"From Moses and the Israelites to Paul and the Corinthian Christians to all who have served the church since then, this thing called spiritual leadership has been thorny." In For Ministers about to Start ... or About to Give Up, Travis Collins lays bare the realities of church leadership while affirming the call to ministry. Stories of his many years of experience as a senior minister, a missionary, and a church consultant are laced with practical tips on treating burnout, wrestling with divisive matters, and recapturing the hope, the faith, and the joy in the call to vocational ministry.

For Ministers about to Start...or about to Give Up (TCP the Columbia Partnership Leadership)

Religion & Spirituality

Collins, Travis

Christian Books & Bibles

<ul><li>16th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Social Issues/Justice</li></ul> Is your church wrestling with LGBT questions from membership to marriage? Travis Collins has been there. A pastor who has walked congregations through the complex issues surrounding gay Christians, he knows firsthand the confusion and hurt that often follow. He has also seen churches have these conversations with grace and understanding. In this practical resource, readers will gain insight into relevant biblical passages and, while the author is working from a traditional perspective, he offers insights from interpreters on both sides of the debate. They will consider the implications of their convictions for ministry practice, relationships, church policy, and more. They will hear testimonies from gay friends and family members about their experiences in the church. Collins calls readers to both grace and truth, with humility. What Does It Mean to Be Welcoming? considers how we might welcome everyone into the church while calling for all to be transformed.

What Does It Mean to Be Welcoming?: Navigating LGBT Questions in Your Church

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Does trying to follow God’s call in your life leave you feeling directionally challenged? God rarely tells us where He’s taking us or exactly how to get there. Instead, like a compass, He points us in the general direction we are to go. In Directionally Challenged, trusted pastor Travis Collins helps Christians discern God’s compass for their lives. Collins offers help to Christians who have gotten sidetracked and encouragement for those whose priorities have been overturned and life’s callings set aside. In his warm and engaging way, Collins provides sound, biblical teaching on finding the courage, conviction, and character needed to discern and live God’s call.

Directionally Challenged: How to Find and Follow God's Course for Your Life

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

New Hope Publishers

In Tough Calls: Game-Winning Principles for Leaders Under Pressure, pastor and high school football official Travis Collins offers encouragement and inspiration to Christian leaders. Travis selects famous moments from sports officiating history to bring to life key principles of spiritual leadership. Written for both men and women, this easy-to-read book mixes stories and quotes from the sports world together with biblical wisdom and input from leadership experts.

Tough Calls: Game-Winning Principles for Leaders Under Pressure

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

A missionary movement begun in England has come to North America. Long established congregations are finding ways to engage people unlikely ever to walk through their doors, and fresh expressions of church are engaging people who are "without hope and without God in the world" (Ephesians 2:12, NIV). Missional leaders from a wide range of denominational traditions are learning from each other, and prayerfully cheering for each other, as we learn to take the church Jesus loves closer to where the people Jesus loves actually are. In From the Steeple to the Street, Travis Collins addresses the cultural realities behind the Fresh Expressions movement, as well as the movement's theological underpinnings. From practical experience, Collins offers insights to local church leaders on how this might unfold in and through your church.

From the Steeple to the Street

Seedbed Publishing

On a stormy night four beautiful tiles fall from the face of a giant mosaic. Before that night they had belonged to a beautiful piece of art, a picture of the Cosmic Christ at First Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama. People from around the world had long come to admire them. Now they were left on the cold concrete. The tiles now wonder what will happen to them. Will they find joy again? Will their lives ever have meaning again? Find out how hope comes to the tiles of the Cosmic Christ mosaic.

Tile Tales: Stories of Hope from the Cosmic Christ Mosaic

Travis Collins

Jackie Bellamy

Arts & Photography

Xlibris

Baptists and the charismatic movement

Nigerian Baptist Convention

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