Called And Empowered

"An unprecedented mix of pentecostal theology and mission practice, virtually a manifesto for pentecostal missions. . . . The fullest and finest missiological treatise originating within classical Pentecostalism available."--Russell P. Spittler

It's the new normal. Now all of your employees are Twittering away and friending clients on Facebook. Not to mention customers--who feel obligated to update your Wikipedia entry with product complaints. In this new world, dealing with empowered employees and customers --Insurgents -- is only going to get more challenging. Employees are using this technology in the workplace and customers are using it in the marketplace, and neither obey the rules you set up. This chaos is your future as a manager. You could try to shut it down and shut it off. Or you can harness it and reap the business benefits. According to Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler of Forrester Research (the organization that brought you Groundswell), your defense against insurgents is to enable them. At its heart, this is a book about how to scale the management of insurgency, both the innovation of insurgent employees and the energy of insurgent customers. The key is a process Forrester calls E Triple S, for the four elements of managing insurgents effectively: empowering, selecting, scaling, and socializing. While it's based in current trends, the core concept of Managing Insurgents -- that the next management and innovation challenge is harnessing individuals empowered by mobile, social, and connected technology -- is a new idea. In the wake of Groundswell, dozens of social-technology-for-business books cropped up. And there are plenty of books on improving your customer service. But there's no serious business book about management, marketing, and innovation in the throes of this trend. When Insurgency hits, it will be perceived not just as a sequel to Groundswell but as the start of a new management philosophy.

"Great teams are comprised of ordinary people that are empowered and inspired. They are empowered to solve hard problems in ways their customers love yet work for their business. They are inspired with ideas and techniques for quickly evaluating those ideas to discover solutions that work: they are valuable, usable, feasible and viable. This book is about the idea and reality of "achieving extraordinary results from ordinary people". Empowered is the companion to Inspired. It addresses the other half of the problem of building tech products?how to get the absolute best work from your product teams. However, the book's message applies much more broadly than just to product teams. Inspired was aimed at product managers. Empowered is aimed at all levels of technology-powered organizations: founders and CEO's, leaders of product, technology and design, and the countless product managers, product designers and engineers that comprise the teams. This book will not just inspire companies to empower their employees but will teach them how. This book will help readers achieve the benefits of truly empowered teams"--

Professional ministers and their work as church leaders have dominated church and pastoral ministry studies. Lay ministry studies have been neglected. In the local church, lay ministries are often defined solely by their voluntary service in the local church, and even then are regarded as secondary to the work of the professional minister(s) leading the local church. This study proposes that the word "minister" should be applied to all believers and that professional ministers and their ministries should serve the larger group doing ministry: the laity. Lay ministry should not be understood only as that service done in the local church, but should be understood as a call received and obeyed by the laity to "do the work of ministry" in their work places and their neighborhoods, as well as their local churches. Following Amos Yong's theology of disability and the formation of the L'Arche communities found throughout the world, this God's Empowered People will show how the local church can welcome all in Christ's name into a community of the Spirit in which people are loved and respected for who they are. From such a welcoming, loving, and respectful community can come people of varying abilities who discover their special gifts of ministry, then take their gifts into the work world, market place, and neighborhoods to "do the work of ministry" in Christ's name. They will be able to go places and do things no professional minister could go or do, yet still need the professional minister to help prepare them to "do the work of ministry." Thus, professional and lay ministries are not competitive but complementary. In such a community of professional and lay ministries operating cooperatively, all have the opportunity to express wisely their gifts in their arenas of calling and influence.

EmpoweredWomen is a devotional dedicated to the memory of Michal Ann Goll and to the honor of all women who are passionate about helping others. It is a compilation of the best from three of her books in the Women on the Front Lines series: A Call to Courage;A Call to the Secret Place; Compassion:A Call to Take Action. This inspiring and challenging devotional serves as a motivation for all who want to follow Michal Ann s example of positively impacting others through fighting for the rights of the disenfranchised worldwide. You will enjoy not only the insights but the depth of compassion found within Empowered Women. You will be lifted above the daily grind into a realm of spiritual, mental, and emotional peace and comfort where you can allow God to immerse you with His love and grace. Michal Ann s extravagant and contagious love for others is manifested in this devotional and exemplified through the examples she chose to write about including Fanny Crosby, Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, and Catherine Booth. It has been my goal and desire to love the Lord with all my heart all the days of my life.My desire is to leave with my family, friends and ministry partners a challenge to always love and honor God with all your life. I request that you not forget the poor that Jesus died for, and that you carry on my ministry of Compassion Acts to the world. Michal Ann Goll, February 4, 2008

All of us are seeking the kingdom to live an empowered life. Kingdom empowerment challenges every human potential to rediscover the ultimate reason why man was sent to earth. Man can power himself into an empowered lifestyle by taking a closer look at God's Word as a blueprint to vision and destiny. These principles lay the foundation for man to answer the age-old question, am I born empowered, and can I live an empowered life. As you journey through this book you will be powered with: The meaning of kingdom empowerment. How to execute the spoken Word to live an empowered life. The keys to bury the past. How to pursue the king. How to pursue personal, corporate, and global vision. How to embrace process. How to invest in the kingdom. Why every human potential needs to be stubborn and persistent. How to start the empowerment journey. Bert Mullings is founder and President of Kingdom Empowerment Ministries International, (KEMI), a global network of ministries that focus on "Empowering Leaders To Take Dominion." Reconnected to the Source of Empowerment at age of 11 and empowered with a global vision at the age of 37, Bert Mullings is now on a mission to fulfill the Kingdom empowerment mandate of Heaven. Mr. Mullings has held numerous Chairman & CEO positions for organizations in marketing, training and organizational development, and consulting. He is the author of the "First Principles of Customer Service College Textbook" in the world called Principles of Customer Service-A Systematic Approach to Customer Service Delivery. He has earned his business degree in Marketing from Savannah State University with honors and has traveled extensively. He is a preacher and a teacher with a passion to spreading the uncompromised message of the Kingdom to every ethnos.

This is a survey of the history of the 'Book of Common Prayer', and its descendants throughout the world. The guide shows how a classic text for worship and devotion has become the progenitor of an entire family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in Anglican churches.

In his insightful book, Damazio lays out for the serious student a broad discussion of what it means to be responsible for a group of "followers.