Be the Church Jesus calls us to be. Bob Farr asserts that to change the world, we must first change the Church. As Adam Hamilton says in the Foreword, “Read [this book] carefully with other leaders in your church. . . . You’ll soon discover both a desire to renovate your church and the tools to effectively lead your church forward.” If we want to join Robert Schnase and claim radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity, we must also engage pastors and motivate churches. We must renovate and overhaul our churches and not merely redecorate and tinker with our church structure. With straightforward language and practical tips, this book will inspire and help you organize your church for new life on the mission field. Learn how to grow your church and discover the commitments that denominational leaders must make to guarantee the fruitfulness of local congregations.

Renovate or Die: 10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission

Farr, Bob

Kotan, Kay

Religion & Spirituality

ABINGDON PRESS *

As a church leader, you are (probably) targeting the wrong people with your ‘evangelism’ efforts. You are operating a model that no longer works, because it is too passive, too polite, and focused in the wrong direction. You are not making new disciples, not adding significantly to Christ’s transformation of the world. And you—or at least your congregation--are (probably) unaware of this fact. There is hope, and you will find it in these pages. Farr, Kotan and Anderson reveal the ways most churches unwittingly misdirect their reach into the community. The authors show in practical terms how to change the habits of leaders and entire congregations, so that invitation is natural, constant, systemic, genuine, and easy. Get Their Name clearly demonstrates how your church can change, and equips your people to share their faith in a way that is effective, biblical, and transformational.

Get Their Name: Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

Anderson, Doug

Conventional wisdom is that leaders are born, not made. In reality, that is one small piece of the leadership puzzle. The fact is, approximately 10% of church leaders are naturally-gifted leaders who actually don’t need any help. Another 10% of church leaders do not have the capacity to lead nor learn to lead with the skill set needed for the 21st century church. This means approximately 80% of church leaders have the possibility of becoming a more effective church leader. This book is for them. The Necessary Nine contains nine simple axioms for effective pastoral and lay leadership for the church. These axioms have the greatest potential for fruitful ministry. These strategies are straightforward and easy to use. The reader will have “that’s true” moments and learn to put those insights into regular practice. It will help the reader with the simple leadership strategies that, if practiced over and over and over, will change the effectiveness of their leadership, the church and the world.

The Necessary Nine: Things Effective Pastors Do Differently

The Coordinator’s Guide is twofold, helping the pastor (or other leader) to implement worship/sermons, and a congregational study experience. It contains worship helps for each week of the series, including sermon plans and instructions for using the video illustrations. It also includes instructions for implementing the all-congregation study, along with tips for next steps—ways to follow up after the month-long experience has ended. Church leaders and members should all read the original Get Their Name book during the month of this church-wide experience.

Get Their Name: Coordinator's Guide: Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

The Participant Guide is a workbook to facilitate the layperson’s experience as the church studies Get Their Name. It includes group and individual activities, and personal devotional material. Church leaders and members should all read the original Get Their Name book during the month of this church-wide experience.

Get Their Name: Participant Workbook: Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

In the book Get Their Name, authors Bob Farr and Kay Kotan show how people can share their faith with others in natural, genuine ways, drawing all kinds of people to Christ. The next step for many churches is to implement the Get Their Name approach as a congregation, an all-church approach to building a culture of invitation. This is a two-pronged program, including a group study and a sermon series. This DVD includes a conversation-starter video for each week of the study, plus a promotional video to introduce people to Get Their Name and invite them to the study and/or sermon series. 1. Get Their Name Promotional Video (1:10) 2. Week One: Do You Know Your Own Story? (2:59) 3. Week Two: The Person Behind The Need (2:47) 4. Week Three: Being An Everyday Christian (2:43) 5. Week Four: Are You Prepared? (4:50)

Get Their Name: Videos: Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church offers prescriptions for the top ten issues seen during church consultations. Bob Farr and Kay Kotan share their expertise from working with churches across the country, detailing the most common concerns and obstacles, and then go straight to the point: What to change, and how, for positive results. They offer a helpful approach to fixing common problems, and strategies to help congregations achieve success in specific areas of ministry. Proven success stories offer practical application, inspiration, and hope.

10 Prescriptions for a Healthy Church

In Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church, authors Bob Farr and Kay Kotan offer the top ten prescriptions for issues seen during church consultations. Farr and Kotan share their expertise from working with churches to detail the most common concerns and obstacles found when consulting with congregations. In their conversational style, Farr and Kotan offer a practical approach to fixing common problems, offering strategies sure to help congregations achieve success in specific areas of ministry. Proven success stories offer application, hope, and practicalities from benefiting congregations. The Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church Workbook provides the critical next step. Church leaders can use this resource with their teams, small groups, and staff to power-boost the book’s ideas in their own church context. The workbook is formatted to function as an individual study, too. The Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church: •Creates conversation starters for group discussion or personal reflection •Poses powerful questions, which can lead to honest and authentic reflection and evaluation •Encourages group participants to process the information together, increasing understanding and commitment •Stimulates calls to action, increasing the likelihood of real and sustainable change in the congregation

Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church Workbook

United Methodist Bishop Bob Farr offers 52 tips for both lay and ordained Christian leaders.This book is Bishop Farr's attempt to share some of the "obvious wisdom" he has obtained as he approaches 40 years in ministry. Whether you read the book from cover to cover, or read one chapter each week, our prayer is that your path will be made more clear by the words contained within.

Obvious Wisdom: 52 Tips for Effective Ministry

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