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Learn the secrets to building and maintaining a healthy, productive, and unified ministry team that sticks together for the long haul.
Serving as a church leader can be a tough calling. Whatever your role, odds are you've known your share of the frustration and disillusionment that comes with turf battles, conflicting vision, and marathon meetings. You may have asked yourself, "How did it get this way?"
With twenty years of front-line ministry experience, Larry Osborne understands congregations (as baffling as they can sometimes be) and he know how the best-intentioned teams can become disrupted and disunified. With this book, he aims to shore up the foundation of a healthy team--what does a unified and thriving church leadership look like and how can it be achieved?
Sticky Teams is divided into three main sections, dealing with key aspects of what it takes to develop long-term, efficient harmony:
- Landmines and Roadblocks exposes the organizational structures, policies, and traditions that can unintentionally sabotage even the best of teams. You'll discover strategies for managing conflicts and getting around obstacles.
- Equipped for Ministry explores what it takes to get everyone on the same page and headed in the same direction. Chapters deal with practical tips for board, staff, and congregational alignment.
- Communication examines what it takes to keep everyone on the same page, with a special emphasis on some especially dicey areas and issues of ministry, such as conversations about money.
Whatever your situation; from start-up phase, to mid-sized, to megachurch, Osborne has been there. As the pastor of North Coast Church, he's walked his board, staff, and congregation through the process of becoming more genuinely unified, and, because of that, better able to carry out God's design for his church.
With warm encouragement and insight, he shares expertise that most pastors and leadership teams learn only from long experience: how to invest the time to create church harmony and how to lead so that unity is maintained long-term.
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"Osborn draws on his experience to offer really practical insights on navigating leadership snares in church ministry. Sticky Teams is an easy read. It has helpful discussion questions. It is a great resource for pastoral staff and elder boards."
— David (4 out of 5 stars)
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" to be honest, I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this much, but it turned out to be a really insightful and practical book on cultivating unity among the leadership of the church. "
— Pete, 2/5/2014 -
" I really enjoy osborne's humorous writing style. This book is intended for lead pastors and has some good ideas in moving on from paradigms that don't work and people that are cranky. Best for pastors in congregationalist churches. "
— Jennifer, 1/12/2014 -
" Thisis a veery good book for senior pastors. especially for multi-staff churches. "
— Tom, 1/9/2014 -
" I am finding this book to be an excellent read "
— Donald, 1/2/2014 -
" I read this shortly after reading Sticky Church, so the two are blurring together for me. I do know the information is solid and a must read for church leadership. "
— Steve, 10/15/2013 -
" Excellent resource for leading, especially in the context of the church. Osborne presents lessons-learned while urging context-specific discernment and action. Many helpful insights. "
— Nancy, 9/27/2013 -
" A book about church leadership teams with a bunch of really helpful tips and ideas. Definitely worth a read for a pastor or anybody on a church leadership team. "
— Evan, 7/21/2013 -
" Great and honest take on the challenges of church leadership, and the balance between church is a organization and a Spiritual entity. "
— Bill, 6/22/2013 -
" Tons of practical applications inside. "
— Mike, 10/6/2012 -
" It should have been called Sticky Church 2--there is some help (via anecdotes) regarding staffs but it seems more about how to run a church on a business model. Probably more helpful for those in similar style/size churches (mega-sized). "
— Mark, 7/24/2012 -
" Excellent book. Probably am going to ask some other folks to read it. "
— Gene, 7/19/2012 -
" This was a fun read for me. I hope our own leadership team can read it together soon. Highly recommended. "
— Andrew, 7/6/2012 -
" I will always have this book with me, whether or not I become a senior pastor or a a lay leader for the rest of my life. Very insightful book into ministry. Well written and funny. "
— Michael, 5/9/2012 -
" Very helpful for leading my church board "
— Chris, 2/7/2012 -
" A must for church leadership teams. "
— Paul, 12/9/2011 -
" Alot of good wisdom. Seemed geared to larger churches, but the general principles could be fleshed out in smaller churches. Maybe. "
— Jamie, 10/3/2010 -
" I am finding this book to be an excellent read "
— Donald, 7/14/2010 -
" Predictable. Has some good things to remember, but written mostly for the large church or large-thinking church and board. Worth reading quickly. If you cut out the stories and just read the subject titles you'll get most of the needed information. "
— Randal, 4/13/2010
About Larry Osborne
Larry Osborne is a teaching pastor at North Coast Church in northern San Diego County. North Coast Church is widely recognized as one of the most influential and innovative churches in America. Osborne speaks extensively on the subjects of leadership and spiritual formation. His books include Sticky Teams, Sticky Church, 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe, and Spirituality for the Rest of Us. He and his wife live in Oceanside, California.
About Don Hagen
Don Hagen has been behind the microphone since fifth grade. He is a nine-time winner of the Peer Award for narration/voice-over and twice winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award. He has also been heard in radio and television commercials and documentaries. In addition to his freelance voice work, he is a member of the audiobook narration team at the Library of Congress.