Download or read book Leading Leaders written by Aubrey Malphurs and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to effective leadership in the vast majority of today's churches lies as much with their governing boards as it does with their pastor. But many churches are lead by those who volunteer to chair committees because there is a need, yet they have no leadership training to speak of. How can well-meaning but sometimes ill-prepared lay people guide the path of a church body? The secret lies in offering effective, practical training. Leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs provides this in Leading Leaders. Filling a gaping hole in leadership literature, Malphurs offers workable strategies to train laypeople to successfully lead their churches.
Download or read book Church Boards Leading with Excellence written by Ted Hull and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Impact Church Boards written by T. J. Addington and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-Impact Church Boards can help your board revolutionize its leadership and management—and discover how to make church leadership easier and more fulfilling. Learn how to develop healthy elders, deacons, pastors, and board members who practice intentional leadership within empowering governance structures. This book will help your local church chart a path toward healthier, more intentional, and empowered leadership and in the process help your church become more effective and missional.
Download or read book Church Boards Leading with Excellence written by Ted Hull and published by . This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church boards are often the scene of confusion, conflict, and chaos. What's the job of a board? What's the role of the pastor in relation to the board? Should there be an elder board "and" an administrative board? Ted Hull's use of illustrations and analogies bring these questions-and answers-into focus. Ted first looks at the foundation of governance, both from a biblical and historic perspective. Then he introduces Policy Governance(r), often referred to as the Carver model, and confronts questions regarding whether this secular model can work in the church, or if it should even be allowed. He even argues for why a church board may not want to use Policy Governance. When you're done reading, you'll never look at the role of a church board in the same way again. In fact, whether you're a member of your church board or the board of any charity, you'll find yourself reaching for this book more than once. "With wit and wisdom, Ted draws from his rich and practical experience in church life and organizational governance to assist churches in understanding and applying Policy Governance(r) consistently and correctly." -Daniel Hamil, Ed.D. Executive Director/CEO North American Baptist Conference "Ted Hull approaches the topic of church governance in an engaging style that has you laughing and nodding... Even if you tend to be a 'doubting Thomas, ' I urge you to suspend your doubts long enough to read and absorb the message of this book." -Jannice Moore President, The Governance Coach Ted Hull, President of Ted Hull Consulting, has been involved with churches and para-church organizations for over thirty years. He has a passion to serve churches and charities by facilitating the process of governance excellence through coaching boards and leaders in the course of change. "
Download or read book Building Leaders written by Aubrey Malphurs and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this. Why? Tight budgets, small staffs, and a lack of know-how are just a few reasons suggested by church consultants Aubrey Malphurs and William Mancini in this groundbreaking book. Building Leaders provides real-life examples of ways churches can unleash their true ministry potential by training staff members and laypeople to lead. With step-by-step instructions that can be applied to any church or parachurch ministry, Building Leaders shows readers how to: - empower, not just train, leaders - overcome obstacles to developing leaders - identify emerging leaders - use biblical models for training leaders - form a leadership training program to fit any size or budget Packed with surveys, discussion questions, and a leadership development guide, Building Leaders will encourage leaders to "duplicate themselves" in order to see their ministry grow. It is a perfect resource for ministry students, church leaders, and pastors.
Download or read book 40 Days to Excellence in Church Management written by Don Corder and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern church is being poorly managed but does not know it. The level of inefficiency and waste in today’s churches is staggering. 40 Days to Excellence in Church Management was written specifically for churches to convey basic business wisdom, management principles, and the best business practices. Unlike intimidating business textbooks, it includes forty short vignettes designed to be read like a daily devotional. Each chapter deals with everyday challenges and offers real-life examples derived from the author's more than thirty years of experience. It shows how to (and sometimes how not to) handle each situation of conducting business for the church.
Download or read book Serving the Church with Excellence written by Editora Cristã Evangélica and published by Editora Cristã Evangélica. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is with much joy and many tears of gratitude that I write this foreword. God allows us to dream, and this booklet is a dream coming true after ten years, much prayer and great support from the brethren. The goal is the search for unity in the churches of the denomination throughout Brazil. In a continental country like ours it is difficult to unite efforts, and what is expected is that this tool will be useful for the growth of the church in our denomination. The lessons were edited by Pr. Dionatan Cardoso and essentially revised by Pastor João Batista Cavalcante.
Download or read book The Effective Church Board written by Michael J. Anthony and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2000-10-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a recently elected church board member who hasn't received training for your new position? Are you a current board member disillusioned by negative experiences and interpersonal conflicts? Education specialist Michael Anthony asked a cross-section of almost a hundred pastors and church officers, in addition to staff members and denominational officials, to give their input about what is happening in church boards across America. The results of the survey were compiled into a comprehensive handbook that addresses topics such as: -Developing a vision statement -Writing job descriptions -Setting long- and short-range goals -Facing financial storms -Resolving interpersonal conflicts -Reviving a declining church This unique, multi-denominational training resource emphasizes developing a team structure. It can be used for individual instruction, group discussions, and orientation sessions. The case studies clearly identify situations and leadership experiences common to many church boards.
Download or read book Leadership Pain written by Samuel Chand and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to be a better leader? Raise the threshold of your pain. Do you want your church to grow or your business to reach higher goals? Reluctance to face pain is your greatest limitation. There is no growth without change, no change without loss, and no loss without pain. Bottom line: if you're not hurting, you're not leading. But this book is not a theological treatise on pain. Rather in Leadership Pain Samuel Chand—best-selling author recognized as "the leader's leader"—provides a concrete, practical understanding of the pain we experience to help us interpret pain more accurately and learn the lessons God has in it for us. Chand is ruthlessly honest and highly practical as he examines the principles and practices that make our pain a means of fulfilling God's divine purposes for our churches, communities, and us. These features are included in this leadership treasure trove: POWERFUL, personal stories from some of the finest leaders in the world, such as Craig Groeschel, Benny Perez, Mike Kai, Lisa Bevere, Mark Chironna, Dale Bronner, Philip Wagner, Michael Pitts, and numerous others REVEALING INSIGHTS into the growth that occurs through pain in leadership roles PRACTICAL EXERCISES to help you apply the valuable principles you are learning
Download or read book Smart Church Management A Quality Approach to Church Administraton written by Patricia S. Lotich and published by Bowkers. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church leaders understand that managing the day-to-day operations of a church can be challenging because of limited resources, managing volunteer labor, and supporting the needs of the congregation. Smart Church Management: A Quality Approach to Church Administration, Third Edition is an updated guide for managing the resources of a church - which is people, time and money. This book provides tools and examples for decision making and problem-solving for church administration that is easy to understand and more importantly, quick to implement! This book also includes discussion questions to provoke thought and discussion for church teams. This book is ideal for ministry students, church boards, church leadership and church administrators.
Download or read book Excellence in Theological Education written by Steven A. Hardy and published by Langham Global Library. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theological schools are often led by teachers with minimal administrative experience or training. Excellence in Theological Education is designed to help leaders of theological schools, especially within the Majority World, to affirm the excellence of their own training institutions, and where excellence may be lacking, to discover ideas that will strengthen the quality of administration and education provision.
Download or read book The Fa ade of Excellence written by John Dyer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucial need to substitute true leadership for bad management practices such as Management By Objectives (MBO) and the use of fear is now well known and was often championed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. While significant progress has been made, many organizations (especially outside of manufacturing) are either just getting started with their improvement efforts or they are faking their way forward (going through the motions), trying to imitate what they have read in books or have seen at conferences. The executives of these organizations might give permission for the tools of Lean and Six Sigma to be taught but many of them still refuse to look in a mirror and change their own leadership style. They have built a "façade of excellence" that crumbles quickly whenever a bit of chaos is introduced. Not being able to sustain improvements over the long term is one of the top complaints from improvement professionals. What ingredient is missing that prohibits changes to occur throughout the leadership ranks that might create a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and improvement? To start, what exactly do we mean by leadership? The common mistake is to try and put all effective leaders into the same box. Leadership actually has many dimensions and several definitions. This book explores four different styles of leadership that includes "The Crisis Leader," "The Idea Gathering Leader," "The Team Forming Leader," and "The Empowerment Leader." Each of the four styles is appropriate when given a certain set of circumstances (an organization in trouble needs a "Crisis Leader" for example). The goal is to shift the organization, including the leaders and all of the employees at every level, toward collaboration and empowerment. Why go through the pains to rebuild an organization’s culture and leaders? In the annual "IndustryWeek Magazine - Best Plants" competition, the companies that have made the transition to high performance, fully empowered teams ("The Empowerment Leader"), in general, demonstrate far better results than all other applicants (and they tend to win "Best Place to Work" awards as well). So, what is keeping organizational leaders, especially those in the middle of the organization chart, from adopting the "The Empowerment" leadership style? This book defines and helps the reader understand what this new normal of leadership consists of and: Explains the four different styles of leaders and how these are different than a typical "old style" manager. Indicates which style is appropriate given a certain set of circumstances and how a leader knows when it is time to migrate from one style to another. Illustrates what it means for an organization to shift from a "dictator" culture to one of collaboration and what steps can be taken to help this transformation. Explores the current definition of a "promotable manager" and how this differs from a new normal definition of an outstanding, effective "Empowerment" leader. Defines Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Values and how these four cultural principles fit into the leadership progression model. Shows how the culture within the organization will be different after the adoption of empowered teams and introduces the concept of "Enthusiastic Productivity."
Download or read book Leadership Excellence written by Pat Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Succeeding at leading--find out how in Pat Williams' "ultimate leadership book." You'll learn the essential skills to help your people achieve, in whatever setting you serve.
Download or read book Who Are You On The Church Board Breaking Status And Learning How To Serve written by Elias Do Amaral Viana and published by Clube de Autores. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Are You on the Church Board? Breaking Status and Learning How to Serve Dear, Every time I serve, I lead! Simone Faria. I am Simone Faria, graduated in Literature, postgraduate five times in different spheres, as well as a master in Educational Sciences, Teacher, Secretary of Education, Councilor and Businesswoman. Currently, Businesswoman and Administrator at First Baptist Church in Farol de São Thomé. I recommend this beautiful book “Who are you on the Church Board?” The content of this is profound and brings a demystification of status and comfort about the title, reinforcing what we find in Mark 10:45: “For the Son of Man himself did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom of many. As a businesswoman and church administrator, I know firsthand the challenges and opportunities that come with leading and serving in a religious context. About the book: Who Are You on the Church Board? is a work that resonates deeply with me for its practical and relevant approach to leadership and service in the church. Written by Elias do Amaral Viana, the book offers valuable insights into how we can break down barriers and learn to serve with excellence and humility. During the dynamic in which all board members had tape over their mouths and were taken to all church offices, the question Who are you on the Board? echoed in their minds. This experience provided a unique opportunity for reflection and introspection about their roles and responsibilities as leaders of the faith community. As they walked the halls of the church, observing different areas of the congregation, insights began to emerge. Some board members felt a sense of discomfort when they realized they were physically unable to speak, highlighting the importance of open communication and the ability to express ideas and concerns. Others were confronted with the reality of how their actions and decisions directly impacted the church s various activities and ministries. They saw firsthand the importance of harmonious teamwork and collaboration between different departments to the overall success of the faith community. For some, the experience served as a powerful reminder that leadership is not just about authority or position, but also about serving and supporting those in your care. They recognized the need for humility, compassion, and empathy in leading the church. At the end of the dynamic, each board member was challenged to reflect on their answer to the question: Who are you on the Board? and to consider how they could improve and strengthen their leadership role in the faith community. This shared experience helped unite the board in a common purpose and reinforce the commitment to serve God and the church in a meaningful and effective way. During the dynamics involving all members of the board, the church transformed into a mirror that reflected not only the physical structure, but also the internal dynamics and relationships that constituted it. As each leader walked through the offices, with tape symbolizing the restriction of verbal communication, a series of perceptions and reflections began to emerge, illuminating fundamental aspects of each person s role and responsibility in leading the church. The enforced silence brought to the surface a powerful awareness of the importance of effective communication and the ability to express ideas and concerns clearly and openly. It was evident that without the ability to communicate freely, leaders faced significant challenges in conveying visions, solving problems, and making collaborative decisions. The journey through the church provided a privileged view of the different areas and ministries that make up the life of the congregation. Leaders were able to witness firsthand how their actions and decisions reverberated throughout every corner of the faith community, impacting everything from the worship department to the Bible study group. For many, the experience was a call to responsibility and humility. They realized that leadership is not just about authority or position, but also about serving and supporting those in your care. They recognized the importance of putting themselves in others shoes, demonstrating empathy and understanding in their interactions with church members. At the end of the dynamic, while the tape was removed and verbal communication was restored, the leaders came together to share their insights and learnings. It was an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of their role on the board and consider how they could improve and strengthen their leadership in the faith community. Main points: Breaking Status: The book challenges the conventional idea of status and power in church leadership, encouraging a more humble and servant approach. Leadership Development: Provides practical strategies for developing leadership and management skills, especially relevant to business owners and administrators. Financial Management: Explores the importance of effective financial management in the church, providing helpful guidance for handling financial matters responsibly. Community Engagement: Highlights the need to actively involve church members and promote a culture of participation and collaboration. Why Recommend: I recommend this book to all business owners, administrators, and church leaders who want to improve their leadership and service skills. With practical examples and wise advice, Who Are You on the Church Board? offers a valuable source of inspiration and guidance for those who are committed to making a difference in their communities. Conclusion: In conclusion, “Who Are You on the Church Board?” It is essential reading for anyone involved in leading and administering a church. If you are looking for practical insights and transformative perspectives on church leadership and service, this book is for you. I hope you feel inspired to dive into this journey of discovery and growth. Thank you very much for the opportunity to share this recommendation with you. Businesswoman and Church Administrator: Simone Faria!
Download or read book Leading from the Second Chair written by Mike Bonem and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say it's lonely at the top. And it can be even lonelier when you are almost at the top. Church leaders who hold second-chair positions are under tremendous pressure. They are expected to do their jobs and provide leadership but to defer to the top leader too. It's a demanding balancing act. How can they lead effectively while serving under someone else's leadership? Leading from the Second Chair offers an invaluable resource to leaders who serve in second- (and third- and fourth-) chair roles, enabling them to become more productive, proactive, and fulfilled. The book reveals the paradoxes of second chair leadership. These leaders must be subordinate to the top leader yet lead in their own right. They should be deep in their expertise but wide in perspective. And they must be content in their jobs yet remain enthusiastic about their dreams for the future. Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson share their own and others' experiences of failure and success in this vital role. They offer support and practical advice for reshaping the way second-chair leaders can serve well and improve the overall performance of their church or organization. Leading from the Second Chair equips readers with the positive attitudes, skills, and strategies needed to become powerful leaders who will survive and thrive in God's service.
Download or read book Minding His Business written by Don Corder and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is not a business—but it often has to conduct aspects of business. When a church needs a lawyer, it hires a lawyer. When it needs a plumber, it hires a plumber. But when it comes to making business decisions, it typically doesn’t consult someone with business expertise. Instead, it convenes well-meaning but often inexperienced volunteers to form a committee that takes a month to make a decision about which color to paint the nursery. Conducting business this way is a vision killer that drains the passion out of creative, relational pastors and ministry leaders. Bottom line: The modern church is being poorly managed but does not know it. The level of inefficiency and waste in today’s churches is staggering. Minding His Business was written specifically for churches to convey basic business wisdom, management principles, and the best business practices. Unlike intimidating business textbooks, it includes forty short vignettes designed to be read like a daily devotional. Each chapter deals with everyday challenges and offers real-life examples—derived from the author’s more than thirty years of experience—that show how to (and sometimes how not to) handle each situation of conducting business for the church. Are you minding His business?
Download or read book Leading Leaders written by Aubrey Malphurs and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can well-meaning but sometimes ill-prepared laypeople guide the path of a church body? A leadership expert provides the secret, which lies in offering effective, practical training.
