books by Aubrey Malphurs     books:       Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders14 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2005 Practical Church Leadership Resource Aubrey Malphurs, author of many books on parish leadership and strategy, is a professor of Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary and is also the president of the Malphurs Group (a training and consulting firm for churches). "Advanced Strategic Planning" is a book that seeks to assist a congregation to move from a stage of stagnation and plateaued growth to a period of change and ...             New Kind of Church, A: Understanding Models of Mini for the 21st Century1 review Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2007 Excellent Book, highly recommended I am in the process of considering new church models and this book was very helpful. Dr. Malphurs does an excellent job of providing working theologies of important factors such as change, culture and church. The book is loaded with scripture to back up his insights. He also provides the evidence necessary to understand why churches need to change. After reading the book, I bought a copy for ...             Being Leaders: The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2003 An Essential Guide for Pastoral Leadership Purpose of the Book Malphurs recognized that many today are taking about the importance of leaders and leadership, but few have adequately marked out what leadership is and what leaders do. Further complicating the issue is the distinction between secular and sacred leaders. Thus, in the eight chapters of Being Leaders, Malphurs provided eight characteristics that comprise his definition of an ...             Ministry Nuts and Bolts: What They Don't Teach Pastors in Seminary4 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 1998 Practical insights about getting leadervalues down on paper. Malphurs is the best writer of practical planning and the development of a church's strategy that I have seen to date. He takes the mission, vision, values of various organizations and shows how they are of immense importance for preventing conflict and setting goals. I use this book when I consult with pastors and elders around the world. He takes advantage of the information in both business ...             Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide for New Churches and Those Desiring ...7 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2004 A Popular Book, And Deservedly So This has been a popular book, and deservedly so. It is now in its seventh printing. Not only is it about Church planting. As the subtitle suggests, it also has much to offer "those desiring renewal". The author illustrates the problem in America by quoting Win Arn: "Between 80% and 85% of all churches in America are either plateaued or are declining." What to do? "While some ...             Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design4 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2006 Many great resources rolled into one for beginning ministry! Malphurs' book, Maximizing Your Effectiveness, has been one of the greatest books I've read as a seminary student thus far. If you've felt a call of God on your life to participate in ministry on any level, this book will set you on a course for sure success. It's a great resource for gaining a knowledge of who you are in Christ, what your God-given talents and abilieties are, and how they come ...             Money Matters in Church: A Practical Guide for Leaders2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs, Steve Stroope Baker Books, 2007 The Missing Book on Managing Money in Your Church This book fills a giant hole in church leadership books - how to handle money, increase giving and raise big dollars for big projects. Co-author Steve Stroope is my mentor and friend, but he and Aubrey Malphrs deliver the goods in this book. This book is the best book I've read on church stewardship since Money, Possessions and Eternity by Randy Alcorn.             Leading Leaders: Empowering Church Boards for Ministry Excellence2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2005 Groundbreaking I'm currently undertaking a major project for a Doctor of Ministry degree on implementing policy governance into the board structure of our church. This book by Malphurs (which he describes as "a seminal work")is the best work I have found on the subject and will be a manual for board governance in this decade, and perhaps the next. He has custom fit John Carver's policy governance model for ...             Developing a Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century5 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 1999 Excellent resource for forward thinking leaders No other book has motivated me to plan ahead and strategize more than this one. Both in personal life and in my ministry, this book points me to accomplishing what needs to be done. This book is invaluable. IT is worth ten times the money. Get it for yourself and see.             Building Leaders: Blueprints for Developing Leadership at Every Level of Your Church5 reviews Aubrey Malphurs, Will Mancini Baker Books, 2004 Excellent Reference Work for Leadership Development! I read my first book by Aubrey Malphurs while completing a doctorate in ministry eight years ago. Recently it has become my goal to read everything he has written, because his insights for church ministry in the 21st century are simply unparalleled. This title is the second in a three-part series on leadership. Here he continues where he ended in his first work, "Becoming Leaders." The third ...             Doing Church1 review Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 1999 Another Winner for Malphurs! Aubrey Malphurs is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. In this volume he addresses the Biblical basis for church ministry, distinguishing between activities that are mandated by the Scriptures and activities that are simply permitted by the Scriptures. The last section of this title is especially helpful to church leaders, for it gives specific Biblical principles and criteria to ...             Church Next3 reviews Aubrey Malphurs, Michael S. Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 2003 A Great Discussion of Church Web Sites and Technology Church Next is a well-thought out and easy-to-read book on both church web sites and the technology surrounding it. There are not many books available on the subject and this book succeeds in laying out the "why" behing building web sites for Christian organizations, without getting heavy on technical jargon. A lay person - like me - can pick Church Next up and understand what the author is ...             Pouring New Wine into Old Wineskins: How to Change a Church Without Destroying It2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Pub Group, 1993 To Change or Not to Change? The author quotes Barna to tell us that it is easier to start a new church than to attempt to resurrect and old one. This being the case, one wonders what might be the advantages of trying to pour new wine into old wineskins. The question itself is presented in the opening chapter of the book, but it is never really addressed until the very end of the book where it is summarily dismissed. We ...             Strategic Disciple Making: A Practical Tool for Successful Ministry Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2009 For many people, church is there to meet their needs--with programs designed with them in mind. Strategic Disciple Making teaches these churchgoers to develop a servant's heart. Readers will discover that they control the destiny of their church. If they seek personal contentment, they must grow as disciples, and church expert Aubrey Malphurs explains the true meaning of the word. This refreshing resource offers a radical "how-to" for ...             Dynamics of Church Leadership, The (Ministry Dynamics for a New Century)2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 1999 The Dymanics of Church Leadership This was a very good leadership book for me and I will be using this book to teach other leaders in my church.             A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals: And Other Occasions2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 2003 The Perfect Tool for a Busy Pastor The authors have thought of everything. The busy pastor need only flip and find what he's looking for. It is not a resource to copy, but a resource that helps you think through things that you may not have even thought about. It is a resource for covering all of your bases whether it be for a funeral, a wedding, a dedication, or a special event like an ordination. Highly recommended!!             Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Publications, 1996 The baby boomers and baby busters form the basis for this fresh look at the biblical plan for marriage.             Developing a Dynamic Mission for Your Ministry: Finding Direction and Making an Impact as a Church Leader1 review Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 1998 Need a Church Mission Statement? Do you need a church mission statement? Are you trying to find help in determining one? Then look no further, for this title by Aubrey Malphurs will guide you through the process. After stressing the importance of a mission statement, the author carefully defines what a mission statement is and isn't. He then instructs the reader as to the ways to develop a mission statement, to communicate a ...             Values-Driven Leadership: Discovering and Developing Your Core Values for Ministry2 reviews Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2004 Leadership Values are key to any ministry's success As a single adult pastor, I have been looking for a book that would be a guide in casting a vision for our ministry for the next 1, 3, and 5 years. Values Driven ministry does an excellent job of taking the reader back to see what drives a God-given vision--it is our biblically based values. (I strongly suggest you also read Malphurs' book: Developing a Vision for Ministry in the 21st ...             Strategy 2000: Churches Making Disciples for the Next Millennium1 review Aubrey Malphurs Kregel Academic & Professional, 1996 Best for Pastors of Smaller Churches A fascinating thing about Malphurs' books on church strategic planning is that each one comes at the subject from a different perspective. In this title, the author describes the pastor of smaller, struggling congregation that needs to establish a godly direction for its future. Pastors of single-staff churches have challenges of a completely different nature than pastors of multi-staff ...              search for books advanced, authentic, blueprints, building, christian, comprehensive, contemporary, desiring, destroying, developing, direction, disciples, discover, discovering, dynamics, effectiveness, empowering, excellence, leadership, maximizing, millennium, ministry, occasions, practical, strategic, successful, understanding, values-driven, wineskins, womanhood books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen magazines: Riveneuve Continents leave a comment home  impressum - about us