Matthew Smith, pastor of multi-ethnic and multi-generational churches in urban, suburban and rural communities from Miami to Los Angeles, presents twenty-four Biblical strategies to invigorate and facilitate Christianity's marching orders - the Great Commission - in your community. Growing Missional Leaders is a practical, passionate, Biblical mentoring journey for individuals, small groups, leadership teams and congregations who desire to win their world for Christ. Readers will appreciate the enthusiastic and Spirit-filled hope God provides as Matthew ... * Tells stories - of lost opportunities and successes with friends - that give powerful, encouragement of personal and corporate outreach * Opens Bible passages - again and again - showing God's heart is to bring his lost children home * Provides stimulating discussion questions - at the end of each chapter -providing the stepping stones to launching fresh ministry into your community Believers hungering to reach their world for Christ will be energized by this passionate call to fulfill Christ's Gospel and the invigorating manner in which their thought processes will be stretched to God-sized proportions.
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I was born in Wisconsin. I was unaware of my need for Jesus Christ as personal savior until high school. As a sophomore, my history teacher shared The Four Spiritual Laws with me. I prayed to receive Jesus Christ as Savior and put Christ on the Throne of my life as Lord. Changes happened to me quickly. Soon my Spanish teacher, asked me to help begin a teen Bible study. 40-60 teens were meeting for a weekly study within just a few weeks. Pastor Myron Higby challenged me to consider full-time Christian service. After a trip to the Moody Bible Institute and Trinity College, I began to pray over God's will for my life. God called me to Moody and Trinity. It was at Moody that I surrendered to the call of God for ministry. Marrying the joy of my eyes, Melodee Joy, in 1979 we moved to Southern California in 1980 where I served as a volunteer youth pastor, as a part-time youth pastor and as a missionary pastor. God brought about a life-changing step in Melodee and my life when we accepted the call to the Pico Rivera Bible Church in East Los Angeles County. This was a time of great growth and development from a leadership standpoint for them. Turning around a dying church in a Hispanic community, the next 11 years allowed them to teach and train countless leaders in the Southwest and Mexico through leadership conferences and consulting opportunities. While there, I earned my Masters of Arts in Ministry in Chicago and my Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Theology in Southern California. I have since pastored churches in Iowa and Florida. These opportunities allowed us to expand God's Kingdom and reach out with mission teams throughout the United States, Mexico and France. Currently I am the Transformation (Senior) Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes, California. I have also been adjunct faculty at California Baptist University in the School of Christian Ministries department, California Pacific School of Theology as an adjunct professor of Theology and at Colorado Christian University, as an online professor. My habit of rising early to read the Bible and prayer has been a source of great strength and understanding when it comes to leadership development. I read the Bible at least once per year; enjoying an intimate walk with God with hundreds of answers to prayer every quarter, and hundreds of new insights monthly from God's Word (having read it cover-to-cover some 28 times since 1993).
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As you're building the foundation for a missional approach, you might want to add Growing Missional Leaders: Biblical Strategies to Reach Your World For Christ to your resource list. With a very practical approach, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith has put together an easy-to-use equipping manual that will help give building leaders a systematic approach.
There are several aspects that will make Growing Missional Leaders a valuable resource for your library. First, Dr. Smith has taken an extremely biblical approach. Every chapter leads with a scripture passage and is packed with biblical references. More than a pragmatic illustration of how to do it, Growing Missional Leaders provides the backdrop needed for a biblical foundation.
Second, at a slim 154 pages, the 24 chapter format will make a very doable assignment for teams exploring the missional concept. In addition, every chapter concludes with a set of questions that will make discussion easy.
Third (and this might be most important), for certain kinds of churches considering this move, this is a book that will come across in just the right way. It's formatted just right to seem innocent and educational. Trust me, and you know who you are, this is a book that will be an eye-opener for some members of your leadership team. It won't appeal to everyone, but for certain kinds of churches, Growing Missional Leaders will make a lot of sense. Better yet, the discussion that follows will be a provocative step in the direction of Kingdom impact.
I like the simple approach of Growing Missional Leaders and think Dave Ferguson has it right in his forward. "If you and your team read and apply what is in this book, you will grow, your church will grow and the Kingdom of God will grow."
There are several aspects that will make Growing Missional Leaders a valuable resource for your library. First, Dr. Smith has taken an extremely biblical approach. Every chapter leads with a scripture passage and is packed with biblical references. More than a pragmatic illustration of how to do it, Growing Missional Leaders provides the backdrop needed for a biblical foundation.
Second, at a slim 154 pages, the 24 chapter format will make a very doable assignment for teams exploring the missional concept. In addition, every chapter concludes with a set of questions that will make discussion easy.
Third (and this might be most important), for certain kinds of churches considering this move, this is a book that will come across in just the right way. It's formatted just right to seem innocent and educational. Trust me, and you know who you are, this is a book that will be an eye-opener for some members of your leadership team. It won't appeal to everyone, but for certain kinds of churches, Growing Missional Leaders will make a lot of sense. Better yet, the discussion that follows will be a provocative step in the direction of Kingdom impact.
I like the simple approach of Growing Missional Leaders and think Dave Ferguson has it right in his forward. "If you and your team read and apply what is in this book, you will grow, your church will grow and the Kingdom of God will grow."
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