Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index.

Leadership and church growth -- Using spiritual gifts to focus ministry -- Managing time more effectively -- Goal setting and project planning -- Skills for effective ministry management -- Building a leadership team -- Developing people through delegation -- Using the pastor's planning workbooks -- Obtaining goal ownership -- The berry-bucket theory -- Faith can be learned.

As Carl George and Bob Logan well know, this mentality is changing. Studies of growing churches show that the leadership role of the pastor is a key to church vitality. The ideal role of the church-growth pastor is now being described as an "equipper," rather than an "enabler." This implies pastoral initiative in setting goals, obtaining goal ownership from the people, and mobilizing the laity for effective ministry aimed at accomplishing the goals.