Author: Daniel D. Busby Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 031026216X Category : Clergy Languages : en Pages : 193
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'Enormously helpful, clear, and comprehensive.' --Publishers Weekly ReligionBookLine The most understandable, easy-to-follow tax guide of its kind---explains complex tax concerns in plain language. For years, ministers have trusted the Zondervan Minister's Tax& Financial Guide to save them time and money. This easy-to-understand workbook simplifies the tax code and offers dozens of tips to reduce your tax bill. For 2006, the guide includes a line-by-line explanation of the 1040 Form as well as information on recent changes in the tax code. Dan Busby also explains the easy steps you can take now to minimize next year's tax bill. This 2006 edition includes: *Sound retirement planning helps *Compensation planning guidance *Maximizing business expense reimbursements *Understanding medical expense reimbursements This publication is also useful to church treasurers and business administrators and to tax preparers who assist ministers. 'Dan Busby masterfully presents these complex issues in a concise, easy-to-understand format.' Simeon May, CPA, Executive Director, National Association of Church Business Administration 'A good reference guide to have at your fingertips through the year.' Nazarene Pensions and Benefits Office 'Sound and knowledgeable advice...written in plain English.' Larry Burkett
Author: Daniel D. Busby Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 031026183X Category : Church finance Languages : en Pages : 225
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'An outstanding resource for anyone handling the financial affairs of a church.' Simeon May, CPA, Executive Director, National Association of Church Business Administration The most understandable, easy-to-follow tax guide of its kind---explains complex tax concerns in plain language. This annual reference guide continues to be one of the few resources offering tax and financial advice to churches and nonprofit organizations. Issues of financial accountability, receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status, accounting for charitable gifts, and other crucial topics receive careful and full discussion. The 2006 edition also contains a thorough description of tax laws affecting churches and other nonprofit organizations, including changes made in 2005, ensuring compliance with all regulations. This guide is indispensable to church treasurers and anyone else responsible for the financial operation of a nonprofit organization. This 2006 edition includes: *Expert advice on handling charitable gifts *Sample policies and procedures *Easy techniques for simplifying financial policies and procedures *Understanding medical expense reimbursements *Key steps in sound compensation planning *Examples of required IRS filings 'This volume will have great value for folks in the financial services end of our various nonprofits as well as churches. It show a great deal of research and careful thought.' Ted W. Engstrom, World Vision 'Because of the completeness of these guides, they should be in every church library and in every pastor's study.' Publishers Weekly ReligionBookLine 'This basic reference guide fills a long-standing need.' ---Larry Burkett's Money Matters
Author: Jim Ruark Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310866278 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 225
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The year was 1931, and in a farmhouse in Grandville, Michigan, brothers Pat and Bernie Zondervan were quietly making publishing history. They started by purchasing and reselling some “remaindered” book from Harper & Brothers, then quickly moved into a publishing operation of their own, which, thanks to faith, industriousness, business savvy, and the right people, prospered in the midst of the Depression. It has been flourishing ever since. What began as Pat and Bernie’s vision has become today’s premier Christian communications company, meeting the needs of people across the world with resources that glorify Jesus Christ and promote biblical principles. This is the story of how it all happened. The House of Zondervan is a fascinating, richly human look at the people and the relationships, the faith and the labor, the struggles and heartbreaks as well as the triumphs, the accomplishments of yesterday and the challenges and opportunities of today, that both make up our heritage and point toward our future. Here are authors who have shaped the face of evangelicalism and helped people across the world experience the power and grace of God’s kingdom. Here too are editors and marketers who have brought to light some of Christianity’s most gifted and important voices. And here are leaders who have not only defined the course of our company but embodied its character and instilled it in those they have led. The story of Zondervan is also the story of its enterprises past and present—a story of retail stores; record and music publishing; bestselling Bibles and Bible translations such as the New International Version; rich and diverse partnerships; constantly shifting relationships in the publishing and bookselling industry; and innovations in marketing, research, product development, and author care that have earned us our place at the vanguard of Christian communications. Above all, the history of Zondervan is the story of lives reached and transformed by the grace and power of God. And it is a testimony to Jesus Christ, the Lord we love and serve, who has been faithful to us as we have strived to be faithful to him. Welcome to The House of Zondervan. We hope you enjoy your stay!
Author: David C. Fisher Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310877342 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 253
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The third millennium. It's a time of tremendous opportunity for the church--and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle Paul's concept of ministry to offer a paradigm that is both biblical and relevant. Paul's view is fleshed out with examples from Fisher's own twenty-five years of pastoral experience, presenting a roadmap for today's pastor that is scholarly, practical, dynamic, and inspiring. The 21st Century Pastor first addressees crucial issues of pastoral identity, the significance of geography, time, and ecclesiology. It then explores Paul's metaphors for ministry (jars of clay, farmers and builders, servants and stewards, and others) to reveal an accurate portrait of an effective, biblical pastor--the kind who will speak to the heart of modern culture rather than languish on its fringes. Filling the rare role of a pastor to pastors, Fisher's sage insights help pastors answer their own identity questions, empowering them to minister to a deeply needy society. Says Fisher, "Pastors who know what time it is will, in the name and power of God, create communities of faith where the values of the Gospel are embraced, taught, and lived out."
Author: T. T. Crabtree Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310099633 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 432
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Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor's Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. Use its contents as is, or tailor it to fit your unique approach. The Zondervan 2020 Pastor's Annual supplies you with: Morning and evening services for every Sunday of the year Sermon topics and texts fully indexed Definitive and usable sermon outlines Devotionals and Bible studies for midweek services Fresh and applicable illustrations Appropriate hymn selections Special-day services for church and civil calendars Meditations on Lord's Supper observance Wedding ceremonies and themes Funeral messages and Scriptures Basic pastoral ministry helps Messages for children and young people Offertory prayers
Author: T. T. Crabtree Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310566355 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 432
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Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor's Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. Use its contents as is, or tailor it to fit your unique approach. The Zondervan 2018 Pastor's Annual supplies you with: Morning and evening services for every Sunday of the year Sermon topics and texts fully indexed Definitive and usable sermon outlines Devotionals and Bible studies for midweek services Fresh and applicable illustrations Appropriate hymn selections Special-day services for church and civil calendars Meditations on Lord's Supper observance Wedding ceremonies and themes Funeral messages and Scriptures Basic pastoral ministry helps Messages for children and young people Offertory prayers
Author: T. T. Crabtree Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0310536197 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 444
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Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor’s Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. Use its contents as is, or tailor it to fit your unique approach. The Zondervan 2017 Pastor’s Annual supplies you with: Morning and Evening Services for Every Sunday of the Year Sermon Topics and Texts Fully Indexed Definitive and Usable Sermon Outlines Devotionals and Bible Studies for Midweek Services Fresh and Applicable Illustrations Appropriate Hymn Selections Special-Day Services for Church and Civil Calendars Meditations on Lord’s Supper Observance Wedding Ceremonies and Themes Funeral Messages and Scriptures Basic Pastoral Ministry Helps Messages for Children and Young People Offertory Prayers
Author: Scott Thumma Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0787994677 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 276
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Drawing on extensive, broad-based, and well-designed research, as well as stories and anecdotes, Beyond Megachurch Myths dispels popluar myths about megachurches while highlighting the diversity within the megachurch phenomenon. Defining a megachurch as a Protestant church that averages at least 2000 total attendees in their weekend services, Scott Thumma and Dave Travis reveal what these churches are and are not, why they are thriving, what their members say about their experiences, and why they have many valuable lessons to teach smaller churches.
Author: Lesley Husselbee Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1441136010 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 264
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Many of the key improvements to social conditions in the United Kingdom have been made by Christians. Most of us would be able to think of such key Anglican figures as William Wilberforce, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury or Dr Thomas Barnardo, but lesser known contributions were made behind the scenes by significant members of the Non-Conformist Churches. This book traces the Free Church contribution to society from 1800 to the present day. It looks at the work of campaigners, co-operative societies, philanthropists and politicians, and traces the ways in which conditions in slums, education, and industry were improved, including work with women and with black and ethnic minorities. There is a growing interest in the part the churches can play today in community development and in the building of social capital. This book will show that some of the things now seen as government initiatives had their origins in the work of Free Church pioneers.
Author: Seong Hyun Park Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1625640609 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 235
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The task of this book is to examine the biblical and theological meaning of the city and our mission within it. It starts with the premise that the garden is lost, and we are headed toward the New Jerusalem, the city of God. In the meanwhile, we dwell in earthly cities that need to be adjusted to God's city: "[T]he fall has conditioned us to fear the city . . . though, historically, God intended it to provide safety, even refuge. . . . We have to band together and act to take back our communities if we are to help God in the divine task of reconciling the world to Godself by assisting God in adjusting our communities to God's New Jerusalem, rebuilding our own cities of Enoch on the blueprints of Christ . . . to go into all the world and share his good news, building the Christian community along the lines of the New Jerusalem, a city of light in which God is revealed." (from the Introduction by William David Spencer)Toward achieving this goal, this single, accessible volume brings together the biblical, the systematic, and the practical aspects of urban ministry by various contributors who are urban practitioners and theologians themselves, and have taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston Campus.
Author: Daniel D. Busby
Author: Daniel D. Busby
Author: Jim Ruark
Author: David C. Fisher
Author: T. T. Crabtree
Author: T. T. Crabtree
Author: T. T. Crabtree
Author: Scott Thumma
Author: Lesley Husselbee
Author: Seong Hyun Park