Ministry Leadership

Leading from the Second Chair will raise awareness of the need for strong leaders in secondary positions. It will describe the value they can bring to their organization and to primary leaders when they are serving at their full potential. It will reshape the way they view their role, with an emphasis on their own responsibility as leaders. It recognizes the unique challenges and frustrations of serving in a subordinate position and equips these leaders with the attitudes and skills that they will need to survive and thrive in this new paradigm.

"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God―I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead.

While many aspects of leadership development are similar for women and men, women face different cultural expectations and have different experiences than their male counterparts. Anna Morgan's own experiences in pastoral ministry leadership launched her search for a holistic way to grow the skills, influence, and authority of women who are gifted and called as leaders. This book provides a positive, comprehensive research-based model for developing women in church and ministry leadership. Morgan identifies seven aspects of leadership development that form a woman over her lifetime.

For every celebrity pastor exiting the ministry in the spotlight, there are many more lesser-known pastors leaving in the shadows. Pastor and best-selling author Paul David Tripp argues that lurking behind every pastoral failure is the lack of a strong leadership community. Tripp draws on his decades of ministry experience to give churches twelve gospel principles necessary to combat this leadership crisis.

There is this rumor going around that the idea of women in ministry and leadership isn't biblical. Quite to the contrary, women play all the same roles in Scripture as men save one - and Jesus is the only one who has truly fulfilled that one. Join me on a whirlwind tour through Scripture as we meet Deborah the judge, prophetess, and supreme leader of Israel. We'll meet Huldah, whom the high priest needed to sort out Scripture for him. We'll meet Priscilla who discipled Apollos, Junia the apostle of Jesus, and Phoebe the deacon of the church at Cenchrea. We'll also learn that Paul, far from ...

Waiting to be rediscovered in the British Library is an ancient manuscript of the early Church, copied by an anonymous monk. The manuscript is at least 1,450 years old, possibly dating to the first century, Jesus' lifetime. And now, The Lost Gospel provides the first-ever translation from Syriac into English of this unique document that tells the inside story of Jesus' social, family, and political life. The Lost Gospel takes listeners on an unparalleled historical adventure through a paradigm-shifting manuscript.

A captivating story that will help you find your purpose and leadership in life. Although he’s one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky’s history, Steve Rocker, for the first time in his life, is falling short of expectations. His players have lost their will to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods that have always worked before - and have resulted in his success - are now failing, and he doesn’t know why.

Renowned Bible teacher and best-selling author Andrew Wommack reveals the ten key principles that changed his life and built a worldwide ministry. Using biblical examples and personal stories, he shows how these principles work for anyone who will trust God. They will help you reach your potential and fulfill the plans He has for your life.

The gift of the apostle is being raised up—but so is the counterfeit. As the Church enters a critical season, believers need clarity: How do we recognize a true apostle? How do we distinguish the genuine from the wannabe or the false? And why does it matter now more than ever? God's Strategic Servant Leaders answers the call Jesus gave to the church at Ephesus—to test those who claim to be apostles. Drawing from thirty years of walking out an apostolic calling across multiple nations, Tim Taylor provides a biblical and experiential framework for understanding this essential gift. This ...

The prophetic ministry was never meant to end with one voice—it was designed to be reproduced across generations. In Passing the Torch of Prophetic Succession: Advancing Prophetic Ministry, Bishop R. S. Walker reveals the divine blueprint God uses to develop, mature, and release prophetic voices who will carry His authority in the earth. Drawing from decades of prophetic leadership, apostolic insight, and biblical study, Bishop Walker uncovers the hidden process through which prophets are formed, fathers reproduce sons, and mantles are transferred from one generation to the next. Many are...

Leadership Growth encourages us to increase our capacity to lead. No matter what field of work you are in when you increase your capacity to lead, you also increase your capacity to succeed.

The disease of entitlement has infected society, keeping us from functioning properly and hindering our ability to make positive change in the world around us. Unreasonable Responsibility is a bold wake-up call for leaders ready to challenge the entitlement mindset that has us heading towards epic catastrophe. Leadership expert Joe Sanders offers a powerful diagnosis of this pervasive societal "disease," exposing how it limits opportunity, growth, and personal agency.

"This is, in my opinion, the best book on the complementarian / evangelical egalitarian debate. Buy a copy, buy copies for friends, lend it widely. It highlights the truth that the gospel sets the oppressed free. The Bible from cover to cover is good news for men and women." —Dr. Kevin Giles, author of What The Bible Actually Teaches on Women "Terran Williams develops a meticulous case that shows God’s moral compass always points to the unity of men and women, in creation, in the church, and in Christ. A terrific resource for anyone wrestling with this topic.” —Dr. Michael Bird, ...

What does it really cost to lead God’s people? In A Goal-Directed Leadership, Zacharias Tanee Fomum strips away shallow ideas of leadership and reveals a demanding reality: Leadership requires you to be ahead—always Leadership is sustained by sacrifice, not position Leadership costs your comfort, your freedom, and your ease Leadership without a clear goal leads nowhere This book confronts leaders with hard questions: Are you still paying the price that made you a leader? Have you lost your edge through comfort or distraction? Is your life directed by the Holy Spirit or by human ...

Chuck Bomar urges pastors to adapt preaching, leadership, and discipleship methods to reach a changing culture while protecting the gospel mission and avoiding the drift from courage to comfort. See the shift. Lead the change. Protect what matters. What if the biggest threat to your ministry isn’t change— but staying the same? In Pivot Now, Chuck Bomar delivers a bold, urgent reminder for ministry leaders: God’s mission will outlast the methods you love. Culture has shifted beneath our feet, yet many ministries continue operating as if it hasn’t… and the cost is growing. This book...

In the Bible, God showed us what leadership looks like in his kingdom, and at first, a lot of it seems upside down. The first shall be last. The master shall be the servant. But how can we apply these counterintuitive truths in our own world today? The first step, it turns out, is to become a good follower - a disciple of Christ who always lets him take the lead. Rather than focusing on the nuts and bolts of management, Lead Like Christ looks closely at how leaders can better imitate the greatest leader of all.

As a ministry leader, you are constantly confronted with questions about how to handle complex situations, challenges, emotions, and pressures that surround your daily lives—both at home and at church. Children's and family ministry pioneer Jim Wideman empowers listeners to be dynamic, effective, and efficient next-level ministry leaders through practical, proven methods, not just theory. If you've been leading for years or you're just beginning, this audiobook will give you up-to-date, practical tools and checklists to live and lead well and help you to develop authentic leadership.

Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains. You too may feel that you are leading in a cultural context you were not expecting. You may even feel that your training holds you back more often than it carries you along. Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and consultant, Tod Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory.

Every church leader knows the importance of Sunday — but not every church experiences services that truly connect, engage, and grow people. When Sundays lack clarity and intentionality, they can become routine instead of transformative. In Sunday Church Growth Strategies , experienced pastor and leadership coach John Finkelde provides a clear and practical framework for building Sunday services that are spiritually alive, strategically aligned, and positioned for healthy church growth.

The Epistle to the Romans, or Letter to the Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the longest of the Pauline epistles. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to the Book of Romans, and learn about bibles.