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BOOKS CHRISTIANS IN MINISTRY WILL BENEFIT FROM

Books Christians in Ministry will be pleased to know that DreamBuilders Ministry in Motion develops many of their own products based on hands-on ministry experience.

These are books Christians in ministry will find valuable as they give insight into how to improve existing ministries and establish new ministries.

Most of these resources come in downloadable pdf format (also known as ebooks). The convenience of the pdf documents is that there are no shipping fees and after payment you will be redirected for immediate download. There is no waiting.

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Successful ministry begins by teaching your church members that they, not their pastor, are ministers and by helping them understand what spiritual gifts are, how they are gifted and where they should be serving. We recommend the following books Christians resources:

Ministry in Motion offers spiritual gifts inventory discovery resources for both personal study and group study to help individuals complete their own spiritual gifts assessment while learning about their abilities and skills, and where they are best designed to serve. These resources help individuals understand spiritual gifts, their talents, skills, experiences and personality and how they can be used to serve God and church.

PHASE I - Spiritual Gifts and Ministry Discovery. Begin by teaching your church members that they, not the pastors, are ministers and by helping them understand what spiritual gifts are, how they are gifted and where they should be serving. We recommend the following resources:

M001 Made for Purpose, Discover Your G.A.P.P. for Individual Study, Small Group Leaders, Sunday School Teachers
M006 Discovering My Ministry, Filling the G.A.P.P Seminar Teacher Manual. A one-day format for teaching members about their spiritual gifts and design
M007 Discovering My Ministry, Filling the G.A.P.P Student Manual. The manual that students need for the one-day seminar course.

PHASE II - Equipping for Ministry. Finish the equipping process by getting members involved in ministry, finding qualified volunteers to help run your program, promoting ministry, tracking ministry and by recognizing and appreciating volunteers.

M004 Putting Ministry in Motion
M005 Ministry Consultant Training Manual

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PHASE I - SPIRITUAL GIFTS & MINISTRY DISCOVERY TOOLS

M001. MADE FOR A PURPOSE
DISCOVERING YOUR G.A. P. P. (GIFTS, ABILITIES, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE & PASSION) FOR MINISTRY

Use with Phase I resources or independently. Discover your spiritual gifts and how to use those gifts, along with your passions, abilities, personality and experience for ministry. This book written by Teena Stewart, includes 12 interactive lessons that allow you to write notes as you survey spiritual gifts and learn more about your unique design. This is a great resource for those wishing to learn on their own, for small group leaders, or teachers who wish to teach a series of classes regarding spiritual gifts. Includes biblical and real life examples of each spiritual gift and illustrations of people who have them. Also comes with a spiritual gifts questionnaire and a Try It Out, TIO ministry opportunities that you can try out to see where you fit in ministry.

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SpiritualGiftQuestionnaire Q001 SPIRITUAL GIFTS QUESTIONNAIRE

Ministry in Motion developed this unique Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire as a tool to help people discover their spiritual gifts. This is the same spiritual gifts questionnaire that is included in all of our spiritual gifts books including Made for a Purpose, and the Discovering My GAPP for Ministry Teacher and Student manuals.

To gain the best understanding of spiritual gifts and how they work we suggest you utilize this questionnaire along with our other spiritual gifts resources because the gifts often need a more in-depth explanation than the questionnaire provides.

Individuals and churches can order downloadable copies of the questionnaire based on the number of copies needed.

The questionnaire comes in downloadable pdf format in quantities of 1, 25, 50 or 100

Each questionnaire includes:

Easy fill-in-the-blank format

A scoring sheet to determine your most prominent gifts

Suggestions for how to understand your score

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M006 M006. DISCOVERING MY MINISTRY, FILLING THE G.A.P.P., SEMINAR TEACHER MANUAL

Use with Phase I. This is the instruction manual for teaching your own Ministry Discovery Classes. Helps potential volunteers and leaders understand the Biblical concept of gifts-based ministry while identifying their Gifts, Abilities, Personality and Passion (G.A.P.P.) for ministry. Teaching time is approximately 2 1/2 hours.

Books Christians. M006EB E-book 15.00

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M007

M007. DISCOVERING MY MINISTRY, FILLING THE G.A.P.P. STUDENT MANUAL

Use with Phase I. Order along with the Discovering My Ministry Teacher Manual. Designed for an approximate 2 1/2 hour class. This manual allows students to fill in the blanks while they go through the Discovering My Ministry course. The course helps them understand spiritual gifts, and gifts based ministry while discovering their own spiritual gifts and abilities and where they fit best in ministry. Ministry in Motion gives you permission to reproduce additional student copies for as many students as needed provided you do not resell them.

M007EB $8.00 E-book

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PHASE II - EQUIPPING

M004. PUTTING MINISTRY IN MOTION

Use with Phase II. Offering a spiritual gifts/ministry discovery class is the first step in ministry equipping. This manual teaches you how to develop an effective ministry placement process following your class. The book covers:

Recruiting a Ministry Coordinator
Building a ministry team
Recruiting and training ministry consultants
Volunteer placement
Ministry opportunity promotion
Volunteer tracking
Volunteer retention and appreciation
How to hold a ministry fair
How to create newsletters, ezines or web-based zines
Reproducible forms and examples that you can adapt for your own ministry
Much more

Books Christians. M004EB Comes in e-book form (pdf). $15.00

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M005

M005. THE MINISTRY CONSULTANT TRAINING MANUAL Use With Phase II.

A must have resource for Christians in ministry who wish to develop coaches to help others discover spiritual gifts and more. Our book Putting Ministry in Motion discusses the importance and technique of finding and training consultants to help people find their place in ministry. The Ministry Consultant Training Manual is another one of MIM's books Christians will find useful when training church members to help others find their gifts. It deals more in depth with the ins and outs of ministry consulting and is designed to help you train ministry consultants and prepare them for consulting ministry. Comes in hard copy or e-book format.

Books Christians. M005EB. E-book $9.00

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MISCELLANEOUS MINISTRY

SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL SMALL GROUPS: FROM CONCEPT TO PRACTICE

Small group ministry is crucial to your church's health. Small groups not only grow your church members spiritually but greatly contribute to your church's physical growth as well. Healthy church ministry includes developing relationships that assist with the spiritual well-being of members while moving them toward maturity.

This book written by experienced small group leader, ministry consultant and published author Teena Stewart, began as an ebook and is now published by Beacon Hill.

Successful Small Groups covers everything you need to know about developing healthy small groups and training and equipping small group leaders.

Includes important information on:

Launching New Small Groups
Small Group Leader Training
Small Group Troubleshooting
Affinity Group and Recovery Group Info
Coaching & Mentoring Tips
Developing Mission Statements & Guidelines
Small Group Resources
Small Group Care & Outreach Ideas
Tons of Small Group Social Events
Lots More!

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A004. CARE AND COMPASSION WITH COMMON SENSE

Pastors are very busy but many still have to handle calls from needy people asking for charitable donations, financial assistance, food, and more. A Benevolence Team can help you handle pleas for charitable assistance.

The book includes everything you need to know about handling benevolence including directions and guidelines for setting up an effective Benevolence Team, for establishing a Benevolence Board, and for establishing benevolence guidelines.

The book is written with churches in mind but can be adapted for charitable organizations.

Each book includes:

Explanation of what benevolence is and how you can organize and interface existing ministries that might already be present in your church
Examples of benevolence ministries and how they operate
Guidelines for forming a Benevolence Team
Guidelines for screening and selecting Benevolence Board members
Suggestions for how your Benevolence Board might operate
NOTE: This book is no longer available in ebook format. It will be released in the fall as a hard copy through Beacon Hill. (Possibly under a new title). Please check back closer to the release date for purchasing information.)

A005. SIXTEEN WAYS TO SHOW PASTOR APPRECIATION
Some churches show appreciation to their pastors on a specific Sunday or during a designated month. Sixteen Ways to Show Pastor Appreciation is one of those booklets Christians benefit from. It shows that real pastor appreciation is more than a once-a-year incident. Pastor appreciation starts with an attitude. Learn how to see beyond gift giving and thank you notes. This booklet gives suggestions for pastor appreciation and let's you understand it from a clergy person's perspective. It also includes practical gift ideas (not just the kind you purchase) and suggestions for how you can appreciate your pastor all year long.
Books Christians. A005EB Ebooklet $4.00

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M008. DEALING WITH DISCOURAGEMENT
Ministry can be both rewarding and discouraging. Dealing with Discouragement takes a realistic look at discouragement in ministry. It gives suggestions for ways to combat discouragement and triumph over it. There's no fluff in this book and no "get over it" lectures.

Each booklet includes:Biblical examples of leaders who became discouraged and how they coped. Identifiers to know causes for discouragementSuggestions for ways to prevent discouragement from happeningExamples of how negative events and criticisms can cause us to plummetSuggestions for how to pull yourself out of despondency and depressionWays to safeguard yourself from people who want to drag you down or do you harm
Books Christians. M008EB Ebooklet $4.00

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