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Get Their Name Workbook

By: Kay Kotan,Ken Willard

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Power-boost your team's capacity to share faith without anxiety! Most churches and Christians target the wrong people with "evangelism" efforts. The model we use no longer works because it is passive, too polite, and focused in the wrong direction. We are not making new disciples, not adding significantly to Christ's transformation of the world. But there is hope and practical help for churches who are ready to take a new approach. Get Their Name by Bob Farr, Kay Kotan, and Doug Anderson outlines that hope and help. The Get Their Name Workbook provides the critical next step. Church leaders can use this resource with their teams, small groups, and staff to power-boost the book's ideas in their own church context. The workbook is formatted to function as an individual study, too. The Get Their Name Workbook: Creates conversation starters for group discussion or personal reflection Poses powerful questions, which can lead to honest and authentic reflection and evaluation Encourages group participants to process the information together, increasing understanding and commitment Stimulates calls to action, increasing the likelihood of real and sustainable change in the congregation

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Renovate Or Die

10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

Bob Farr asserts that to change the world, we must first change the Church. Rearranging the pews, painting the fellowship hall, or paving the parking lot are just not enough. With clear language and practical tips, this book will inspire and help you organize your church for new life. Learn how to grow your church and discover the commitments that leaders must make to guarantee the fruitfulness of local congregations. --Book Jacket.

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Abingdon Press

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1426715862

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10 Prescriptions for a Healthy Church

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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10 Prescriptions for a Healthy Church

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

Ten Prescriptions for a Healthy Church offers prescriptions for the top ten issues seen during church consultations. Bob Farr and Kay Kotan share their expertise from working with churches across the country, detailing the most common concerns and obstacles, and then go straight to the point: What to change, and how, for positive results. They offer a helpful approach to fixing common problems, and strategies to help congregations achieve success in specific areas of ministry. Proven success stories offer practical application, inspiration, and hope. I love the way this book addresses issues of mission, vision, worship, hospitality, outreach, and other important matters and offers concrete, pragmatic practices to fulfill these without compromising the gospel. This is a refreshing new guide for pastors and laity. --Tex Sample, Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society, Saint Paul School of Theology Bob and Kay have so much experience. They get it: the types of changes most churches need are not new. The pathway to health is not flashy. Basic, steady, strong: That is what you find in this very useful material. -- Cathy Townley, Worship and Church Planting Consultant and Coach, Minnesota Annual Conference, UMC Bob Farr is a powerhouse of a leader who has a great grasp on what it takes for a congregation to discover the path toward vitality and health. As you read the prescriptions in this amazing book, you will see a catalyst for Jesus Christ. --Bob Crossman, New Church Strategist; author, Committed to Christ: Six Steps to a Generous Life Nobody is better than Bob and Kay at explaining the concept -- and the specifics -- of ‘Prescriptions’ than can improve local church health. Very few people have spent more hours in church basements, parlors and sanctuaries across the country helping churches diagnose – and overcome—the real life problems they face. Leveraging years of experience and insights, this book is an easy-to-use, instrumental tool for clergy and laity in churches that are willing to take definitive steps toward a new future. --Jim Ozier, Church Consultant, Coach, Speaker; author, Clip In: Risking Hospitality in Your Church

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Abingdon Press

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1630883166

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Get Their Name: Coordinator's Guide

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Get Their Name: Coordinator's Guide

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

The Coordinator’s Guide is twofold, helping the pastor (or other leader) to implement worship/sermons, and a congregational study experience. It contains worship helps for each week of the series, including sermon plans and instructions for using the video illustrations. It also includes instructions for implementing the all-congregation study, along with tips for next steps—ways to follow up after the month-long experience has ended. Church leaders and members should all read the original Get Their Name book during the month of this church-wide experience.

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1501825445

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Get Their Name

How to Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Douglas T. Anderson,Kay Kotan

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How to Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Douglas T. Anderson,Kay Kotan

Are you 'evangelizing' in the wrong direction?

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1426759312

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Gear Up!

Nine Essential Processes for the Optimized Church

By: Kay Kotan

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Gear Up!

Nine Essential Processes for the Optimized Church

By: Kay Kotan

In Gear Up!, Kay Kotan outlines nine areas of ministry where congregations must intentionally design a process. It is not enough to decide, “We are going to refocus in this direction.” Leaders must decide how and what steps they will take. Who will do what, and when? This concise and exceedingly practical new book can help. “Kay Kotan has long enjoyed a well-deserved reputation among both laity and clergy as a passionate, positive change agent. In her new book, readers will find a rich synthesis of her time-tested insights and hands-on work with local churches of all sizes and circumstances. If your church has slipped into reverse or is stuck in neutral, Gear Up! can help get it driving forward!” —Jim Ozier, Director of New Church Development, North Texas Conference, UMC; author of Clip In and The Changeover Zone from Abingdon Press “Gear Up! is packed with practical information and checklists designed to empower leaders and teams. This book should be handed to every church leader and board member so that they will understand the essential hows and whys of effective ministry in today’s complex world.” —Blake Bradford, Assistant Director for Clergy Development, Center for Vitality, Arkansas Conference, UMC “This is a tactical, practical, nitty-gritty, boots-on-the-ground, systems-oriented book. It gives you a series of diagnostics to run on your church so that you can get on the road to faithful discipling.” —Cynthia Fierro Harvey, Bishop, Louisiana Conference, UMC “Healthy systems lead to healthy churches. Gear Up! is a systems manual to help our churches be healthy so that we can fulfill our mission of making disciples who transform their community and the world.” —Kelly P. Brown, Director for Congregational Vitality, East Ohio Conference, UMC “Kay Kotan understands that sustained growth depends on healthy systems. Gear Up! provides helpful insights and checklists to diagnose the state of your systems so that your church can ‘gear up’ for the long run.” —Phil Schroeder, Director of Congregational Development, North Georgia Conference, UMC

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1501835521

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Get Their Name: Participant Workbook

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Get Their Name: Participant Workbook

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

The Participant Guide is a workbook to facilitate the layperson’s experience as the church studies Get Their Name. It includes group and individual activities, and personal devotional material. Church leaders and members should all read the original Get Their Name book during the month of this church-wide experience.

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1501825461

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Small Church Checkup

Assessing Your Church's Health and Creating a Treatment Plan

By: Kay Kotan,Phil Schroeder

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Small Church Checkup

Assessing Your Church's Health and Creating a Treatment Plan

By: Kay Kotan,Phil Schroeder

Many small membership churches today are faced with the sobering reality of attendance loss and overall decline. This resource provides a guide to help you find hope, alternatives, and the possibility of a new beginning. Included are tools to help you measure your church's vitality, evaluate the results, and diagnose your church's condition, along with several options for treatment plans as you seek to faithfully serve your community. Remember that we can choose our story. If we believe in our hearts there is another possibility, we can be faithful in choosing intentional pathways forward that honor God, the church founders, and generations to come. Follow the steps outlined in these pages to evaluate where you are and what the next steps on your journey need to be as you seek to be a "not yet big church," "a stable, small church," or a church that chooses to close and be repurposed for unexpected new life.

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Upper Room Books

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0881778931

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Small Church Checkup

Assessing Your Church's Health and Creating a Treatment Plan

By: Kay Kotan,Phil Schroeder

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Assessing Your Church's Health and Creating a Treatment Plan

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The Necessary Nine

Things Effective Pastors Do Differently

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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The Necessary Nine

Things Effective Pastors Do Differently

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

Conventional wisdom is that leaders are born, not made. In reality, that is one small piece of the leadership puzzle. The fact is, approximately 10% of church leaders are naturally-gifted leaders who actually don’t need any help. Another 10% of church leaders do not have the capacity to lead nor learn to lead with the skill set needed for the 21st century church. This means approximately 80% of church leaders have the possibility of becoming a more effective church leader. This book is for them. The Necessary Nine contains nine simple axioms for effective pastoral and lay leadership for the church. These axioms have the greatest potential for fruitful ministry. These strategies are straightforward and easy to use. The reader will have “that’s true” moments and learn to put those insights into regular practice. It will help the reader with the simple leadership strategies that, if practiced over and over and over, will change the effectiveness of their leadership, impacting the church and the world. "Bob Farr and Kay Kotan have captured some of the essential qualities of effective pastoral leadership. This book offers something practical and helpful for pastors at every age and stage of ministry. I heartily recommend it." -- Clayton Oliphint, Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Richardson, TX

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Get Their Name: Participant Workbook

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Get Their Name: Coordinator's Guide

Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Grow Your Church by Building New Relationships

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Rheumatic Rarities, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

By: Jonathan Kay

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Rheumatic Rarities, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

By: Jonathan Kay

Guest edited by Jonathan Kay, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics will cover the latest research and evidence surrounding the diagnosis, treatment and management of rarely seen rheumatic diseases.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455773840

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Gear Up!

Nine Essential Processes for the Optimized Church

By: Kay Kotan

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Nine Essential Processes for the Optimized Church

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The Necessary Nine

Things Effective Pastors Do Differently

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Things Effective Pastors Do Differently

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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Renovate or Die

10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

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10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission

By: Bob Farr,Kay Kotan

Be the Church Jesus calls us to be. Bob Farr asserts that to change the world, we must first change the Church. As Adam Hamilton says in the Foreword, “Read [this book] carefully with other leaders in your church...You’ll soon discover both a desire to renovate your church and the tools to effectively lead your church forward.” If we want to join Robert Schnase and claim radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity, we must also engage pastors and motivate churches. We must renovate and overhaul our churches and not merely redecorate and tinker with our church structure. With straight forward language and practical tips, this book will inspire and help you organize your church for new life on the mission field. Learn how to grow your church and discover the commitments that denominational leaders must make to guarantee the fruitfulness of local congregations.

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