"Adult ministry poses a unique challenge to churches today-a challenge that many of us fail to meet adequately. The tragic result is an exodus of the best and brightest from our pews, not because these people have changed their theology or abandoned God. They just don't find much at church that seems immediately relevant or compelling. For nearly fifty years Kenneth O. Gangel has been teaching church leaders how to do adult ministry righ ..."
""We believe Christian dads need to learn from God and need to hear from fathers who are living out the relationship." With that, father-and-son authors Kenn and Jeff Gangel launch this highly practical guide to fathering by learning from the attributes of the original-God the Father. Exploring God's ways of communicating, forgiving, disciplining, and loving, the authors build a strong case for their conviction that fathering works best ..."
"Earl H. Gaulke suggests that we should “Listen to the rhythmic chants of
childhood, and you have a key to the what and how of teaching songs. Children
often express the way they feel through these half-spoken, half-sung chants
which seem ..."
"Joyce Hocker Frost and William W. Wilmot, Interpersonal Conflict (Dubuque, Iowa
: William C. Brown Publishers, 1978), 47. 2. See Everett Shostrom's Man, the
Manipulator: The Inner Journey from Manipulation t0 Actualization (Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 1967) for a fuller discussion of this concept. 3. Jay Haley, “An
Interactional Description of Schizophrenia,” Psychiatry 22 (1959):321-332. 4.
Frost and Wilmot, Interpersonal Conflict, ..."
Feeding & Leading(1st Edition) PRactical Handbook on Administration in Churches and Christian Organizations by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2000 by Baker Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8010-6331-2, ISBN: 0-8010-6331-0
"Every church and Christian organization has a leadership and administrative team. But how well is that team functioning? Feeding and Leading, now available in paperback, addresses this key component to effective ministry. Kenneth O. Gangel begins with the foundations of the administrative process and then focuses on the vocational Christian leader--pastor, president, principal, mission executive--targeting such issues as spiritual leade ..."
Team Leadership In Christian Ministry(Updated) Using Multiple Gifts to Build a Unified Vision by KennethO. Gangel Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 1997 by Moody Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8024-9016-2, ISBN: 0-8024-9016-6
"Team leadership is the exercise of one's spiritual gifts under the call of God to serve a certain group of people in achieving the goals God has given them toward the end of glorifying Christ. How is your church or organization governed? Does it have an authoritarian, top-down administration? Is the ministry vision developed by a few top officials, with little input from staff or volunteers?Today the definition of an effective lead ..."
Surviving Toxic Leaders How to Work for Flawed People in Churches, Schools, and Christian Organizations by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 106 Pages, Published 2007 by Wipf And Stock ISBN-13: 978-1-55635-090-0, ISBN: 1-55635-090-2
"Since Jean Lipman-Blumen's The Allure of Toxic Leaders shook the corporate world in 2005, countless articles, books, and Internet blogs have appeared on the topic. Despite such interest and response, no study of toxic leadership had appeared from a Christian point of view until this volume, Kenn Gangel's Surviving Toxic Leaders. Gangel begins by showing that toxic leadership existed throughout biblical history. Making generous use not o ..."
""A history of Christian education must not be confused with a record of the achievements of the Sunday School. The discipline has advanced well beyond that stage, and today's sophisticated students fully understand that no proper concept of the history and philosophy of Christian education can be gained without seeing all the ramifications, implications, and influences that have affected it from pre-Christian times to the present." So D ..."
Coaching Ministry Teams Leadership and Management in Christian Organizations by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2006 by Wipf & Stock Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-59752-657-9, ISBN: 1-59752-657-6
"In competitive sports we prize teamwork. We know that a mature team will usually beat an astounding collection of individual players. The burden of creating such esprit de corps falls to the coach and the team of leaders he has assembled. After all, a team without a coach cannot win. But what happens when the coach himself does not understand the dynamics of teamwork? In a similar manner, every leader of every church is a coach of sorts ..."
Called to Lead(1st Edition) Understanding and Fulfilling Your Role as an Educational Leader by KennethO. Gangel, Acsi Staff Paperback, 315 Pages, Published 2002 by Purposeful Designs Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-58331-025-0, ISBN: 1-58331-025-8
"Tweny separate topics related to Christian school leadership are presented by 20 different authors, representing 600 years of cumulative leadership experience. Veteran administrators as well as first-year leaders will benefit from the topics addressed in the book."
"Biblical Evangelism Must Not Focus on a Building or a Schedule To talk about "
biblical evangelism in the Sunday School" is to create a temptation to box the
task of sharing the Good News into a certain physical structure at a certain hour
of the ..."
Unwrap Your Spiritual Gifts A Complete Coverage of God-given Abilities to Help You Identify and Use Yours by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 117 Pages, Published 1983 by Victor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88207-102-2, ISBN: 0-88207-102-5
"This fourth volume in The Christian Educator's Handbook series--now in paper--is not about family life directly. Rather, it shows churches and ministry organizations how they can carry out effective programs of family life education. Readers will discover that family life education is much broader than counseling and much more valuable than crisis intervention. This handbook will help Christian leaders evaluate their current programs an ..."
"The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching Written by Christian education specialists, The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching is a complete resource on Christian teaching for use in the home, church, and school. Foundations are laid, patterns are presented, varieties of teaching are revealed, and crucial roles in Christian teaching are exposed--all with a view to providing the Christian educator with a helpful handbook on teac ..."
"The history and philosophy of Christian education are woven together to present a holistic look at Christian education, where it's come from, where it is, where it may be going."
Feeding and Leading(Reprint) by KennethO. Gangel Hardcover, 329 Pages, Published 1989 by Victor Books ISBN-13: 978-0-89693-678-2, ISBN: 0-89693-678-3
"He indicated that a "good" layman has traditionally been asked to do four things:
1. regularly attend all church ... ^Walter A. Henrichsen and William N. Garrison,
Layman, Look Up! God Has a Place for You (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983), p."
"How do adults learn? For nearly thirty years the general education field, influenced by the adult education model of Malcolm Knowles, has directed attention to this question. With this book, evangelicals get in on the discussion"
Biblical Leadership Developing Church Volunteers by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 107 Pages, Published 2006 by Evangelical Training Associati ISBN-13: 978-1-929852-80-2, ISBN: 1-929852-80-0
"Do you know what your own special abilities are? Do you know how to use them effectively? The subject of spiritual gifts is one that is much discussed today, and, unfortunately, one that often meets with misunderstanding. What are the spiritual gifts? How many of them pertain to today's Church? How can I know and exercise my own particular gifts?"
The Family First by KennethO. Gangel Paperback, 139 Pages, Published 1976 by Bmh Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88469-106-8, ISBN: 0-88469-106-3
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Christian Parents . ... Concordia Publishing House , 1959 . Erb . Alta Mae . ... New
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