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Your Friend Helps You Heal Your Church: establishing a culture of health in a wounded church
Pastor Smith uses his 30 years of experience, observation, and Bible study to explore God's program for church health. Included in the topics covered are: God's plan for church health from Numbers 1-10 God's plan for healthy members from Ephesians God's plan for transformation from II Peter the elements of ministry from Acts 2 the elements of preaching from I Corinthians 14 biblical principles for establishing pastoral pay biblical principles for ending arguing the first topic taught in a new church why "seeker-friendly" doesn't work why real "seeker-friendly" is a must what church health is not how King David was an example for us what Paul did when he was criticized what the office of deacon must be the real nature of the office of pastor the key to influence in any church the critical need for knowing of God's friendship and more! With dozens of examples from ministry he makes Bible passages and truths simple for all. An important how-to for both pastors and deacons, as both come to understand the real needs of their church and how to meet them.
Book Details
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: Sep 15th, 2018
- Pages: 154
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.36in - 0.52lb
- EAN: 9781727371901
- Categories: • Christian Church - Growth
About the Author
Pastor Smith graduated from Grand Rapids Baptist College in 1977. He worked at Steelcase in Grand Rapids for 10 years while attending Alpine Immanuel Baptist Church in Comstock Park. While there he was church clerk, trustee, teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, choir member, songleader, children's church leader, and leader of the young adults group. He and his wife Sharon joined Continental Baptist Missions and took a small church in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In the 30 years following Pastor Smith has helped three small churches find health. All of his churches have doubled in size. His focus has been on health through teaching, counseling, activities, and relationships.