Leader-Coach: Developing Effective Ministry Teams

Effective pastoring takes planning, preparation and people--just as effective coaching does. The vitality of any winning team depends on the practice and participation of its members, whether the team takes a field for physical competition or a ministry team seeks success inside the church or in the community.Leader-Coach presents the fundamentals of the game plan for pastors hoping to involve the whole congregation in various church ministries. The team concept is the foundational strategy for effective ministry in a local church. This book shares information that will help you get your congregation energized for active ministry, and you will learn the ministry-action-team philosophy that will revolutionize your local church. Learn to see yourself not only as a player but also as a coach who could bring out the gifts in their teammates.

An international speaker, best selling author, and compassionate teacher, Stan has authored more than ninety books to date. His books have sold more than three million copies worldwide.Stan served for forty years as a pastor, and was named General Superintendent Emeritus by the Church of the Nazarene. He was vice president of John Maxwell’s Injoy Ministries, has spoken in eighty countries, and shared the platform with speakers including Zig Ziglar, Jerry Lucas, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, and Cy Young baseball great R.A. Dickey.StanToler.com Larry Gilbert is the founder, chairman and CEO of the Church Growth Institute through which he has published a number of books on team ministry, evangelism and strategy. He also speaks on spiritual gifts and evangelism. To date, his best-selling Team Ministry Spiritual Gifts inventory has helped almost five million people discover their dominant spiritual gifts. He and his wife, Mary Lou, live in Elkton, Maryland.