Management Essentials for Christian Ministries

I had to use this book for one of my college courses, and I was so helped with the behind-the-scenes of ministry work. As a college student, I’ve always thought of full-time ministry and have been in ministry since I was little, but have always been overwhelmed with the “business” side of ministry. This book has so many good pointers and helps with the overwhelming part of ministry with guides, charts, and good pointers to watch out for. Highly recommend for young leaders!

Where internal church organization and planning has had to debrief established business practices, this is a well written and easy to follow and understand comprehensive guide for all of the organizations and committees inside a church. Totally non-denominational, chapters reveal planning stages and steps, and why they are important. We don't want to hurt anyone's feelings in the church. Planning and management guidelines provided are relevant and action oriented. We don't just put it in God's hand to accomplish, we open and read this essential book He has delivered.

I learned a lot from this book. Information within this book I can use for life and for wherever God installs me in to work. Biblical leadership/management is key for a Christian regardless if it's in the home, business, church, society, politics, etc. This book will help aid you in becoming a better Christian leader/manager. It is full of applicable biblical verses to help aid a believer into becoming a Christian leader/manager, but more importantly, a man of God!

Although the intellectual material in this book is very informative and useful, a great reference book, the book itself is very poorly constructed. I purchased it new and had to send the first one back because it arrived with some of the pages already fallen out. I'm handling the second one gingerly because it has pages that are just barely hanging onto the spine. This refers to the B&H 2005 edition.

This is an A tHru Z approach to the things explaining what management is all about and uses Christian Ministries to identify how it is done. The Bible is refered to often as a character reference reinforcing the product. The writers are all experts in their fields. This book is a great asset to any Christian workers library.

HAD TO BUY IT FOR REQUIRED READING IN CLASS.

Will use for seminary course.

I read this book for a Church Administration class in Seminary. It serves as a nice resource for Pastors. It deals with nearly every area a Pastor will have to deal with. Although he generally comes from a large church background, those with smaller churches can glean much from its pages.