Pastoring with a Purpose - Part 2 (Spring Term)

FOR PASTORS ONLY!

A Church Growth Course
This is a 14-week Pastoral Training Course  

• How to overcome barriers and obstacles that stand in the way of you reaching your church goals 
• How to be a more successful pastor
• Why the pastor should teach a Bible class in His church
• How to pay less taxes legally
• How to train your people to give more
• How to get more men into the church
• You'll Know how to Build a leadership core
• How to move a church from traditional to being a New Testament Church

Spiritual Development

• How to develop a praying church
• How to have a youth ministry that will lead teenagers to Christ
  • How to help teenagers grow spiritually
  • How to help cut down on teenagers having children out of wedlock
  • How to help keep your teenagers from using drugs
  • How to organize youth workers
• Singles Ministry
  • Learn the real needs of single women in the church
  • Learn what is involved in a single parents ministry
• How to communicate what you expect of your church members
• How to help new members come to church and get involved through a Spiritual Sister and Brother ministry
• Why the pastor needs to have other trained biblical counselors besides himself
  • The need for a church counseling ministry
  • How trained biblical counselors help single parents
  • How trained couinselors can help lift the pastoral counseling load from the pastor
  • Why deacons are more effective when they have been trained to counsel biblically

Christian Education

• Why every church should have a new member class
• What should be in a new members class curriculum
• The importance of the Sunday School for church growth
• How to train Sunday School superintendents
• How to train Sunday School teachers
• Leadership training
• Marriage training
• Deacon (Trustee) training
• Tithing training material

Family Ministry

• How to develop a ministry to families
• How to minister to your wife and children
• Family evangelism
• Special resource people and organizations that can help your families
• How to train female members of your church to win their husband to Christ

Church Finance and Property

• The purpose of church finances
• How to develop Christians to give
• Pastor's income tax
• How to train your church to pay you a fair income
• How to manage church finances and record keeping
• What you must have in place in order for a bank to give you a loan
• What you must have in place in order to receive a foundation grant

Preaching with a Purpose

• How to preach for spiritual change and growth
• Preaching that causes your members to study the Bible
• Preaching to life's problems

Staff

• Why the pastor can usevolunteerhelp
• How to develop a volunteer staff
• Why every pastor needs a secretary
• How to develop a paid part-time and full-time staff

Church Discipline

• What the Bible teaches about it
• What are the blessings of church discipline
• What are the problems of church discipline

Benefits

• Right away, you will be able to put things you are learning into action
• You will be able to discuss your ministry problems with an experienced group of pastors who will try to help resolve your problems
• You will be able to save money when purchasing training materials for your church
• You will save hours of research on how to start or change a ministry in your church

What You Receive

• An evangelism ministry plan you can use in your church
• For every area of church development, you will receive a resource list for further help
• Forms for training your leaders to keep better minutes of their meetings
• Free printed resources that you especially need for your church

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