I am announcing an important change to the way you can purchase materials from this page. Some people are hesitant to purchase anything online due to not wanting to put their credit card information online. Although I use a secure site for handling credit cards, I certainly understand that reluctance. Now, you are able to purchase my resources through the mail with a check or money order. Just send your check or money order to Dennis Bickers, PO Box 1113, Madison, Indiana 47250 and let me know what items you want to purchase. To the cost of the items please add $3.99 for shipping for 1-2 items, and $5.99 for 3-4 items. For more than four items please add an additional $2.00 each. If you include your email address I'll be glad to send you an email notice when your items shipped. I believe this will help ease the concerns of those concerned about identity theft. (Incidently, last year I experienced identity theft and can certainly understand those concerns.)
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| The Healthy Pastor: Easing the Stresses of Ministry |
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Here is my latest book just released in August 2010. The Healthy Pastor explores many of the stresses that ministers of all size churches face and provides some practical ways to eliminate them or at least to minimize them. I think you will find this book to be extremely helpful to you and your family. The book sells for $14.99, but you can buy it from this site for only $12.99.
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This is a perfect compliment to The Healthy Pastor. I now have a CD of a message recently delivered at a pastor's conference that was titled "Clergy Self-Care." This approximately 55 minute message will have you laughing at times and doing some deep soul-searching at other times. This message spoke deeply to many pastors among the several hundred who attended this event, and I believe it will speak to you as well. If you are struggling with family issues as a result of your ministry or if you feel you are fighting fatigue or burnout, this message will offer you encouragement, hope, and some tools to use to become healthier. This CD normally sells for $9.99, but you can own it through this site for only $7.99.
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Since Beacon Hill Press released my latest book, Intentional Ministry in a Not-so-Mega Church it has found a very receptive audience. Small church leaders are frequently frustrated with their inward-focused churches and can't seem to find a way to move the church beyond that. This book explores the differences between a church having a maintenance mindset and one with a missional mindset and provides help for the pastor and lay leader who wants to lead the church towards the missional mindset. This book retails for $13.99, but you can buy it through this site for only $12.00.
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The Work of the Bivocational Minister "meets a critical need in the emergent church as it offers creative and practical insight into a time-tested, if not always honored, paradigm for ministry in the twenty-first century." (Back cover) My latest book looks at the people who serve as bivocational ministers, the work they do, and how various denominations view this ministry. Readers will find a lot of practical material that will both encourage them and assist them in their ministries. Suggested retail price is $12.00, but you can order it from this site for only $10.50.
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This book continues to be my best selling book. A number of churches have purchased it for their entire leadership team to study together so they can evaluate the health of their churches. This book examines various aspects of church health from a smaller church perspective. The final chapter provides you with some diagnostic tools that you can use to determine the health of your congregation. This is a great book for small church pastors and lay leaders!
Save $2.49 off the retail price.
Purchase your copy today for only $11.50.
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The Bivocational Pastor: Two Jobs, One Ministry continues to be appreciated by bivocational ministers from a wide variety of church backgrounds. In this book I examine how a bivocational minister can enjoy a successful ministry by understanding that success is more than counting "nickles and noses." We explore a more biblical understanding of successful ministry in the context of bivocational ministry.
Special price $13.50 Save $2.49 off the regular retail price.
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| | The Sermon Planner
$24.99
This is an excellent resource for those who need help with planning and
preparing sermons. Following a section that describes how to get maximum benefits
from the planner, there are pages for every Sunday of the year for your planning
and note taking. There is also a section for you to record the congregation's response
and your own feelings about the sermon. Printed in a spiral notebook, the pages lay
flat for your convenience. Imagine...a whole year's worth of sermon planning and preparation
in one place.
This item is currently unavailable. We anticipate a new shipment of planners soon.
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