Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design [Paperback]

Aubrey Malphurs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Connect personal ministry with divine design. Aubrey Malphurs's new edition of the popular book Maximizing Your Effectiveness puts multiple tools, inventories, and worksheets in your hands, empowering you to minister according to God's unique design and purpose for your life.

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From the Back Cover

Make sure what you do matches who you are.

Every Christian wants to know, "What is God's ultimate purpose for my life?" Whether volunteering part-time or involved in full-time vocational ministry, it can be a struggle to know how you fit and where you can best serve within the body of Christ.

Maximizing Your Effectiveness will help you match who you are--your unique spiritual gifts, passions, temperament, talents, and leadership style--with the ministry areas where you can best serve Christ's church. This practical guide will take you step-by-step through the process of reaching your full ministry potential for the kingdom of God.

In these pages you will discover the peaceful satisfaction that comes from living and serving according to your divine design.

Aubrey Malphurs is professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. A nationally recognized expert on leadership issues, he is the author of more than fifteen books and the president of The Malphurs Group (www.malphursgroup.com), a training and consulting organization.

About the Author

Aubrey Malphurs, (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. A nationally recognized expert on leadership issues, he is the author of more than fifteen books and the president of The Malphurs Group (www.malphursgroup.com), a training and consulting organization.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Baker Books; 2nd edition (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801066123
• ISBN-13: 978-0801066122
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Aubrey Malphurs (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary and president of The Malphurs Group. He engages in church consulting and training and is the author of numerous books, including Developing a Vision of Ministry in the Twenty-first Century.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many great resources rolled into one for beginning ministry!, May 6, 2001

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Dan Doty (Springfield, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design (Paperback)

Malphurs' book, Maximizing Your Effectiveness, has been one of the greatest books I've read as a seminary student thus far. If you've felt a call of God on your life to participate in ministry on any level, this book will set you on a course for sure success. It's a great resource for gaining a knowledge of who you are in Christ, what your God-given talents and abilieties are, and how they come to play in the ministry God is calling you to. The book uses a very practical approach to discovering your ministry gifts and helps you to understand the development process, thus aiding in the laying of a proper foundation for your future ministry.

The appendixes are packed with simple assessments, inventories, and indiciators which you can take to help discover and develop your divine design. A must read for those beginning in ministry or those who have been struggling with finding your proper place in ministry!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thought Provoking, August 23, 2007

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Robert S. Massie "Book Addict" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design (Paperback)

Malphurs wants those who minister to the body of Christ to realize that they can best fulfill their ministry by knowing themselves. This is done by discovering their God given design. Their divine design is made up of spiritual gifts, passion, natural gifts, temperament, leadership styles, and learning preferences. Once a person has an understanding of their divine design they can then develop a plan for ministry; a plan that will bring the maximum glory to God

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Malphurs' Magnificence!, April 7, 2005

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David R. Bess (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maximizing Your Effectiveness: How to Discover and Develop Your Divine Design (Paperback)

From the heading given above, I am obviously a Malphurs' fan. He consistently provides titles that are helpful for ministry, and this one is no exception. Here he brings together advice on vision, spiritual gifts, personality, leadership style and natural gifts into one integrated volume.

Unlike many of his other books, this book focuses not on the church but on the individual. I recommend it for any Christian desiring greater insight as to how God desires to use him in ministry. This one is well-worth the price!