The Shepherds Toolbox, Timothy Z. Witmer
The Shepherds Toolbox, Timothy Z. Witmer
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The Shepherd's Toolbox
Advancing Your Church's Shepherding Ministry

Author: Timothy Z. Witmer

Narrator: George W. Sarris

Unabridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2023

Synopsis

In The Shepherd Leader, pastor and professor Tim Witmer laid out seven elements of an effective shepherding plan, showing church leaders how to minister to their congregations in practical, pastoral ways. Now, in this stand-alone but complementary volume, he gathers seven church leaders to show how they and their churches have addressed specific shepherding challenges in innovative ways. How do you adapt a shepherding plan to a large congregation? How do you fine-tune or revise plans that aren't working? How do pastors get reluctant elders on board? How do male leaders make sure the women of the congregation are receiving adequate care? Randy Schlichting, Bijan Mirtolooi, John Barrett, Ken Jones, Mark Hallock, Gary Smith, and Sue Harris contribute.

About Timothy Z. Witmer

Timothy Z. Witmer is pastor emeritus at Crossroads Community Church, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, having served there for more than twenty-five years. A former professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, he works with churches to establish or fine-tune their shepherding ministry.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on May 14, 2024

This is the follow-up to Timothy Witmer's 2010 book "The Shepherd Leader." This 2023 book is a collection of essays by different authors on the practical implementation of shepherding plans for the local church. The book makes the case that elders should focus less on administrative issues and more......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on July 12, 2023

This book was very disappointing given just how excellent Witmer is in his other, related book, The Shepherd Leader. Some quick points explaining my rating: -This book is written for large (mega-churches), with little to almost nothing relevant to small or smaller churches. -The ecclesiology of this......more

Goodreads review by Bill on October 15, 2024

One of the best books I’ve read recently has been Timothy Witmer’s 2010 book The Shepherd Leader. Witmer states that since the release of that book, faithful leaders have put its principles into practice and, more importantly, have addressed some of the challenges of establishing a shepherding strat......more

Goodreads review by Frode on March 14, 2025

While I liked this book, much of it had application to churches much larger than the one which I attend. It is composed of a number of chapters written by others who implemented in some fashion ideas reference in Whitmer’s earlier book. Whitmer writes the last chapter only. The various chapters tell......more

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