You have to prepare before taking such a prominent role. Read up on this Christian literature to be better equipped to handle whatever comes your way in the church.

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Mardel offers books on administration & finance for church leaders to lead with confidence.

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Minister's Service Manual

The Minister's Service Manual is an essential tool for pastors of any denomination in preparing for worship services, weddings, funerals, benedictions, dedications, baptisms, and more. This handy volume now contains updated information throughout and the best of the Minister's Marriage Manual as well. With these procedures, forms, suggestions, poems, and outlines, ministers will be fully prepared to create an appropriate service no matter what the occasion.

Deacons: Servant Models in the Church

Henry Webb deals with every aspect of the roles and offices of deacons in the church, including the deacon's marriage, wife, children, family life, conduct, priorities, and other pertinent aspects of deacons as role models of servant leadership in the church.

Junior High and Middle School Talksheets

This volume of TalkSheets contains 50 newly improved, ready-to-use discussion starters to get your kids thinking and talking about real life issues.

High School Talksheets

Nothing gets teens talking as much as something epic. In High School TalkSheets: 50 Ready-to-Use New Testament Discussions, you’ll find 52 creative ways to get your youth group talking about epic stories from the New Testament. Covering everything from Jesus’ birth to the stories of Paul, these one-page, reproducible handouts are easy to use and can facilitate meaningful discussions within your youth group.

Junior High and Middle School Talksheets Psalms and Proverbs

This volume of TalkSheets is a newly revised and updated version that contains 50 one-page reproducible handouts to help youth workers jumpstart and lead discussions on relevant topics and interests to junior high and middle school youth of the millennium.

The Complete Book of Zingers

The Complete Book of Zingers by Croft Pentz features a collection of over 5000 amusing one-sentence sermons, proverbs, adages, illustrations, dictums, and truisms. An excellent resource for any home library or for pastors and lay leaders to use for sermon preparation, small group, and Sunday school. Daily Vitamins for Your Soul "Laugh a lot, and when you are older all your wrinkles will be in the right places." "The early fish gets hooked by the same thing the early bird gets credit for." Just as vitamins keep your body strong, these zingers are a daily dose of inspiration for your soul. This collection of witty one-liners is perfect for adding punch to sermons, speeches, newsletters, bulletins–just about any time you want to drive a point home and give people something to mull over. Zingers are organized into more than 150 alphabetical categories, from Ambition to Zeal, so finding the right one is a snap. Keep this book handy for whenever you need to put your finger on just the right tidbit of wisdom.

Everyday Object Lessons for Youth Groups

Here are 45 easy-prep, high-interest object lessons perfect for representing, dramatizing, and illustrating ideas and principles in Bible lessons and talks in junior and senior high youth groups. All that is followed by suggested segues, applications, and directions youth leaders can take in continuing the study or talk.

1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking

Drawn from a broad array of sources, topics in this compilation range from Ability and Acceptance to Words, Work, and Worship.

The Pastor's Manual

Suggestions for performing the various tasks as a pastor. Includes vital information and examples for all types of services and ceremonies.

Now That You're a Deacon

Now that You're a Deacon offers the new deacon a combination of practical guidance and inspiration on character, relationship to church and pastor, stewardship, missions and more.
Now that you are a deacon, there is great work ahead. Going back to the time of the New Testament, pastors and deacons served as brothers in ministry. Today, deacons are fortunate to serve Christ in the same way the original seven did in Acts 6. You have a purpose and a place in the church, and an exciting future ahead.
Chapters include:
- Understand Your Work as a Deacon 
- Serve as Partner with Your Pastor 
- Translate Qualifications into Service 
- Sharpen Your Skills for Deacon Service 
- Become a Caring Witness 
- Support Your Church and Denomination 
- Grow as a Christian Steward 
- Magnify Christ in Your Home 
- Know the How and Why of Deacon Work

The Broadman Minister's Manual

An indispensable interdenominational tool for planning and conducting religious services. Order of worship, baptism, Lord's Supper, wedding, funeral, ordination, and much more.

Spurgeon's Sermon Notes

Spurgeon wrote his Sermon Notes to aid other preachers whose duties left them pressed for time. Originally released as four books, Spurgeon's Sermon Notes are gathered here into one convenient volume for the first time. Features: • 264 sermon outlines, complete with illustrations and commentary • Based on selected texts from almost every book of the Bible • Organized in biblical sequence, for easy reference • Newly typeset version with punctuation modernized for easier reading Spurgeon's Sermon Notes is a classic which provides fresh inspiration and understanding for preachers, study group leaders, or any heart that craves a devotional overview of the greatest book of all time penned by one of its greatest students.