Practical Ministry

A home ripped apart by one spouse leaving reverberates with a host of unanswered questions. Simple answers don't exist - heartrending complexities do. In the midst of the turmoil, reconciliation may seem out of reach. But there is still hope for those who are willing to fight for their marriages. In this transformative guide, men and women who are separated but hopeful for restoration will discover life-changing truths about God, themselves, and their marriages.

In the fast-paced world of ministry, every lead pastor dreams of seeing their church surge forward, fueled by purpose and passion. Just like a precision-engineered Formula 1 car hurtling down the track, your church has the potential to achieve remarkable speed and impact. In XLR8, lead pastor and author Michael Murphy harnesses the thrilling metaphors of F1 racing to lead you on an exhilarating journey toward accelerating your church’s growth.

Beatrice Bruteau was a philosopher whose vision of life was an inspiration to some of the most influential thinkers of our time. In Radical Optimism she shines new light on the deepest truth we can know about ourselves: each of us is one with God, here and now. She helps us to understand what this really means, to know the happiness it brings, and to cultivate a contemplative consciousness. This book is both enlightening and immensely practical.

As your children grow, will their faith grow too? As both stories and statistics attest, the number of evangelical children who abandon Christianity in adulthood is staggering. To see effective change, parents cannot leave their child’s faith to chance. Rather, families must start nurturing faith early - you cannot start once your child is grown, you must start at home. Strengthening family and home life is the best way to encourage your children to maintain a lifelong faith. It Starts at Home upholds marriage and family as the proving ground for lasting success.

From one of America' s most extraordinary educators comes this guide for parents and teachers to help children achieve their dreams. Life presents us with certain opportunities, but how we use them is what counts. As one of America' s most beloved and respected educators, Marva Collins illustrates how values help us to navigate our way. They guide us to what is important— to ourselves, to our families, to our communities, and to humankind.

In Every Day a Victory he reveals the alarmingly simple, yet incredibly effective, strategies Satan has employed since the garden of Eden. Full of Scripture, inspiring stories, and practical teaching, this book will help you recognize Satan's schemes at work in your life right now, arm you to fight effectively, and strengthen you to destroy any stronghold. More than that, it is a battle plan to live in victory every day. Through Christ you are fully equipped to trample every demon that comes your way. Here are the tools and weapons you need to get free, stay free, and help others do the same.

Best-selling author and professional certified life coach Valorie Burton knows the value of pausing and reflecting in critical moments as a way to drive personal growth. In her practice, she has developed life-changing questions to help you make meaningful choices that lead to authentic success. Valorie offers a fresh way to help you think about what matters, build the courage to follow through, and discover a vision for your relationships, career, money, health, and spiritual life that energizes you.

As an active member in ministry, writing is usually inevitable. Perhaps you approach these opportunities with excitement - or maybe you procrastinate to avoid the task altogether, your pages remaining forever blank. No matter how you feel about writing, approaching a project can be overwhelming. Knowing what to say can be as confusing as knowing where to begin. Perhaps for you, the first step in the writing process is simply to demystify the writing process, to realize that you are capable of accomplishing your projects. If so, then Writing for Life and Ministry is for you.

There are things that God must do, and man must not attempt to do them. There are other things that he has decided in his sovereignty to let man do. He will not do them for man. If man decides not to do them, they will remain undone. This book, Sanctified and Consecrated for Spiritual Ministry, presents the responsibility of the believer to do that which he must do for his sanctification, consecration, and spiritual ministry.

God is looking for honest preachers that will listen to him and deliver his Gospel message to the world, and you're about to learn how to hear from God while preparing, deliver your sermon in a way that captivates, operate in the Holy Spirit after you have ministered, be more productive in your ministry, and achieve godly success. With many copies sold, How to Preach the Gospel with Power is already helping Christians across the world become more effective ministers of the Gospel, no matter what their calling.

“This is such a wonderful book!” ~Bill Johnson, bestselling author of When Heaven Invades Earth Never before has a minister of the gospel gone to such great lengths to meticulously record so many miraculous events: The blind see, the lame walk, and the dead are raised. Dr. Randy Clark shares...

In Next Level Kidmin, veteran children's pastor David Reneau offers a comprehensive, time-tested, step-by-step guide to the essential skills you need to transform your ministry. Drawing on over 18 years of hands-on experience, David provides a practical roadmap designed to equip new children's pastors who are ready to move beyond the fundamentals, and offer fresh, strategic insights for seasoned leaders.

Are you called to full-time ministry? Did you go to seminary, but they did not teach you how to start a 501(c)(3). Do you want to make a difference in this world, but don’t know how? The original version of this book was released in 2012, successfully helping many ministries, churches, and non-profit organizations. The tremendous impact of social media and the COVID-19 global pandemic on our world prompted me to make this 2020 revised edition.

“When are you going to become a real pastor?”“When are you going to get your own church?”“How long will you be here?”During his thirty-one years serving in churches across the country, Doug Fagerstrom has both known the joys of being a ministry staff member and experienced many...

We take the words from the author Z.T. Fomum describing his experience of the baptism into the Holy Spirit, which was followed by tremendous success in the ministry of evangelism. This experience of the author justifies the publication of this audiobook in which is all the advice needed to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and to remain there.

This audiobook, packed with biblical wisdom and practical guidance from the pastoral trenches, will equip and encourage you in the midst of ministry. Bob Yandian, a veteran pastor of more than 30 years, provides answers to common questions relating to your everyday pastoral duties and personal life.

Author David Chadwick shares 12 ways you can overcome life's fears and worries - all of which come straight from scripture and include: focusing on faith; praying; caring for your health; remembering; developing an eternal perspective; and finding good teammates. Moving Beyond Anxiety will equip you to defeat worry and fear forever by trusting God and exercising your faith daily. As you immerse yourself in God's truth, you will discover the most powerful antidotes to anxiety.

Imagine being stuck on a crazy merry-go-round that won't stop. You're spinning endlessly, unable to focus or catch your breath. This is the reality for many children today, caught in the frantic pace of life. Forces beyond their control rush them along, moving so fast that there's little room for God in their thoughts or on their calendars. They're left struggling to establish roots in community, reliable morals, or any kind of relationship with God.

The Zondervan Reflective Audio Study series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Gospel-Driven Ministry Audio Study include high-quality live recordings in which the author teaches the content of the book, discusses...

Every Christian who has believed in Christ and received him as lord and savior, must enroll and make progress in the school of the one in whom he has believed and who is "the way, the truth, and the life". Genuine conversion should lead to a radical end to sin and a radical commitment to the truth. In this audiobook, Z.T. Formum shows us how he himself cooperated with God to root out all lies and falsehoods from his life. It exposes, through characters from the Old and New Testaments, the manifestations of lying in many practical aspects of life.