Leadership
8 Secrets to a Mission-Driven Church
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8 Secrets to a Mission-Driven Church offers pastors and presidents, and all others in leadership, an exciting set of new tools to transform your pathway ahead.
As I Follow Christ
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In As I Follow Christ, some of the most notable leaders in the Seventh-day Adventist Church share what they’ve learned about effective leadership. Drawing from the Bible, the writings of Ellen G. White, proven practices, and personal experience, each writer reveals a unique perspective on what it looks like to be a leader who follows God.
Beloved Leaders
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A book of counsel for Seventh-day Adventist leaders. The author’s definition of leadership is broad, including all who are involved in the work of the church at any level or who aspire to such involvement. Ministers, laymen, local church officers, departmental directors, administrators of conferences and institutions, the young and those who have reached the golden years, all will find both challenge and inspiration as they study these principles of leadership.
The Big Four
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The Big Four thoroughly explores four key secrets that not only made the early church a success but also produced thriving Seventh-day Adventist churches that are rapidly growing the kingdom of heaven.
Building Strong Congregations
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Building Strong Congregations contains the tools you need to make your congregation's ministry more effective. Worksheets after each chapter walk you through a step-by-step application of the material covered and help you put together a plan of action. You'll also learn how to find answers unique to your organization.
Called: Core Qualities for Ministry
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Called was written to help ministers find and experience fulfillment in ministry while meeting the challenges of an ever-changing world.
Christian Service
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This call to consecrated service in the science of soul winning will be invaluable to ministers, teachers, church leaders, and others interested in soul winning.
ChristWise: Juniors
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This ChristWise Discipleship Guide will teach juniors basic beliefs in preparation for baptism, then it will help them make new friends and witness to them so that they too become disciples for Christ.
Common Sense Ministry Multiplied
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For many years, Jim Cress led the GC Ministerial Department. Common Sense Ministry Multiplied is a collection of articles he wrote for Ministry Magazine on church growth and Christian service.
The Complex Religion of Teens
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A lifetime of research reveals how adolescents relate to spiritual matters. This book provides insight into our teenagers. You’ll learn about their brand of religion, how they express it, and how to nurture and mold it successfully.
Counsels on Sabbath School Work
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The author provides inspired instruction on the qualifications of a teacher, appropriate attitudes, methods of teaching, discipline, gaining respect, encouraging generosity, meeting controversy, and many other practical topics.
Counsels on Stewardship
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God promises those who use the talent of wealth to bless others: "Give, and it shall be given unto you" (Luke 6:38). The inspired principles of sound economy in this volume will repay rich dividends. You can't take it with you, but you can send it ahead before you go. This book tells you how.
Effective Pastoral Ministry
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Distinguished pastors from around the world share their experience and wisdom.
Hearts of Faith: How We Became Seventh-day Adventists
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Expectation, exultation, bewilderment, and despair—these were the emotions amid which the Seventh-day Adventist Church was conceived. Hearts of Faith recounts the story of the transition from the weeping that followed the Great Disappointment of October 22, 1844, to the hopeful emergence of the infant Seventh-day Adventist Church 19 years later.
Help! I'm Being Followed
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This book offers insight into the true purpose of leadership and the profile of an effective leader. You'll discover that the God who called you to lead will qualify, guide, and sustain you.
How to Become a Successful Christian Leader
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This book is addressed to any member who aspires to a position of leadership at any level within the ranks of the Seventh-day Adventists Church. Written by Elder R. H. Pierson, who for many years, was one of the most effective leaders of the world church.
If Your Church is Closed . . . Be the Church
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Pastor, your church has just multiplied.
This guide is for pastors whose church buildings are closed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. It's necessary. It's not optional.
Your church is now scattered to multiple households.
But Jesus said, "Where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them" (Matthew 18:20).
This is a practical guide for you and your church to survive and even thrive in this new and challenging time.
This guide is for pastors whose church buildings are closed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. It's necessary. It's not optional.
Your church is now scattered to multiple households.
But Jesus said, "Where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them" (Matthew 18:20).
This is a practical guide for you and your church to survive and even thrive in this new and challenging time.
Jesus the Leader
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Jesus the Leader explores the leadership qualities of Jesus Christ, qualities that revealed Christ to be the most effective and most powerful Leader the world has ever known.
Leadership Lessons from the Life of Neal C. Wilson
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This life story of former General Conference president, Neal C. Wilson reveals his evangelistic heart and desire for service. His life demonstrated many qualities of leadership throughout his ministry.
Let's Talk
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This book emphasizes the importance of communication if we want to be part of a vibrant, growing church. The author challenges each of us to take steps to bridge the cross-generational gap prevalent within the Seventh-day Adventist Church and states the urgency of utilizing all our resources—especially our young people—as we work together to hasten our Lord’s return.
Movement: Cultivating and Multiplying Disciple-making Movements
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Finding a job can be a difficult task for many people in our world. But Jesus has work that anyone and everyone can do—and we can start now. It is the work of making disciples.
Following a three-year training program, church leaders and members in Papua New Guinea were inspired to restructure their churches for mission, leading to unprecedented growth. This book explores the principles at the heart of that process, including small teams, the Discovery Bible Reading method, and connecting with people through relational streams and people of peace. The stories of their journey are guaranteed to challenge your mindset, renew your purpose, increase your dependence on God and motivate you to join the movement.
Following a three-year training program, church leaders and members in Papua New Guinea were inspired to restructure their churches for mission, leading to unprecedented growth. This book explores the principles at the heart of that process, including small teams, the Discovery Bible Reading method, and connecting with people through relational streams and people of peace. The stories of their journey are guaranteed to challenge your mindset, renew your purpose, increase your dependence on God and motivate you to join the movement.
Pastoral Ministry
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From the rich treasury of Ellen White’s writings, the compilers of this book have brought together a selection of inspired counsels that apply most directly to the life and work of the local church pastor.
The Role of the Local Elder
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The Role of the Local Elder is about the local elder. It is about the work elder’s do, and the way in which their work influences the culture of the church.
The Significant Pastor: Leading in a Disrupted World
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Pastoral work might not seem significant from a worldly perspective. It is countercultural. Yet a significant pastor can have a great influence and effect on individuals, families and communities. So what makes a pastor significant? Collecting chapters from active pastors and ministry leaders around the world, The Signifcant Pastor provides global perspectives on some of the building blocks of practical pastoral ministry.
Where Are We Going?
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Do you know where we are going and why? Are we focused on the task at hand, or have distractions drawn us away from the priorities to which Christ has called us? This book isn't advice recycled from other books. Instead, Elder Paulsen shares here the perspectives on leadership he's developed through a lifetime of service. He gives us a series of reflections on issues that are important to our church today and tomorrow.
Your Church Has Changed: Rebuilding Church and Mission Post-COVID-19
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused churches to close their doors, restricted gatherings of people and moved worship services online. But what if, rather than viewing these circumstances as mere disruptions until we get back to “normal”, we see them as opportunities that have shifted our focus towards being the church in our communities?
Drawing inspiration and practical advice from the New Testament about how church was intended to function, discover how God might be moving us forward towards the same methods of worship, fellowship, service, evangelism and discipleship today.
Drawing inspiration and practical advice from the New Testament about how church was intended to function, discover how God might be moving us forward towards the same methods of worship, fellowship, service, evangelism and discipleship today.