approaching the subject from a purely biblical point of view. Apostles compares this biblical view with current apostolic trends found in the church today. If you are a leader or pastor, Apostles will serve as your roadmap to understanding the function of an apostle today.

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  • Called To Lead

    $4.99

    Called to Lead contains basic information to help council members and committee chairs carry out their leadership roles: the biblical and theological foundations for leadership, how congregations function, the role of the larger church, strategies for effective leadership, the decision-making process, enlisting and encouraging volunteers, dealing with conflict, and maintaining spiritual foundations. The book includes a short course in small group communication.

    Who might find it helpful

    *Council presidents
    *Council members
    *Committee chairs

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  • Bible On Leadership

    $18.95

    Millions have been inspired by the Bible’s spiritual lessons. Now, Lorin Woolfe provides a unique way to view the Bible . . . for leadership lessons that can be applied to our modern business world. Consider David’s courage and innovation in slaying Goliath with just a stone and a sling; Moses’ outstanding “”succession planning”” in picking Joshua; Joseph and the political skills that brought him to the seat of power; and of course, Jesus’ compassion, communication skills, and vision that launched Christianity (a long-term success by any measure). These are leaders among leaders. Their achievements — and their inspired methods of achievement — offer a wholly different perspective on business leadership. For the dozens of Biblical stories presented, the book provides: * A concise retelling of each story * One (or more) leadership lessons suggested by each story * Examples of contemporary business leaders who exhibit some of the inspired traits of these ancient leaders, including: Fred Smith of FedEx, Howard Shultz of Starbucks, Tom Chappell of Tom’s of Maine (a “toothpaste with a mission”), Roy Vagelos of Merck, and many more. The chapters cover these universal topics: Courage * Purpose * Communication * Honesty and Integrity * Power and Influence * Performance Management * Team Building * Humility * Compassion * Justice * Encouragement and Consequences * Wisdom * Creating the Future Each topic concludes with a list of key points to keep in mind as readers continue on their own leadership journeys.

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  • Servants Manual : Christian Leadership For Tomorrow

    $16.00

    Christians and their institutions are stuck, says Michael Foss, stuck in the thinking and dilemmas of the past. This short volume is a plea for Christians to rethink their point and purpose in light of larger cultural changes and a crisis in leadership. Foss detects a crisis in leadership in declining rates of church participation, stagnant levels of students preparing for ministry, and burnout among clergy. To energize a new generation of leaders able to transcend yesterday’s thinking, Foss encourages a new style of ecclesial thinking. He first traces the larger cultural shifts that affect the church’s position in the world and styles of leadership. He then diagnoses church thinking as largely reproductive of past successes and ineffective in this new context. Advancing to productive thinking empowers Christians to leave behind the most important and frustrating dichotomies or polarities in today’s church: evangelism vs. social justice, control vs. freedom, growth vs. discipleship. Foss’s model of moving from issues into conversation and then into compassion is a blueprint for new leadership “equipped to think productively for the sake of the reign of our God in the world.” This book is aimed in part at bringing the key ideas and energy of Foss’s earlier book, Power Surge, to a wider audience of concerned Christians, potential leaders for the next generation.

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