Synopses & Reviews
Es absolutamente esencial que la iglesia se perciba a si misma como una institucion para la gloria de Dios. Cristo nunca tuvo la intencion de que los lideres de la iglesia fueron elegidos por antiguedad, ni comprados con dinero ni que lo fueran por herencia. Nunca comparo a los lideres a una monarquia, mas bien los comparo a pastores de ovejas muy humildes. A partir de lo mejor disponible acerca de liderazgo de la iglesia, John MacArthur guia a la iglesia con lecturas eficaces y cruciales acerca del liderazgo. Este libro es de mucho valor no solo para pastores y lideres en la iglesia sino para cualquiera que desee que la iglesia sea lo que Dios deseaba que fuera. It is absolutely essential that the church perceives itself as an institution for the glory of God. Christ never intended church leadership to be earned by seniority, purchased with money, or inherited through family ties. He never compared church leaders to governing monarchs, but rather to humble shepherds. Drawing from some of the best-received material on church leadership, John MacArthur guides the church with crucial, effective lessons in leadership. This book is valuable not only for pastors and elders, but for anyone else who wants the church to be what God intended it to be.]
Review
John MacArthur is on the cutting edge of church leadership and church development. He not only knows this critical area biblically but pragmatically as well, since his own church models the principles in this book.
-Dr. Tony Evans, pastor and author
The book The Master’s Plan for the Church is indeed a masterwork. Like other works by John MacArthur, it shows solid biblical scholarship and practical application.
-Dr. Adrian Rogers, pastor, Bellview Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee
John MacArthur has done church leaders a great service. His new edition of The Master’s Plan for the Church is the thorough, biblically-based book we are used to finding when we read MacArthur. I commend it to church leaders everywhere.
-Dr. Jerry Vines, pastor, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida
Synopsis
It is absolutely essential that a church perceive itself as an institution for the glory of God, and to do that, the local church must adhere unfalteringly to biblical leadership principles. Christ never intended church leadership to be earned by seniority, purchased with money, or inherited through family ties. He never compared church leaders to governing monarchs, but rather to humble shepherds; not to slick celebrities, but to laboring servants. Drawing from some of the best-received material on church leadership, this updated edition guides the church with crucial, effective lessons in leadership. This book is valuable not only for pastors and elders, but for anyone else who wants the church to be what God intended it to be.
About the Author
John MacArthur ((B.A., Universidad Los Angeles Pacific; M.Div., Seminario Teológico Talbot; Litt.D., Grace Graduate School; D.D., Seminario Teológico Talbot) es Pastor y Maestro en la Iglesia Grace Community en Sun Valley, California y Presidente de la Universidad The Master's y Presidente y fundador del Seminario The Master's (en 1986) en Santa Clarita, California. El Dr. MacArthur es un conferencista activo quien ha enseñado en el programa de radio Grace to You.Desde que lanzó su primer y mejor vendido libro El Evangelio Según Jesucristo en 1988, el Dr. MacArthur ha escrito mas de 150 libros incluyendo una serie de comentarios bíblicos, La Segunda Venida, Avergonzados del Evangelio, Doce Hombres Comunes y la Biblia de Estudio MacArthur, recibieron la Medalla de Oro ECPA en 1998. John y su esposa Patricia viven en Canyon Country, California y tienen cuatro hijos y quince nietos.
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Anatomy of a Church
1. The skeletal Structure
2. The Internal Systems
3. The Muscles
4. The Head
Part 2: The Dynamic Church
5. The Pattern of the Early Church
6. Elders, Deacons, and Other Church Members
7. A Look at the Thessalonian Model
8. Marks of an Effective church
9. The Calling of the Church
10. The Lord's Work in the Lord's Way
Part 3: Qualities of an Excellent Servant
11. Understanding the Seducing Spirit
12. Understanding the Duties of the Ministry
13. Shepherding the Flock of God