Download or read book The Church Playbook written by Todd Tolson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-in-one notebook created to coach Pastors on how to jumpstart growth in their Church & break the toughest barriers they face!

Download or read book Rethink Communication written by Phil Bowdle and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I read Phil's book, Rethink Communication, and it's excellent. I picked up several nuggets of wisdom for myself, and highly recommend it to anyone looking for practical ways to improve their communication. "-John Maxwell The church doesn't have a message problem. The church is facing a message delivery problem. The old communication playbook no longer works. What worked before isn't working anymore. It's time to rethink communication and leverage the greatest opportunities we've ever had to communicate in the church. In Rethink Communication, Phil Bowdle walks through the new reality for what attendance, engagement, and attention look like for the church. Then he offers a practical communication playbook you can use to communicate anything in your church-and actually connect. These practical tips and proven strategies will work regardless of size, staff, or budget. Communication has been overlooked for far too long in the church. It's time for that to change. It's time to rethink communication for the church.

Download or read book The Church Organization Manual written by Robert H. Welch and published by Nacba Press. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church policies and procedures will have a definite impact on the working and personal relationships of the personnel who comprise the church professional, lay, and support staff. If one is to consider this group a team, then each member must work together in a coordinated effort. Consider a football team. They have a playbook that describes what each player is to do for a particular play. When the quarterback calls a play, each member of the squad knows what he is to do to cause the play to be a success. Even the players on the sideline know the play requirements. It might be said that such is the same for a church staff and the individuals within the church who make up the total team. It is suggested that the presence of a church playbook is essential for the success of the ministry. We will call this playbook the CHURCH ORGANIZATION MANUAL.

Download or read book Exposing Satan s Playbook written by Perry Stone and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2012 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a fascinating blend of biblical information, revelation from the author, and spiritual teaching about Satan's strategies against believers. It includes answers to important questions about Satan and tools readers can use to defeat his plans and purposes.

Download or read book Pop Goes the Church written by Tim Stevens and published by Power Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a regular attender, a leader, or have yet to step foot in a church, you may have questions about church that aren't being answered. How can the church remain relevant while communicating the unchanging integrity of God's truth? Author Tim Stevens makes an inspiring case for leveraging pop culture to reach out to people in the language of their lives. He offers a new perspective that gives relevance and impact to the church by using pop culture, meeting people in the real world with words, sounds and images that speak to them. He encourages us to get out of our comfort zones and look people in the eyes, meeting them wherever they are, relating to their problems and society's challenges, even celebrating pop culture, where there are exciting signs of spiritual seeking. Pop Goes the Church will open your mind to church in a way that breaks down walls, engages the culture and speaks to a generation that needs to hear good news.

Download or read book Team Up written by Phil Bell and published by Group Publishing, Inc. . This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents and families are busier than ever—and so are you—but partnering with them is as important as ever. So how do you do that? Author Phil Bell has taken his 20 years of experience and created a playbook to help you come alongside parents. This isn’t a plan to make your ministry look like someone else’s. These are proven ideas you can weave into the things you’re already doing. These practical ideas work whether you’re full-time, part-time, or a volunteer. And you can add them on to your own timeline. Partnering with parents isn’t about just getting them to come to you. It’s about a ministry that meets in the middle—where you are and where they are—creating a stronger ministry and stronger families. Topics include: • Taking care of yourself and your own family first • Key strategies for effective communication • Ideas for resourcing and equipping parents • Ways to reach unengaged parents • Turning parents into your ministry’s greatest promoters • Fostering a community of parents that makes everyone stronger

Download or read book Playbook for Christian Manhood written by James C. Perkins and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perkins compiles a game plan for black males ages 12-15 that supplies 12 essential lessons to sustain them in their growth from young boys to men of integrity and godly character.

Download or read book The Playbook written by Carlton McLeod and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What in the world happened to the church? Where is her clarion call for righteousness? Where is her authority? Where is her courage to speak boldly into the critical issues of our day? Where is her faith that the Word of God will not return empty? "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." (Isa 55:10-11) The Playbook makes the case that the American church has lost her prophetic voice, and puts forward a scriptural plan for its restoration. Using a football motif, it prescribes a set of "plays" or biblical solutions that are easy to understand, but hard to do. The Playbook examines the desperate need for the church to Reclaim the Gospel Message, Reestablish Holiness, Reform the Family, Ready the Church through Stewardship, and Reestablish Trust in Church Leadership. It declares the need to build a Biblical Worldview in all the major areas of life and address sins biblically with the prayer that God would save individuals, families, and indeed the Nation from darkness. Ultimately, The Playbook calls the modern church to conform to biblical precepts, principles, and patterns and to exalt Jesus Christ in everything. Far from being mean-spirited or judgmental, The Playbook argues that declaring "what thus says the Lord" is the most loving message of all.

Download or read book The Purpose Playbook written by Kyle Dendy and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are you, as an individual, here on this Earth? If you're like most people in this world, you have no idea how to answer that question because no institution in society has made it clear how to make such a discovery on a practical level. In school, we're told to choose a route that will make the most money or "get the bills paid." In church, we're told that our purpose is to glorify God but not what that looks like for the person who isn't called to work in the church. In our families, so many other issues must be dealt with in the busyness of our fast paced lives that the question of purpose is never addressed or the idea of pursuing it never encouraged. The Purpose Playbook is not about seven steps to the good life that many gurus and self help books seek to lead you to. This book is the missing step by step guide to finding and following your own unique purpose so you can do what you were created to do, live the life you were created to live, and manifest what was placed inside of you. This book is for the student who must make life altering decisions without first knowing what their purpose is. This book is for the single mother of two kids who feels in her soul that she was created for more than her circumstances but doesn't know how to change them. This book is for the business professional who is making money that looks like "success" but feels empty inside. Whoever you are, no matter your age, race, background, or economic status, you have a purpose, and someone whose life depends on it is waiting on you to find it, follow it, and bring it into the world. If you are ready to do so, The Purpose Playbook is for you. Kyle Dendy is a voice of hope in his generation and is leading a purpose movement to bring clarity to the minds of millions around the world who are asking the question, "What is my purpose?"

Download or read book The Deconstructionists Playbook written by Crystal Cheatham and published by Bemba Press. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Deconstructionists Playbook is a compilation of authors speaking to a wide and diverse audience all cresting the same wave: Evangelicalism. Call us backsliders, Exvies, or spiritual misfits, but we've exited more traditional church spaces and rhetoric and are anxious to reconstruct our ideas on God, the Bible, and religion. With the chorus of some 60 authors, journey through an anthology of devotional days that celebrate this epic churning of faith. In three sections, these authors invite you to deconstruct religion and systems of oppression, reconstruct faith principles around the elements of social justice, and step happily into liberation theology as an act of resistance against white supremacy and patriarchy. By taking part in this emulsion of ideas, you will find yourself in a movement of acceptance, self love, and finding God in mysterious places. We invite you in. This is not your typical devotional. The Deconstructionists Playbook comprises selections from devotionals that have been published by Our Bible App in the last few years. In 2017, Crystal Cheatham set out to create a mobile Bible app where users could read devotionals concerned about topics outside the norm for traditional Christian publishing. These devotionals are explicitly queer-affirming, anti-racist, pro-feminism, and encouraging of interfaith inclusion. Today, the app has published hundreds of devotionals while bringing together a once fragmented community of spiritual wanderers. This devotional anthology is meant to guide you through a journey of faith deconstruction, reconstruction, and liberation. Our authors are concerned with naming and dismantling oppressive systems and beliefs-especially when it comes from within the Church. With the chorus of some 60+ authors, journey through this anthology of devotions. Come celebrate this epic churning of faith through the deconstruction of our religion, the reconstruction of faith elements centered on justice and solidarity, and the application of liberation theology to dismantle white supremacy and patriarchy. By taking part in this uniting of ideas, you will find yourself in a movement of radical inclusion and love, while finding God in mysterious places.

Download or read book Part Time is Plenty written by G. Jeffrey MacDonald and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churches experiencing numerical and financial decline may dread the day when they can no longer afford a full-time pastor. Freeing up funds that would go to a full-time salary sure would help the budgetmaybe even enough to turn things aroundbut is it even possible to run effective ministries with just a half- or quarter-time professional? Journalist and part-time pastor Jeffrey MacDonald says yeschurches can grow more vibrant than ever, tapping into latent energy and undiscovered gifts, revitalizing worship, and engaging in more effective ministry with the community.Readers get a much-needed playbook forhelping congregations to thrive with a part-time ministry model. They learn to see the model in a new light: to stop viewing part-time as a problem to be eradicated and to instead embrace it as a divine gift that facilitates a higher level of lay engagement, responsibility, playfulness, and creativity.

Download or read book Intentional Churches written by Doug Parks and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to reignite your passion for the local church and see your congregation live out the Great Commission by growing and making disciples? If so, implementing the revolutionary Intentional Growth Planning™ operating system will benefit you, your church, and your community! Just as laptops and smart phones have an operating system, the church needs a biblically based operating system where its various programs and activities can effectively plug in to. In Intentional Churches, Doug Parks and Bart Rendel combine their 35 years of executive church leadership experience and unveil a proven and practical operational system that will help you: Clarify your unique vision Filter trends and new ideas through your mission Improve implementation abilities Maintain unity and alignment around what matters most This is a repeatable and transferable process any church can learn. Start today and be ready to go and grow through God’s power for God’s glory.

Download or read book The Passing Playbook written by Isaac Fitzsimons and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, Simon meets Bend It Like Beckham in this feel-good contemporary romance about a trans athlete who must decide between fighting for his right to play and staying stealth. “A sharply observant and vividly drawn debut. I loved every minute I spent in this story, and I’ve never rooted harder for a jock in my life.” – New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio. At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boys' soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his teammates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans—he's passing. But when a discriminatory law forces Spencer's coach to bench him, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to play, even though it would mean coming out to everyone—including the guy he's falling for.

Download or read book For the Strength of Youth written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book was released on 1965 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUR DEAR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN, we have great confidence in you. You are beloved sons and daughters of God and He is mindful of you. You have come to earth at a time of great opportunities and also of great challenges. The standards in this booklet will help you with the important choices you are making now and will yet make in the future. We promise that as you keep the covenants you have made and these standards, you will be blessed with the companionship of the Holy Ghost, your faith and testimony will grow stronger, and you will enjoy increasing happiness.

Download or read book The Culture Playbook written by Daniel Coyle and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate handbook for fostering and cultivating a strong team culture, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code and The Talent Code. “If you are a leader—or if you work with one—and want to understand how to build psychological safety, trust, and a sense of purpose for your team, then you need this book.”—Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit Building a team has never been harder than it is right now. How do you create connection and trust? How do you stay focused on your goals? In his years studying the ways successful groups work together, Daniel Coyle has spent time with elite teams around the world, observing the ways they support each other, manage conflict, and move toward a common goal. In The Culture Playbook, he distills everything he has learned into sixty concrete, actionable tips and exercises that will help your team build a cohesive, positive culture. Great cultures, Coyle has found, are built on three essential skills: safety, vulnerability, and purpose. Within this framework, he shows us how we can better serve our teammates, ourselves, and our shared purpose, including: • scheduling regular team “tune-ups” to place an explicit spotlight on the team’s inner workings and create conversations that surface and improve team dynamics • creating spaces for remote coworkers to connect with their colleagues to foster a team spirit even across distances • holding an anxiety party to serve as a pressure-relief valve, as well as a platform for people to connect and solve problems together With reflections, exercises, and practical tips that will prove invaluable to companies, athletes, and families alike, and replete with black-and-white illustrations, The Culture Playbook is an indispensable guide to ensuring that your team performs at its best.

Download or read book The Fantasy Football Fellowship Playbook written by Bryce T. Johnson and published by Unpackin' It Ministries, Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FFF Playbook provides 20 weekly topics that take an interesting Fantasy concept and relates it to the Bible and our own lives. Each week also includes discussion questions to unpack, a personal prayer, and a weekly challenge. The Fantasy Football Fellowship (FFF) Playbook provides opportunities for leagues to find more meaning and purpose as they compete throughout the season. As you read and discuss the season-long FFF Playbook, you will build deep relationships, grow in your faith, and explore relevant topics that encourage and challenge you to follow Jesus and become more like Him. The FFF Playbook creates Fantasy Leagues That Truly Matter! Connect intentionally with each other and to God, using this helpful resource to have conversations about FANTASY...FAITH...and LIFE as you go from the Draft to the Championship. Other content included in the Playbook: Top Fantasy Player From Each Season Since 2004 Quotes to start each session How to use the Playbook The why behind the Playbook The Fantasy Football Fellowship prayer

Download or read book The Diversity Playbook written by Michelle Loyd-Paige and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Diversity Playbook offers readers a unique opportunity to gain a sneak peek into the world of the other. Authors Michelle Loyd-Paige and Michelle D. Williams note that many diversity efforts fail simply because organizations don't share a common language as they talk about diversity. To answer this problem, they address three key audiences in Christian organizations: Section One-Wisdom for Diversity Professionals Section Two-Guidance for Outliers, Allies, Co-conspirators Section Three-Strengthening Diversity throughout Your Organization Building on their years of experience in Christian higher education, Loyd-Paige and Williams share pitfalls to avoid and plans that can extend God's ministry of reconciliation to everyone. Their work will help your organization become better at changing hearts and broadening minds"--