Building Your Church Through Counsel and Care: 30 Strategies to Transform Your Ministry (Library of Leadership Development)

One of the best definitions of leadership is "being willing to take responsibility for someone else." While pop culture encourages people to break free from obligation to anyone but themselves, Christians who have heard the call of God know that ministry is about caring for others. Care is more than an emotion, a general warm feeling toward people, or an affection for a few individuals. Pastoral care implies ensuring basic needs of the flock are met all with a purpose of cultivating mature Christian character.

This third volume in the Library of Leadership Development explores how to give effective counsel and care in a wide range of critical areas using person-to-person ministry, care groups, preaching, and teaching. Now, in a never-before-collected lineup, are thirty chapters of expert advice from:

Randy Alcorn

Danny Armstrong

Greg Asimakoupoulos

James Berkley

Andre Bustanoby

Randy Christian

James Dobson

Richard Exley

Gary Gulbranson

Richard Halverson

Archibald Hart

Bruce Larson

Kathryn Lindskoog

Victoria Martin

S. Bowen Matthews

Louis McBurney

Al Miles

Robert Morgan

Eugene Peterson

Michael Phillips

Gary Preston

Kevin Ruffcorn

Dale Ryan

Hal Schell

Marshall Shelley

Gary Sweeten

Matthew Woodley

Marshall Shelley is a vice president of Christianity Today, Inc. He is also the author of several books including Well-Intentioned Dragons and Helping Those Who Don't Want to Be Helped. He holds a journalism degree from Bethel College in Minnesota and a M.Div. from Denver Seminary in Colorado. Marshall and his family live in Illinois.

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