What Is Your Church's Personality?: Discovering and Developing the Ministry Style of Your Church (Paperback)
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Publisher: P and R Publishing Company Author: Douglass, Philip D.; Douglass, Phillip ISBN-10: 1596380225 | ISBN-13: 9781596380226 Binding: Paperback
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Churches are different! A pastor or program that receives enthusiastic praise at the church down the street cold create heated conflict in yours. Why? Because the personalities of your churches are unique. decision-making guded by the discovery of your distinctive ministry style will reveal the most fruitful direction for your church.
- Helps churches to determine the most suitable minister or church leader.
- Helps ministers to match their personalities to the most suitable church.
Table of Contents
Part 1: What Is Church Personality?
- The Value & Importance of Church
Personality
- Communicating Church Personality
- A Church Personality Diagnostic
- Determining Your Church's Personality
Part 2: The Eight Church Personalities
- The Fellowship Church
- The Inspirational Church
- The Relational Church
- The Entrepreneurial Church
- The Strategizer Church
- The Organizer Church
- The Adventurous Church
- The Expressive Church
320 pages
About the Author: Philip D. Douglass serves as Chairman of the PCA's Committee on Mission to North America and continues as a member of MNA on the national and presbytery levels and as an advisor to Midwest MNA.
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Philip has tackled an extremely important and neglected area demonstrating the cruciality of understanding a church's personality and the giftedness and leadership style of the pastor. - Frank Barker, Pastor Emeritus, Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama
An immensely helpful book that will help pastors, lay people and pastoral search committees understand the personality of their churches so they can plan and staff according to their unique mix of gifts rather than according to naive assumptions, idealistic expectations or simplistic reactions. - Dr. Bryan Chapell, President, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO
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