The Heart of Effective Ministry (Discovery Series Booklet)

The expectations people have for their spiritual leaders are so high that failure is almost inevitable.

Pastoral ministry on behalf of Christ is a desperately needed, wonderfully difficult, and potentially dangerous calling.  Rewarding as it can be, no one ever said it would be easy, safe, or even what we expected.   With such realism and love for fellow ministers, Bill Crowder opens his heart in this booklet.  By combining the wisdom of Paul's words to Timothy with his own years of experience, Bill brings us back, in his words, to "what we do, why we do it, and how we do it—so that through the communication of God's Word, people might know and embrace the great and awesome love of God." 

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with ODB Publishing, the latest being Wisdom for our Worries and Gospel on the Mountains. Bill also serves as a co-host with Mart DeHaan, Elisa Morgan, and Daniel Ryan Day on the “Discover the Word” podcast and daily radio program, heard throughout the U.S. and on more than 20 stations in Canada. On the personal front, Bill is now semi-retired and, with his wife, Marlene, lives in North Carolina.