A 360-degree approach to local church finances for congregations of all sizes Includes: guidelines, tools, worksheets, and strategiesfor pastors, treasurers, trustees, finance and stewardship chairs and committees. Includes reproducible pages with worksheets and sample policies. Bonnie Ives Mardenis a leadership consultant and financial advisor. Praise...

Can women successfully pastor churches of 1,000 or more? How can they possibly take care of their large, diverse flocks - and themselves? How can they balance their work/ministry with their home and family life? How do they motivate their team members and manage the...

Schism and heresy are not doctrinal divisions but failures to love. In theological discussions about diversity within Methodist Churches, people usually reference a few standard quotes from John Wesley, particularly his sermon “Catholic Spirit.” However, these references are only a part of the greater whole...

Refresh, renew, rekindle passion for ministry by helping others revisit their stories. Reinvigorate your ministry as you help others. Author Dr. Karen Scheib says that to experience a new sense of freedom in caring for others, we must first help them attend to their story...

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Incorporate spiritual disciplines into collegiate ministry settings. Inspired by the religious life of St. Benedict and richly illustrated with concrete examples, MacDonald adapts eight spiritual disciplines for emerging young adults. This book is a practical guide for those who work with emerging adults—college and university...

Recover the Eucharist for Church and Ministry. For John and Charles Wesley, few things were more important for both theology and ministry than attentiveness to the Lord’s Supper. But the commitment to the centrality of the Eucharist for Christian life and practice has waxed and waned,...