Effective Pastoring: Giving Vision, Direction, and Care to Your Church

by Bill Lawrence, Charles R. Swindoll (Editor)

"A great deal of confusion exists today as to what pastors are to be," Lawrence writes. "Are they chaplains, CEO's, preachers, managers, or counselors? Paul gave us the answer long They are to be equippers, disciple-makers." Just as the great artist Michelangelo took a chipped and flawed piece of marble and transformed it into a masterful sculpture of David, so does a pastor with his flock. "This is pastoring", writes Lawrence, "serving as sculptors of souls."

Genres: Church Ministry

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 7, 1999

Reviews

[Chris Risley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is encouraging and has material on leadership I haven't seen elsewhere, like 'deficit thinking.'

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The beginning half of this book was very good and applicable to anyone who is serving in Christian ministry in any way. It is good for checking your heart attitude. If your church isn't set up with the kind of structure he talks about, the second half will still have some good pointers for growth and maintaining unity.

[Ian Hammond · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very readable and contains valuable insight. Hope to remember to grab this off the shelf in the future.