5 MINISTRY KILLERS AND HOW TO DEFEAT THEM

BETHANY HOUSE PUBLISHERS

If you are serious about staying focused and faithful in your ministry, you should read this book and be encouraged.—Ed Stetzer

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Are You a discouraged Pastor? What Frustrates You in Ministry?

Has your dream of making a difference for God brought more frustration than happiness? Are you suffering from pastoral burnout or depression? Do you wonder if it’s time to move on–or out? Have you recently searched for openings in other churches? Thought about selling insurance? Getting your Realtor’s license?

Every church is different, and your situation is unique, but common threads of pastoral burnout and frustration lurk in every church. Using unpublished, commissioned research from the Barna Group, LifeWay and Christianity Today, I used my thirty years in the ministry to identify five potent killers in pastors’ lives:

• A head-in-the-sand mentality that denies problems
• Emotional investment in the wrong issues
• Unhealthy responses to ministry frustrations
• A lone ranger attitude that says “God and I can handle this”
• Attitudes and actions that lead to lonely, hurting spouses

Regain the hope and enthusiasm you once had for ministry! In 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them, I…

• Show how to defeat obstacles with the potential to kill your ministry
• Illustrate healthy ways to respond to depression, burnout and aggravating issues
• Minimize the draining effects ministry places on you and your family (with a chapter on a Pastor’s wife’s challenges written by my wife, Sherryl)
• Demonstrate how to share with others what they can do to help

By learning to open up with vulnerability, own up with humility, show up with integrity and speak up with courage, we can experience healing and renewed joy in service to Christ, our families and our churches.

Daughters Gone Wild – Dads Gone Crazy

Thomas Nelson Publishers

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Fifteen psychologists, twelve secondary schools, four expulsions, four rehabs, two house-arrests and innumerable arguments… the cast and plot line for a season’s worth of Law & Order? No. This was the real-life drama of my daughter’s adolescence. Heather, the once rebellious teen, sat down with me to pen an insider’s guide for parents and teens alike.

Heather and I don’t offer Cleaver family ideals or promise Brady Bunch thirty-minute solutions. Instead, we share the realities of our 6-year nightmare, in the hopes of fostering hope for the millions of families trying to survive the years from thirteen to eighteen. Replete with faith, honesty and practicality – this book offers yo the reader nine practical lessons and provides a compass for even the worst tempests of teen rebellion.