Biblical Eldership Church Leadership

Leading with Love by Alexander Strauch

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“The secret to caring for sheep is love.

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A good shepherd loves sheep.” -- Biblical Eldership, p. 30

If you lead or teach people--whether as a Sunday School teacher, youth worker, women’s or men’s ministry leader, Bible study leader, administrator, music director, elder, deacon, pastor, missionary or evangelist--this book will help you become a more loving leader or teacher. A study guide is also available. "This message is urgently needed by all of us. You may have many talents and spiritual gifts, but without the love that this book speaks about, you don’t really have much at all." -- George Verwer, Founder, Operation Mobilization "Leading with Love demonstrates that love is indispensable for effective spiritual leadership. I hope this insightful study will receive the enthusiastic response it deserves and that it will be widely read." -- Dr. Vernon Grounds, Chancellor, Denver Seminary If You Bite 8C Devour One Another: Biblical Principles for Handling Conflict by Alexander Strauch Conflict in churches is a pervasive problem we know all too well. In [fl’ou Bite (2‘ Devour One Another, Alexander Strauch examines the biblical passages on conflict and discusses key scriptural principles for handling various kinds of conflicts among Christian--whether personal disputes, issues of

, Christian liberty in lifestyles, congregational matters, or dis- : agreements about important doctrines. The book empha sizes Spirit-controlled attitudes and behaviors through solid Bible exposition and true-to-life stories of Christians han dling real-life conflicts in a Christ-honoring way. "This book will increase your love for what God teaches in His Word on conflict and how to handle it.... Strauch's book...is so insistently and unapologetically focused on the biblical text that I feel as if I've had a rich devotional time every time I complete a chapter." -- Mark Tubby, discerningeader. com

"This book is an excellent must—have resource for handling conflict... What did I like about the book? Strauch has gone straight to where all Christians should go: the Bible. Just like the Bible does, Strauch calls us to change our attitudes and behaviors through the power of the Holy Spirit.... What do I not like about the book? That everyone has not read it." -- Noel Heih/einen, Pastor, Riverview Church, Holt, M1