Church Leadership

A Groundbreaking Resource for Preaching If the church wishes to converse effectively with a culture, it must learn the culture’s language. Today, shifts in technology mean that language is increasingly one of symbols and metaphors, stories and images—not words. So what does this mean for the...

Are you ready to transform your leadership approach by following a time-tested, faith-driven model? The Six Pillars of Servant Leadership will guide you in aligning your leadership journey with the ultimate servant leader, Jesus Christ, whose example will inspire you to lead with humility, productivity, and purpose.

Being trusted by God is the highest honor and the greatest responsibility. "Trusted with the Task" calls pastors, trustees, and ministry leaders to serve with integrity, humility, and faith. Drawing from Scripture and real-life ministry experience, Pastor Steven Pratt, Jr. shows how faithful stewardship strengthens the church, protects the pastor, and advances the gospel. Discover what it means to be truly trusted with God’s work.

La generosidad es un principio bíblico que aplica para todos, sin importar su situación financiera. Sin embargo, muchas iglesias tienen dificultades para involucrar a toda su congregación en la mayordomía. Generosidad en Comunidad ofrece una estrategia clara para conectar el ministerio de mayordomía con personas de todos los niveles económicos—desde quienes tienen necesidades hasta aquellos con mayores recursos.

Construir una cultura de generosidad en la iglesia no se trata solo de una campaña ocasional, sino de un compromiso a largo plazo. Cosecha Abundante ofrece un plan estructurado para establecer un modelo de discipulado financiero duradero en tu congregación. Este libro ayuda a pastores, líderes y equipos financieros a diseñar estrategias sostenibles de generosidad basadas en principios bíblicos.

Enseñando mayordomía financiera a todas las generacionesHablar de dinero en la iglesia puede ser un desafío, pero el discipulado financiero es clave para cada creyente—sin importar la edad. Mayordomía para Todos ofrece un marco práctico para enseñar sabiduría financiera a niños, jóvenes, adultos y personas mayores en tu congregación. Escrito por Brad Jack y editado por Dr. Andrés Panasiuk, este libro equipa a pastores, líderes y voluntarios con herramientas para hacer que la educación en mayordomía sea atractiva y relevante.

Do you feel a stirring in your heart to make a difference but don’t know where to begin? Have fear, doubt, or failure made you question your ability to lead? Rise Up and Lead is the spiritual leadership guide you didn’t know you needed—but won’t be able to put down.

Why would a leader ever want to be mean? It's all about the vision. Almost every organization has a vision, but few stick to it over time. Even after short-term success, visions tend to blur, drift, and fade. Why does this happen? Accomplishing the vision requires intentionality. It requires...

Today's youth struggle with difficult questions of sexual identity. How can a youth worker offer wise care and counsel on such a controversial and confusing subject? Mark Yarhouse, Director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity, writes to equip youth ministers so they can faithfully...

Christians face relentless attacks from an ungodly culture, a formidable adversary, and our own fallen natures. Yet we cannot afford to surrender to these very real enemies. Just as survivalists use 10 specific strategies to overcome threatening situations, Courageous explains 10 biblical strategies for surviving - and thriving - in a world that is hostile to our faith. As A. W. Tozer said, "A scared world needs a fearless church." Courageous is a clarion call for Christians to boldly live out their faith.

¿Cuál es la mayor ganancia en el tiempo de un líder? Después de que los líderes hayan invertido en su propio crecimiento de liderazgo, ¿cuál es la mejor manera de lograr su misión y hacer crecer a sus organizaciones? ¡Desarrollar líderes! Cuantos más líderes tenga una organización y...

Designed for More calls every Christian to consider how, through collective movement, they can bring about Christ's daring vision for unity in the Church to impact the world like never before. Our world is divided and fragmented. Even among followers of Christ, God's great story of...

Secular and spiritual success are not opposites. To have one, you need the other. You can be wildly successful without losing your faith. In fact, your secular success will strengthen your faith if you allow it. Too often we believe that success in secular environments contradicts the core...

Do the unending obstacles you face make you feel like you’re in a constant spiritual battle? Arm yourself with 100 prayers that will uplift and encourage you during the difficult moments of life. It can be difficult to find the right words when you’re praying through hard times. In Battle...

Many church people and leaders feel like exiles in their own land. We are facing tremendous challenges. And, just as for those who came before us, the challenges are also opportunities. If we adapt to our new environment, as people and as the body of Christ. Gardens in the Desert offers local and denominational church leaders a practical, inspired scripture-rooted vision for how we can do this—how we can become God's church now for God's intended future. Michael Adam Beck and Ken Carter draw from Jeremiah 29 to provide wise guidance for leaders and churches seeking to adapt and thrive.

Longtime pastor Douglas Wilson takes a hammer to some of our very favorite graven images, and (surprise, surprise) we've set up display cases for most of them in our churches: liturgy, tradition, systematics, infant baptism, and that crafty old Baal doctrine. Alongside a critique of philosophical assumptions about human nature, dualism, and grace, Wilson stresses the unavoidable and absolute necessity of individual hearts being born again. He concludes by laying out the case for the church.

A down-to-earth and deeply intimate portrait of Pope Francis and his faith, based on interviews with the men and women who knew him simply as Jorge Mario Bergoglio Early on the evening of March 13, 2013, the newly elected Pope Francis stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and...

In Financial Intelligence for Church Leaders, experienced pastor and leadership coach John Finkelde offers a clear, godly, and practical framework for building a financially healthy church. Drawing on decades of real-world experience, John unpacks timeless principles and actionable strategies to help you lead with wisdom, clarity, and confidence in the area of church finances.

Filled with real-life stories from the authors’ own experiences, Teach a Man to Fish provides churches and missions organizations with a blueprint for helping people help themselves in order to create lasting change and long-term sustainability and independence.

Organizational behavior is an important and growing field in leadership and management studies, yet it has been largely overlooked by leaders of churches and other Christian ministries. This introduction to the topic accounts for the unique dynamics of Christian organizations, gives theological foundations, and provides key insights and guidance to those studying or practicing leadership in churches and ministries.