{"id":249,"date":"2009-10-27T16:57:41","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T03:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cycwaihola.org.nz\/wordpress\/?p=249"},"modified":"2012-07-17T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T07:38:12","slug":"liberating-ministry-from-the-success-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cycwaihola.org.nz\/wordpress\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250\" style=\"width: 107px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581349742?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=chryoucamwaii-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1581349742\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250\" title=\"Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome\" src=\"http:\/\/cycwaihola.org.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/book-liberatingministry.jpg\" alt=\"Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/em><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By R. Kent Hughes and Barbara Hughes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $40 from CYC Bookroom<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Product Description <\/strong>( from Amazon.com )<\/p>\n<p><em>How does one measure success in ministry? Longtime pastor Kent Hughes and his wife Barbara urge readers to turn to God&#8217;s Word rather than numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every year thousands of God&#8217;s servants leave the ministry convinced they are failures. Years ago, in the midst of a crisis of faith, Kent Hughes almost became one of them. But instead he and his wife Barbara turned to God&#8217;s Word, determined to learn what God had to say about success and to evaluate their ministry from a biblical point of view.<\/p>\n<p>This book describes their journey and their liberation from the &#8220;success syndrome&#8221;-the misguided belief that success in ministry means increased numbers. In today&#8217;s world it is easy to be seduced by the secular thinking that places a number on everything. But the authors teach that true success in ministry lies not in numbers but in several key areas: faithfulness, serving, loving, believing, prayer, holiness, and a Christlike attitude. Their thoughts will encourage readers who grapple with feelings of failure and lead them to a deeper, fuller understanding of success in Christian ministry.<\/p>\n<p>This book was originally published by Tyndale in 1987 and  includes a new preface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To buy this book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<li>Email <a title=\"info@cycwaihola.org.nz\" href=\"mailto:info@cycwaihola.org.nz\">info@cycwaihola.org.nz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Call the office: 03 417 7120<\/li>\n<li>Come and visit the bookroom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581349742?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=chryoucamwaii-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1581349742\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219\" title=\"Buy with Amazon\" src=\"http:\/\/cycwaihola.org.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/buywithamazon.gif\" alt=\"buywithamazon\" width=\"100\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By R. Kent Hughes and Barbara Hughes Cost: $40 from CYC Bookroom Product Description ( from Amazon.com ) How does one measure success in ministry? Longtime pastor Kent Hughes and his wife Barbara urge readers to turn to God&#8217;s Word rather than numbers. 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