Christian Leaders & Leadership eTextbooks

Charismata

A Life of Vocation

From Student to Scholar

A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor, Second Edition

Religion of Tomorrow

A New Edition with an Introduction Including Interpretive and Explanatory Notes

Helping the Small Church Win Guests

Preparing to Increase Attendance

Physician of Souls

Ministry as Medicine

Who Leads?

A Concise Look at Top Bible Scholars on the Male/Female Question

Prophet and Loss

Embracing Grief, Nurturing Resilience, and Harnessing Authentic Leadership

Evaluating Leadership

A Model for Missiological Assessment of Leadership Theory and Practice

Facing Decline, Finding Hope

New Possibilities for Faithful Churches

Spiritual Discovery

A Method for Discernment in Small Groups and Congregations

Collaborative Parish Leadership

Contexts, Models, Theology

Communicating Catholicism

Rhetoric, Ecclesial Leadership, and the Future of the American Roman Catholic Diocese

Demography, Culture, and the Decline of America's Christian Denominations

Doing the Math of Mission

Fruits, Faithfulness, and Metrics

The Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages

Political Science Volume 35)

Associate Staff Ministry

Thriving Personally, Professionally, and Relationally

Renewing Parish Culture

Building for a Catholic Future

Alleluia

An Ethnographic Study

Quietly Courageous

Leading the Church in a Changing World

Word, Liturgy, Charity

The Diaconate in the U.S. Catholic Church, 1968-2018

Essays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical

Synergistic Collaborations

Pastoral Care and Church Social Work

Church 3.0

Upgrades for the Future of the Church

The Missional Leader

Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World

The Next Christendom

The Coming of Global Christianity

Lay Ecclesial Ministry

Pathways Toward the Future

Best Practices in Catholic Church Ministry Performance Management

Places of Worship

Exploring Their History

The Community of the King

Viral Churches

Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers

Marketing for Churches and Ministries

Do Something Else

The Road Ahead for the Mainline Church

The Succession Principle

How Leaders Make Leaders

Elder Governance

Insights into Making the Transition

Curious

The Unexpected Power of a Question-Led Life

Ready to Lead

Harnessing the Energy in You and around You

Because God Was There

A Journey of Loss, Healing and Overcoming

How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry

Revitalizing Congregations

Refocusing and Healing Through Pastoral Transitions

Serving God with Style

Unleashing Servant Potential

We've Never Done It Like This Before

10 Creative Approaches to the Same Old Church Tasks

Navigating the Nonsense

Church Conflict and Triangulation

Mentoring for Ministry

The Grace of Growing Pastors

The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to Church History: Flaming Heretics and Heavy Drinkers

Flaming Heretics and Heavy Drinkers

Small Church, Excellent Ministry

A Guidebook for Pastors

Spiritual Crisis

Surviving Trauma to the Soul

Four Essential Loves

Four Essential Loves

Accounting and Money for Ministerial Leadership

Key Practical and Theological Insights

Behavioral Covenants in Congregations

A Handbook for Honoring Differences

Holy Places

Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message

How Your Church Family Works

Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems

When Moses Meets Aaron

Staffing and Supervision in Large Congregations

Fearless Church Fundraising

The Practical and Spiritual Approach to Stewardship

The In-Between Church

Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations

Discerning God's Will Together

A Spiritual Practice for the Church

Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry

Congregations, Their Buildings, and Creation Care

Holy Clarity

The Practice of Planning and Evaluation

Inside the Large Congregation

Scattering Seeds

Cultivating Church Vitality

The Business of the Church

The Uncomfortable Truth that Faithful Ministry Requires Effective Management

Healthy Disclosure

Solving Communication Quandaries in Congregations

The Pastoral Search Journey

A Guide to Finding Your Next Pastor

The Mitre and the Crown

A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury

The Word Militant

Preaching A Decentering Word

Balance or Bondage

Exposing Legalism in the Pulpit

Ecclesiastical Law, Clergy and Laity

A History of Legal Discipline and the Anglican Church

What Is Jesus Doing?

God's Activity in the Life and Work of the Church

The #MeToo Reckoning

Facing the Church's Complicity in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct

Foretaste

Leadership for the Missional Church

The Service Learning Book

Getting Ready, Serving Well, and Coming Back Transformed

My Burden Is Light

A Primer for Clergy Wellness

Holy Mischief

In Honor and Celebration of Women in Ministry

Journeying in the Wilderness

Forming Faith in the 21st Century

Leading with the Sermon

Preaching as Leadership

Holiness and Ministry

A Biblical Theology of Ordination

Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year

Living the Liturgical Year

Sing Us a Song of Joy

Saying what We Believe in an Age of Unbelief

A House United

How the Church Can Save the World

Future Faith: Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century

Ten Challenges Reshaping Christianity in the 21st Century

Finding Ourselves Lost

Ministry in the Age of Overwhelm

A Prophetic Voice—David Smith Cairns (1862-1946)

An Intellectual Biography of One of Scotland's Leading Theologians and Ecclesiastical Figures in the Early Twentieth Century

The Post-Conciliar Church in Africa

No Turning Back the Clock

Letters to a Young Pastor

Reflections on Leadership, Community, and the Gospel of Grace

Interim Ministry in Action

A Handbook for Churches in Transition

The Learner

Confronting God, Golf, and Beyond

Tending Soul, Mind, and Body

The Art and Science of Spiritual Formation

Many Servants

An Introduction to Deacons

The Whole Church

Congregational Leadership Guided by Systems Theory

How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going

Leading in a Liminal Season

The Politics of Ministry

Navigating Power Dynamics and Negotiating Interests

George Errington and Roman Catholic Identity in Nineteenth-Century England

Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs

Experiments in Love

An Anabaptist Theology of Risk-Taking in Mission

Generosity, Stewardship, and Abundance

A Transformational Guide to Church Finance

Grasping Power

Re-Thinking the Active Ingredient in Leadership, Education, Parenting, Global Survival, Forgiveness, Restraint, Identity

Playing by the Rules

How Women Lead in Evangelical Mission Organizations

The Power of Life Coaching, Abridged Edition

A Model for Ethical Business and Leadership Development

7 Lessons for New Pastors, Second Edition

Your First Year in Ministry

Renewing a Modern Denomination

A Study of Baptist Institutional Life in the 1990s

Leadership in Small Churches

Leadership, God's Agency, and Disruptions

Confronting Modernity's Wager