Resource Pack #3

In this Partner Pak, we have included four helpful resources we think will encourage and enrich you and your ministry.

Heartland Community Church CD
Heartland Community Church has to be using some of the most unique strategies of any church I know. I had the opportunity to recently meet the two pastors from this thriving church from Chicagoland. Their slogan is “A different way to do church.” I am certain there are many lessons we could glean from their upstart success, but I thought your vision might be enlarged and your ideas stretched by viewing an interactive CD they developed to be used by their members as a give-away to their unchurched friends.

“Unity Factor” by Larry Osborne
Larry Osborne, is the Senior Pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in America, North Coast Church, in Vista, CA. He shares from his life experience as a pastor about the critical issue of unity. He focuses the book on building and maintaining unity on church boards, elderships, ministry teams, etc. A must read for all pastors and board members. The Unity Factor is written from a biblical foundation and offers tested, no-nonsense wisdom to the struggles many teams face in leading the church.

“Good To Great” by Jim Collins
This carefully researched and well-written book disproves most of the current management hype. The book delivers a message that great management is attainable. The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. If you are interested to know what the universal distinguishing characteristics are that cause a company or a church to go from good to great, you will want to read this book.

“Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail” by John P. Kotter
Some of you may have read John Kotter’s book, Leading Change, but for those of you who have not you will enjoy this Harvard Business Review One Point article focusing on one chapter from Kotter’s best selling book. Change initiatives are notoriously messy, and their reliance on soft skills makes most managers uneasy. But there is still a framework that can help you avoid common mistakes that befall change agents. As you pastors know, one of the primary responsibilities of all leaders, including pastoral leaders, is to serve as an agent of change. The format of this article makes it an easy read.