To be a successful church in the '90s, a congregation must outline clear ministry goals and then renovate, build or move to bring these ministries to life. Kennon Callahan advises churches on how to transform their facilities, gather funds, choose an architect to design an effective building, and more.

Building for Effective Mission: A Complete Guide for Congregations on Bricks and Mortar Issues

Religion & Spirituality

Kennon L. Callahan

Christian Books & Bibles

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

From the "Peter Drucker" of church management and bestselling author of Twelve Keys to an Effective Church comes the guidance today's congregations need to strengthen their worship life. Callahan lays out five major components of a successful worship experience and shows how congregations can incrementally implement them in a strategic and systematic way.

Dynamic Worship: Mission, Grace, Praise, and Power : A Manual for Strengthening the Worship Life of Twelve Keys Congregations

Visiting in an Age of Mission: A Handbook for Person-To-Person Ministry

The companion volume to Giving and Stewardship. Written for church leaders, this insightful guide explores developing the church budget, fund-raising for the budget, setting goals for the congregation, and increasing the giving from year to year. Callahan also tackles nitty-gritty issues, such as what types of fund-raising will work best with different members of the congregation.

Effective Church Finances: Fund-Raising and Budgeting for Church Leaders

Kennon Callahan shares a new understanding of leadership, and helps missionary pastors grow their leadership by cultivating new understandings and practices in seven key areas. Callahan guides pastors and key leaders in building on their creativity and imagination in order to revitalize their local churches and advance their missions.

Effective Church Leadership: Building on the Twelve Keys

Twelve Keys to an Effective Church: Strong, Healthy Congregations Living in the Grace of God

Jossey-Bass

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of one of the most trusted and authoritative strategic resources for church leaders In this second edition of his groundbreaking book, Kennon Callahan identifies the twelve essential qualities of successful, growing churches and offers all congregations a way to unlock their potential for effective ministry. The Twelve Keys program balances practical planning with theological understanding to help churches function more effectively as they seek to grow and better serve their members. <ul> <li>Shows church leaders how to claim and expand upon their church's strengths and become a mission growth congregation</li> <li>Explores each of the twelve keys in depth, from mission to visitation to worship to relationships to programs to details of facilities maintenance</li> <li>Based on a time-tested approach that has been used by hundreds of thousands of churches</li> <li>Now incorporates the planning guide (previously a separate publication)</li> </ul> The book includes solid, practical guidelines and tools to help any church become a strong, healthy congregation.

Properties of Matter Under Unusual Conditions

NY Interscience (Wiley)

How can you change a stagnant, inward-focused church of pew-sitters into a growing, outreach-oriented fellowship of believers? In The Pastor’s Guide to Growing a Christlike Church, you’ll discover the keys to creating a vibrant, biblical, spiritually healthy church. William Willimon, H.B. London, George Hunter III, and other well-known church leaders teach you how to:Develop servant leaders among the laity Get laity involved in serving the community Nurture healthy spirituality in the churchDevelop authentic Christian community and fellowshipPlan worship services that bind church members togetherCast a vision for the future of the churchAnd much more!

The Pastor's Guide to Growing a Christlike Church

Stan Toler

William H. Willimon

Darius Salter

Ron Blake

George G. Hunter III

Dr. James Earl Massey

H.B. London Jr.

John C.Maxwell

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City

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