Body Building: Creating a Ministry Team Through Spiritual Gifts (Leadership Insights Series) - Softcover

Bauknight, Brian K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687017106 ISBN 13: 9780687017102

Publisher: ABNDP - Abingdon Press, 1996

Synopsis

God gave Moses the vision to build a tabernacle, but Moses did not build it by himself. Church leaders engage in a similar endeavor. They a) see what is inside other potential leaders, b) use leadership, discernment, and management skills to bring the potential out, and c) avoid standing in front of the future leaders once that skill becomes obvious. Body Building  is about creating a networked ministry team from within a congregation by identifying and matching spiritual gifts with the core purposes of the church. Brian Kelley Bauknight describes the processes for accomplishing this, processes which he has tested in his own congregation. In an era when our institutions and businesses are finding new ways to be in partnership with one another,  Body Building  shows how a church can accomplish its mission without adding to the financial overhead with full-time, salaried ministers who are hired "to do the ministry".

About this title

About the Author

Brian K. Bauknight is senior pastor of a church in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and is the author of On a Wing and a Prayer: Devotions for Busy Christians (Dimensions for Living).

From the Back Cover

God gave Moses the vision to build a tabernacle, but Moses did not do that by himself. Church leaders engage in a similar endeavor. They a) see what is inside other potential leaders, b) use leadership, discernment, and management skills to bring the potential out, and c) avoid standing in front of the future leaders once that skill becomes obvious. Body Building is about creating a networked ministry team from within a congregation by identifying and matching spiritual gifts with the core purposes of the church. Brian Kelley Bauknight describes the processes for accomplishing this, and he has tested it in his own congregation. In an era when our institutions and businesses are finding new ways to be in partnership with one another, Body Building shows how many church can accomplish its mission without adding to the overhead with full-time ministers who are hired "to do the ministry".

Edition details

• Publisher: ABNDP - Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0687017106
• ISBN 13: 9780687017102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118