My book, Tell Me A Story: Creating Life-Changing Ministries from Stories, is in print and has hit the bookstores! (Can you tell I’m excited?)
You may order a copy from any of the following sources:
- Xulon Press
- Amazon
- Barnes and Noble
- Apple iBooks
As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, this book describes a simple, step by step way to create or improve ministries. The book is aimed at pastors, lay leaders, and parachurch professionals who are responsible for developing or improving their ministries.
Typically, ministries are created or improved either by adapting existing ministries or by putting together ideas generated by brainstorming sessions. This works adequately for simple ministries, but it is not likely to lead to good results when needed ministries become more complex. The Story Method of my book provides a step by step path to the development or improvement of ministries of any complexity.
The approach of the book begins with simple stories, stories that are written and improved by members of design team. Once the stories are in good shape, the process amounts two things. The first is to turn the stories into a design for the ministry. The second is to lay out a plan for converting the design into a functioning ministry. The steps in both cases amount to answering a few really simple questions and putting the answers into picture form. Then, of course, the plan needs to be implemented, and the ministry can begin. That’s it.
Read the book and continue to follow me on this blog. When you are ready to ask questions or make comments, my contact information is at the end of the book.
Ministry Design 