TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyer,Keith
TI  - Whole life transformation: becoming the change your church needs 
SN  - 9780830867455
AV  - BV4011.6 .M49 2010eb
U1  - 248.8/92 22
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Books
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Spiritual formation
KW  - Clergé
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - Formation spirituelle
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The transformation gap -- The double life -- What ministry masks -- Church as business -- Interlude -- Formation by family and friends -- Church as a catching force -- Training for a trust that obeys -- Ruling in kingdom life -- Leaving the results to God
N2  - Ministry to others and growing the church were the center of Keith Meyer's life. And yet he was arguing with his wife about how many nights a week he was spending in meetings. His temper was short, and he was exhausted. Keith writes: ""I can see that I was pursuing a twisted idea of 'success'--not in the secular forms I regularly preached against, but in the sanctified activism and workaholism sometimes called 'professional ministry.' A growing church, defined mostly by higher attendance at church services, more and more programs, and bigger budgets and buildings were the marks of a successful
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