Personal stories and actionable advice for the spiritually committed, all rooted in a decades of research. Even in a country as religious as the U.S., many people feel disengaged from their faith communities. More than half report that they really don't get the opportunity in their congregation to do what they do best. People just feel disconnected. Maybe it's because those faith communities make unwitting missteps: Pastors ask shy people to be Greeters, or recruit innately disorganized people to coordinate church events. The problem is simply this: Too many people's talents are going unappreciated. But it doesn't have to be this way. Living Your Strengths shows readers how to use their innate gifts to enrich their faith communities. The book --- written by onetime pastors Albert Winseman and Curt Liesveld, and Donald O. Clifton, co-author of the national bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths --- shows people how to identify and affirm their talents, and how to use them for growth and service. Most importantly, Living Your Strengths helps people discover their true calling. The book includes an ID code that gives readers access to StrengthsFinder.com, a personality assessment that reveals user's top 5 talent themes. Spiritual enrichment begins with turning talents into strengths. Living Your Strengths is an indispensable guide to help readers to just that.

Living Your Strengths

Religion & Spirituality

Winseman, Albert L.

Clifton, Don

Liesveld, Curt

Christian Books & Bibles

Gallup Press

Growing an Engaged Church offers unique, research-based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers in this book provocative, eye-opening, and, most importantly, actionable. What if members of your congregation . . . • were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to participate in your church in the past month? • were three times as satisfied with their lives? • spent more than two hours per week serving and helping others in their community? • tripled their giving to your church? What would your church — your parish — look like? And how would you go about creating this kind of change? One thing is certain: Church leaders are never going to inspire more people to be actively and passionately involved in their congregations by doing the same things over and over again. Pastors and lay leaders need something fresh. Something new. The last thing they need is “just another program” or to set up a laundry list of new activities for members. Based on solid research by The Gallup Organization, Growing an Engaged Church will appeal to both Protestant and Catholic clergy and lay leaders who are looking for a way to be the Church instead of just “doing church.”

Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again

- Grounded in a strengths philosophy already embraced by millions of readers - Personal stories and actionable advice for the spiritually committed, all rooted in a decades of research. - Includes an ID code that gives readers access to StrengthsFinder.com, a personality assessment that has had over 1 million completes Even in a country as religious as the U.S., many people feel disengaged from their faith communities. More than half report that they really don't get the opportunity in their congregation to do what they do best. People just feel disconnected. Maybe it's because those faith communities make unwitting missteps: Pastors ask shy people to be Greeters, or recruit innately disorganized people to coordinate church events. The problem is simply this: Too many people's talents are going unappreciated. But it doesn't have to be this way. Living Your Strengths shows readers how to use their innate gifts to enrich their faith communities. The book --- written by onetime pastors Albert Winseman and Curt Liesveld, and Donald O. Clifton, co-author of the national bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths --- shows people how to identify and affirm their talents, and how to use them for growth and service. Most importantly, Living Your Strengths helps people discover their true calling. The book includes an ID code that gives readers access to StrengthsFinder.com, a personality assessment that reveals user's top 5 talent themes. Spiritual enrichment begins with turning talents into strengths. Living Your Strengths is an indispensable guide to help readers to just that.

Living Your Strengths Catholic Edition (2nd Edition): Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

- Basada en una filosofía de fortalezas adoptada por millones de lectores. - Historias personales y consejos viables para las personas comprometidas espiritualmente, todo con base en décadas de investigación. - Incluye un código ID que permite que los lectores ingresen a StrengthsFinder.com, una evaluación de personalidad realizada más de un millón de veces. Incluso en un país tan religioso como los Estados Unidos, muchas personas no se sienten comprometidas con sus comunidades de fe. Más de la mitad declara que, en realidad, sus congregaciones no les brindan la oportunidad de hacer lo que mejor saben hacer. La gente simplemente se siente desconectada. Quizás se debe a que las comunidades de fe cometen errores involuntarios: los pastores les piden a las personas tímidas que actúen como “anfitriones”, o contratan a personas desorganizadas por naturaleza para que coordinen los eventos de la iglesia. El problema es simplemente este: muchos de los talentos de las personas pasan desapercibidos. Pero esto no tiene que ser así. “Aprovechar sus fortalezas” le muestra a los lectores la forma de utilizar sus dones innatos para enriquecer a sus comunidades de fe. El libro, escrito por los expastores Albert Winseman, Curt Liesveld, y Donald O. Clifton (coautor del libro récord en ventas nacional Now, Discover Your Strengths [Ahora, descubra sus fortalezas]) les muestra a las personas la forma de identificar y afirmar sus talentos, además de la forma de utilizarlos en pro del crecimiento y el servicio. Pero aún más importante, Aprovechar sus fortalezas ayuda a las personas a descubrir su verdadera vocación. El libro incluye un código ID que permite que los lectores ingresen a StrengthsFinder.com, una evaluación de personalidad que revela los cinco mayores talentos del usuario. El enriquecimiento espiritual comienza con la conversión de los talentos en fortalezas. “Aprovechar sus fortalezas” es una guía indispensable para ayudar a que los lectores hagan exactamente lo que el título indica.

Viva sus fortalezas: Catholic Edition (Spanish Edition)

Clifton, Ph.D. Donald O.

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Living Your Strengths

Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again

Living Your Strengths Catholic Edition (2nd Edition): Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

Viva sus fortalezas: Catholic Edition (Spanish Edition)