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Seven Practices of Effective Ministry
by Andy Stanley, Lane Jones, Reggie Joiner
from Multnomah Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Excellent Book
  I enjoyed 7 Practices. It was inspiring, practical and will help in refining a ministry philosophy with my staff.

• A book every minister should read
  I have been amiss in not writing a review of this book. It is a great little book on effective ministry. His ideas of seeking the win are great. Everyone wants to be on the winning team, and churches need to define what a win is. Also, his stuff on reviewing ministry is important. So many congregations do the work every year, but some of the programs are dead, but no one will stop them. His thoughts on narrowing the focus are wonderful. Many churches have followed the mega church model of program after... more info

• Ministry as a Baseball Game
  I was made to read this book as a part of a group I was in. I put it off and thought that it was just another book by a famous preacher's son (Charles Stanley). A few pages into this book, I learned why I was made to read it and that Andy Stanley is not just free riding on daddy's coat tails. This book is great, and I don't know how I ran a ministry without its wisdom.
  The book compares ministry to a baseball game through some creative writing during its first half. It then gets technical and explains... more info

• Must read for church leadership groups
  The leadership team of my church did a study using this book, and it absolutely transformed our thinking. The material presented by the staff of Northpoint is liberating for those who have become trapped in a mindset of inward rather than outward thinking in church. This is good stuff--simple and powerful!

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