Table of contents
Renewing Your Church Through Vision and Planning
These books, originally published by Leadership Journal, offer deep dives on pressing issues of ministry and leadership from veteran ministry experts like Eugene Peterson, Fred Smith, Marshall Shelley, and others.
- Introduction
- 1 “I’m the Leader, Now What?”
- 2 Visionary Jazz
- 3 Church of Your Dreams
- 4 Clearing Your Vision
- 5 Hope in a No-Growth Town
- 6 Rekindling Vision in an Established Church
- 7 Leading Into the Future
- 8 Turning Vision Into Reality
- 9 Running Into Reality
- 10 Clarifying the Pastor’s Role
- 11 Understanding the Three Church Systems
- 12 Rising From a Glorious Past
- 13 Pulling Weeds From Your Field of Dreams
- 14 Haphazardly Intent
- 15 Beyond the Firehouse Syndrome
- 16 Why I Don’t Set Goals
- 17 Identifying Priorities
- 18 First Things First
- 19 Managing to Minister
- 20 What’s Behind Your Decisions?
- 21 Secrets to Making Great Decisions
- 22 Dangerous Decisions
- 23 Why Deciding Is Only Half the Battle
- 24 Calling Plays the Players Can Run
- 25 Investing in Small-Church Futures
- 26 The Launch
- 27 Escaping Congregational Doldrums
- 28 Beyond Meeting Needs
- 29 Measuring Success
- 30 Staying Motivated
Vision never comes with all the answers. Vision is, by definition, seeing beyond present possibilities. It means conceptualizing what a church could be like.
Some pastors and church leaders burn white hot with vision. Most of us, however, feel more skilled in other areas of leadership. Our training, we feel, prepares us for one hour on Sunday morning not for the task of guiding a group of people toward a well-defined goal. Yet most us can think visionary terms with the right encouragement and help.
This second volume in the Library of Leadership Development shows how you can help your congregation glimpse and grow toward vitality and spiritual depth to powerfully impact their world. Now, in a never-before-collected lineup, are thirty chapters of expert advice from:
Leith Anderson
Ken Blanchard
Stuart Briscoe
Kennon Callahan
Don Cousins
Peter Drucker
Ted Engstrom
Carl George
Max De Pree
David Hansen
Jack Hayford
Howard Hendricks
Joel Hunter
Paul Johnson
John Koessler
Bob Moeller
Terry Muck
Larry Osborne
Ben Patterson
Eugene Peterson
Wayne Pohl
Dennis Sawyer
Lyle Schaller
Fred Smith
Roger Standing
John Vawter
Charles Yarborough