As a pastor, you probably feel equipped to handle worship, preaching, and pastoral care. But when it comes to budgets, fire safety, and church management, do you find yourself at a loss? Relax! This field-tested, comprehensive manual takes the mystery out of everything from employee records to financial planning and building insurance. 544 pages, softcover from Morehouse.
Introducing a book that makes church money management make sense! Written especially for the new pastor, this manual will take away your "fear of figures" and reveal bookkeeping for what it really is---basic adding and subtracting. You can do it! Henry offers simple directions, practice exercises, sample forms, and more to get you started. 176 pages, softcover from B&H.
If you find April 15th taxing in more ways than one, let Busby's easy-to-follow manual come to the rescue! The 2008 edition features a line-by-line explanation of the 1040 Form and recent changes in the tax code---with valuable hints about how to reduce next year's bill. Also includes guidance on compensation and retirement. 192 pages, softcover.
Packed with practical, time-tested guidelines, this comprehensive resource will help you organize and implement a wide variety of programs---from office administration and finances to special events and new ministries. Newly updated features emphasize adaptive multi-context management skills and tools; lifelong spiritual formation; a comprehensive mission consciousness; vocational, bivocational, and lay ministers; and leadership competence. 352 pages, softcover from B&H.
Though God is blessing many churches with tremendous growth, many lack facilities and finances to accommodate the increase. With a heart for the church and 35 years of experience, Bisagno will help you equip a congregation of any size with the knowledge and tools to successfully conduct a capital campaign from beginning to end! 144 pages, softcover from B&H.
We all know that everything we have is a gift from God. But sometimes it's hard to know just how to give back to God. How much is enough? What does the Bible really say? What should giving look like in our everyday lives? Filled with good news for followers of Jesus, Mark Allan Powell's Giving to God shows Christians the way to a better life and a better relationship with their money ... and with God.
Powell presents stewardship as an act of worship, an expression of faith, and a discipline for spiritual growth. Faithful use of our time, talents, and money starts with a deep, satisfying relationship with the God to whom we belong. We can then learn, says Powell, to give gladly and generously out of our heartfelt connection with God. Informative, concise, and eminently practical (including discussion questions), Giving to God gives us resources for best using the treasures, material and otherwise, that God has given us.
Are your church committee meetings spiritually productive and personally satisfying? If not, Strauch offers a toolbox of ideas to improve your times together. You'll learn to read the biblical blueprint for building communication, improving management, facilitating change, and putting Christ at the center of your work. Includes questions, assignments, and a step-by-step action plan. 89 pages, softcover from Lewis & Roth.
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