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George B Thompson
Twelve-year-old Hardy has moved to the mountains with his widowed mother. The boy loves exploring the land around the family cabin, looking for signs of generations gone by. Hardy makes…
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By culture, George B. Thompson Jr. means not just racial, ethnic, economic, or regional culture, but also a congregation’s way of doing things–its history, customs, conventions, and procedures. In order…
This is a book that tries to help church members step back and see the bigger picture. An effective pastoral relationship is more like a couple who loves to dance…
A vision is not a mission statement, declares George Thompson. In the throes of establishing their congregational identity, many church leaders resort to developing a mission statement which gets put…
This book by George B. Thompson will help you make the most of your time, talents and treasure by showing you how to pinpoint where you are getting stuck, and…
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Even in this new age of online banking and personal accounting apps, people still struggle every day with their finances. For many, simply making ends meet is difficult. Others may…
Beverly A Thompson,George B Thompson
What makes the difference between those who aspire to lead and those who actually do it? What does anyone need to know about themselves and others, in order to be…
George B. Thompson, Jr.
Most congregations today exist in what George Thompson calls the middle of anywhere. They live comfortably with their surrounding culture, focusing their energies on serving the needs of their current…
George B. Thompson,Beverly A. Thompson
Every community of faith journeys through periods of transition. In Grace for the Journey: Practices and Possibilities for In-Between Times, authors Beverly and George Thompson invite congregations to open themselves…
Thompson, a prolific author of church leadership resources, believes the continuing decline in membership of mainline denominations and the increasing number of multicultural and multiracial churches call for a new…
Beverly A Thompson
If you are like most pastors, you earnestly thought you knew what the congregation you are serving was like when you answered God’s call to serve them. Something has opened…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
The Bible is not easy to figure out! Churches are filled with adults who are too embarrassed to admit their sketchy knowledge, and jumbled impressions, of biblical material. Even seminary-trained…
Douglas J Bixby
Bixby discusses the ways in which churches can restructure themselves and work through issues that are causing stagnation.
Anthony B. Thompson,Denise George
After the murder of his wife during the Charleston church shooting, Anthony Thompson chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter. Though many questioned his reasoning, as they witnessed this…
William Thompson Read
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
George Thompson (Montserrat College of Art, Massachusetts)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Interim ministry can be tremendously helpful for congregations in transition, and yet, to be successful today interim ministers and churches need to take into account the major changes in the…
George J. Thompson, PhD,Jerry B Jenkins
A guide to improved communication shows readers how to avoid the most common conversational disasters, listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy, and use a simple, easily remembered…