ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
Toward Excellence in Life and Ministry
Winter 2011
What if our lives are motivated by a deep inner desire for what Jim Collins, in his book, Good to Great, calls “unadulterated excellence”? Imagine for a moment what our lives, families, relationships, ministries, churches, and communities could look like if, in our “unadulterated” pursuit of excellence, we lived by the slogan, “Aspire to Something Greater Than Yourself.” A great deal of thought and prayer has gone into this issue’s theme, “Toward Excellence in Life and Ministry.” May the articles and authors challenge you to “Aspire to Something Greater Than Yourself.”
Articles:
- Introduction Aspire to Greatness
- Personal Soul Care
- Toward Excellence in Life and Ministry
- Get a Life
- SIDEBAR: 10 Steps to Setting Life Goals
- Excellence in Prayer
- Becoming Strong Again
- SIDEBAR Daily Debriefing Lowers Stress
- Necessary Endings, Pruning, and the Balanced Life
- Caring For Your Intellect
- SIDEBAR: Growing Intellectually
- Caring for Our Bodies
- Caring for Your Family
- Eliminating Obstacles to a Healthy Ministry
- SIDEBAR: Character Really Matters
- Chair No. 3
- SIDEBAR: How To Keep Your Leaders From Losing Heart
- Relationally Based Ministry
- SIDEBAR: Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am?
- SIDEBAR: Portrait of a Friend--Relationally Based Ministry
- Coming Out of the Desert - He Restores My Soul!
- Apostasy and Backsliding
- Seven Skills for Fair Fighting in the Fellowship
- Abstinence From Whine
- The Grand Design - Truth Or Fiction?
- Human Enhancement
- The Value of Succession Planning in the Church
- Don't Expect Others to Help
- Growing in Leadership
- Getting Rid of the Small-Church Mentality
- The Top 10 Things To Learn in Pastoral Ministry