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Building Your Church through Counsel and Care: 30 Strategies to Transform Your Ministry is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

The greatest baggage a pastor carries to a new ministry assignment is ready-made programs. —RICHARD C. HALVERSON After my first pastorate, 1944–1947, in Coalinga, California, I never intended to pastor again; I didn’t think I was good enough material. So I worked with small groups as an associate minister for eight years and then joined International Christian Leadership for three years. After the Lord led me to Fourth Presbyterian Church, I realized I didn’t have
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