Church Health for the Twenty-First Century

by John Marshall Crowe

Overview

What does the Bible have to say about church health? In this new resource from John Marshall Crowe, clergy and lay leaders alike will discover:What are the characteristics of churches where Jesus is the head or not?How to disciple church leaders into a healthy team?Are the Great Commission and the Great Commandment connected to ministry for the mentally ill?How can biblical preaching promote church health?All types of churches and all kinds of pastors will find this a useful and inspiring book for individual or small group study. Helpful questions follow each chapter to assist in stimulating thoughtful discussion and meaningful action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632132871
Publisher:	Histria Christian
Publication date:	03/21/2017
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	177
File size:	760 KB

About the Author

Rev. John Marshall Crowe is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church and a full member of the North Carolina Conference who is now retired. He wrote a quarterly church health column for Sharing The Practice: The International Journal for Parish Clergy for ten years. In 2002, he launched a web site to equip healthier clergy and churches which includes a page with a list of ministries for clergy and clergy spouses who need care. The name of the site is churchhealthdevelopment.comHis experience with mental illness in his family led him to advocate for the mentally ill and their families within the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. He received the 2002 Mental Health Association in North Carolina President's Award in appreciation for his efforts. In 2004, he was elected to serve as a member of the NC-NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) Board of Directors. He is a certified teacher of NAMI's Family to Family Educational Course for relatives of the mentally ill. His web site also contains several pages related to the church's ministry to the mentally ill and their families.In 1979, he received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina; the Master of Divinity degree in 1983 and the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2001 from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He and his wife, Donna have two grown sons.