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  • How Not to Waste a Crisis: Quit Trying Harder, By Tod Bolsinger
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    How Not to Waste a Crisis

    Quit Trying Harder

    Practicing Change Series

    by Tod Bolsinger
    Illustrated by Mark Demel
    Foreword by Marty Linsky
    Read by Taylor Tutt

    Christian Book Award® Finalist—Ministry Resources

    Crises are inevitable, but your response to them can shape your legacy.

    In a world where crises seem to be the new normal, leadership that adapts ismore vital than ever. In his new book How Not to Waste a Crisis bestselling Tod Bolsinger offers a refreshing perspective on turning chaos into ...

  • The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry, By Mandy Smith
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    The Vulnerable Pastor

    How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry

    by Mandy Smith
    Foreword by David Hansen

    Missio Alliance Essential Reading List

    Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books

    ProdigalThought.net's Top Reads

    Englewood Review of Books Best Books

    Leadership Journal's Best Ministry Books of the Year

    Often as pastors we feel like we need to project strength and competency in order ...

  • A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, By Stephen Witmer
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    A Big Gospel in Small Places

    Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters

    by Stephen Witmer
    Foreword by Raymond C Ortlund, Jr.

    2019 World Magazine Book of the Year Short List

    2019 The Gospel Coalition Book Award

    2019 Send Institute's Top Ten Church Planting Related Books of 2019

    Kevin DeYoung's Top 10 Books of 2019

    Jesus loves small, insignificant places.

    In recent years, Christian ministries have ...

  • Loving the Church . . . Blessing the Nations: Pursuing the Role of Local Churches in Global Mission, By George Miley
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    Loving the Church . . . Blessing the Nations

    Pursuing the Role of Local Churches in Global Mission

    by George Miley

    Rediscovering the role God designed for the church in mission is a critical issue facing the missions movement today. That role is to glorify God by planting churches among every tongue, tribe, and nation. Planting churches amid unreached peoplesis a complex process. It calls forth every ministry gift and the contribution of every believer. Imagine a businessman, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, ...

  • Soul Care in African American Practice, By Barbara L. Peacock
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    Soul Care in African American Practice

    by Barbara Peacock

    Christianity Today Award of Merit

    In the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative.

    Now, more than ever, we need to pause—intentionally—and encounter the Divine.

    Soul care director Barbara Peacock illustrates a journey of prayer, spiritual direction, and soul care from an African American perspective. ...

  • The Integration Journey: A Student's Guide to Faith, Culture, and Psychology, By William B. Whitney and Carissa Dwiwardani
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    The Integration Journey

    A Student's Guide to Faith, Culture, and Psychology

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by William B Whitney and Carissa Dwiwardani

    There are numerous models, theories, and resources on integrating psychology and the Christian faith. But practicing integration in the real world is something else entirely. To move from theory to practice, we need learning informed by experiences, reflection on those experiences, and feedback from others. This integration process is a lifelong journey.

    William B. Whitney ...

  • Honest Worship: From False Self to True Praise, By Manuel Luz
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    Honest Worship

    From False Self to True Praise

    by Manuel Luz
    Foreword by Rory Jon Noland

    When asked by his son why some churches have smoke machines, worship pastor Manuel Luz found himself responding, "Well, technically, you need smoke machines to see the lasers." But when you take down the smokescreen, what do you have left? Where do we encounter the Holy in the midst of all this? Where can we worship with our full selves—heart, soul, mind, and body—in Spirit and truth?Drawing from ...

  • ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry, By Eddie Gibbs
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    ChurchNext

    Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry

    by Eddie Gibbs

    • A 2001 Christianity Today Book of the Year

    What will the church be next? CHANGE IS NOW. Competition from nontraditional and Eastern religions join with the pressures of both modernism and postmodernism to squeeze Christianity. While new church models have sprung up to meet these challenges, they each have strengths and limitations. Eddie Gibbs, a well-known church strategist ...

  • When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse, By Chuck DeGroat
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    When Narcissism Comes to Church

    Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

    by Chuck DeGroat
    Foreword by Richard J. Mouw

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    Why Does Narcissism Seem to Thrive in Our Churches?

    We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church?

    Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, ...

  • When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse, By Chuck DeGroat
    Paperback

    When Narcissism Comes to Church

    Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

    by Chuck DeGroat
    Foreword by Richard J. Mouw

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    Why Does Narcissism Seem to Thrive in Our Churches?

    We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church?

    Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, ...