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10 Habits for Effective Ministry: A Guide for Life-Giving Pastors - Softcover

Erdahl, Lowell

 
9780806629902: 10 Habits for Effective Ministry: A Guide for Life-Giving Pastors

Synopsis

Studies reveal that many pastors are stressed out, discouraged, and tempted to leave the ministry. Giving practical advice and often drawing on examples from his own experience, Lowell O. Erdahl offers support and wise counsel for new and experience clergy alike. Erdahl shows that to provide life-giving ministries, pastors must develop ten key habits, including:bonding with their peoplehaving something to say and saying it wellbecoming lifelong learnerspicking their battles wisely and fighting them fairlyexercising gift-evoking leadership, andrespecting boundaries"We are called in Christ to be life-giving pastors -- proclaiming, bearing, and sharing in attitude, words, and action the new abundant, full 'Life,' with a capital L, that Christ came to give."

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About the Author

Lowell O. Erdahl has served as a pastor, seminary professor, and church leader. He is the author of several books. Erdahl lives in Roseville, Minnesota.

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Studies reveal that many pastors are stressed out, discouraged, and tempted to leave the ministry. Giving practical advice and often drawing on examples from his own experience, Lowell O. Erdahl offers support and wise counsel for new and experienced clergy alike. Erdahl shows that to provide life-giving ministries, pastors must develop ten key habits, including: bonding with their people, having something to say and saying it well, becoming lifelong learners, picking their battles wisely and fighting them fairly, exercising gift-evoking leadership, and respecting boundaries.

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