Ministry Essentials Bible: New International Version

by Hendrickson Bibles

From helping someone with depression to discovering "best practices" for discipleship, quickly find solid overviews and field-tested tips right in your Bible with the Ministry Essentials Bible. Featuring over 250 overviews and articles from over 180 trusted leaders, this Bible is a one-stop resource for anyone in ministry whether you are a volunteer, lay leader, or full-time pastor. Rooted in realistic, life experiences (not just "theory"), it shares actionable advice for common ministry challenges. It even includes full scripts for weddings, funerals, and other church events. This is a must-have resource for anyone in ministry! It is the ONLY Bible that features 250 articles from Christianity Today and Leadership Journal . Plus, it features easy-to-read font, large margins, book outlines, cross-references, ribbon markers, a complete Bible concordance, and more! Here's just a few of the 250 articles included in the Ministry Essentials Bible.

2016 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2014

Reviews

[Michael Harshman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have seen ministry Bibles before so I was curious about taking a look at Hendrickson's "NIV Ministry Essentials Bible" to see how it stacked up against the others that I have seen, such as Holman's KJV Minister's Bible.  Hendrickson's NIV Ministry Essentials Bible is a tad on the thicker side (at 1 1/2" thick) to where most people might opt for a thin-line Bible to carry around with them.  However, don't let that dissuade you as the content in this Bible is very good. There are excellent teachings on many different subjects that people in ministry and Christian leadership will find very useful.  It contains around 250 brief, yet very practical articles that go along with  main themes of ministry such as Spiritual Leadership, Preaching Corporate Prayer and Discipleship, The Leader's Spiritual Life, Shepherding Others and Evangelism and Social Justice and then are broken into different categories.  Also, following the text of the book of Revelation, there are over 60 pages of practical resources for ministry and leadership that cover pastoral events like Funerals, Grief Counseling, Hospital Visits and Weddings, to Church Events like Baptisms, Dedications, and more.  Going on with Family Events, and Life's Tough Questions and much more.  From a design perspective, this Bible is very easy to read with a pleasing font and nice, clean layout.  I really think that if you are in Christian leadership of any kind, you will find that this Bible is very helpful in many situations that you will eventually encounter in your ministry.  I received a copy of this Bible in exchange for this review from Hendrickson Publishers and all opinions are my own.

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