Subject to Change: What People Want Their Pastor to Know Before Asking Them to Change

Clarensau, Mike

ISBN 10: 1954089899 / ISBN 13: 9781954089891

Verlag: Arrows & Stones, 2022

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1954089899I4N00

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It's hard to walk together if you're facing different directions.

But that's what often happens when a pastor and a congregation start a new journey together. For his part, pastor can see what is, but finds more excitement in imagining what could be. The people? Well, they want a good future, but their eyes are a bit more fixed on current realities and the needs that fill them. Both views matter, but one often wins at the expense of the other and can even derail the happiest of beginnings. Getting on the same page and choosing a common direction make traveling even the largest map truly possible. For a worldwide mission, it's simply not optional.

Many congregations today are facing the need for change. It's been said that change can be fun...if you get to choose it! But change that's chosen for you is another matter altogether. That's why pastors would be wise to listen to the wisdom their congregations can make available today before leaping toward that longed-for future. In this book, longtime pastor and church consultant Mike Clarensau shares what that wise and listening pastor is likely hear from those who find themselves subject to change.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Mike Clarensau has authored numerous books, including A Spirit-Empowered Life, From Belonging to Becoming, Journey to Integrity, Your New Life in Christ, The Sanctity of Life, and We Build People, a discipleship strategy manual used in Assemblies of God churches throughout the United States.Mike and his wife Kerry now reside in Camas, Washington, where they enjoy spending time with their two sons, two beautiful daughters-in-law, and five amazing grandchildren.Mike currently works as a full-time church consultant and has traveled extensively, speaking in camps, conferences, and churches across the nation. He formerly served as Director of the Healthy Church Network, the U.S. Assemblies of God's national effort to aid plateaued and declining congregations. He recently spent seven years filling the role of Dean of the College of Bible and Church Ministries for Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) in Waxahachie, TX. Among the churches they have led, Mike and Kerry pastored Maranatha Worship Center in Wichita, Kansas, for ten years. They have also filled other district and national roles for the Assemblies of God.

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Titel: Subject to Change: What People Want Their ...
Verlag: Arrows & Stones
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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