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| Leading in a Congregation: What Every Leader Needs to Know |
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By Michael A. Bealla
Each booklet in the "What Every Leader Needs to Know Series" provides practical, basic resources that will enable leaders to create environments for faith formation, model Christian spiritual development grounded in the means of grace, and equip all people to be in ministry in their daily lives.
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| Job Descriptions & Leadership Training for Local Church Leaders 2009-2012 |
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By Betsey Heavner (Discipleship Resources, 2009)
In addition to individual positions within congregational life, the book explores biblical roots and dimensions of leader development. It includes new thinking based on field research and training leaders in a variety of settings.
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| Knowing Those in Your Community |
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The Research Office of the General Board of Global Ministries provides data and
explanations that help The United Methodist Church keep in touch with the communities in which we live.
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| What Business Are We In? |
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Have you ever asked this question of your church?
In Behold I Do a New Thing, C. Kirk Hadaway deals with the question of purpose in a
time of radical change and discusses how churches can stay ahead of the future rather than one
step behind.
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| Leaderships |
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Have you noticed the obsession with leadership that we seem to have in the church? It reflects the dual impression that leadership is critically important and that it is sorely lacking.
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| Leaderships II |
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We have many capable men and women providing high quality leadership to the church, but is it the most appropriate leadership style for the context? Do our churches have to start over with each pastoral reappointment, or do they build upon each successive pastorate?
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| Leadership Interaction Styles and Paint Cans? |
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It is easy to see how the different leadership styles might cause tension and conflict when mixed together. Our tendency is to settle on our way as the "right" way.
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