Todd Wilson

Se eu tivesse conhecido o Eneagrama no in cio do meu minist rio, teria sido um pastor muito melhor. Quando esse pensamento ocorreu a Todd Wilson, ele j vinha servindo havia quinze anos como pastor. Havia come ado no minist rio com uma forma o s lida, que inclu a exegese b blica, homil tica, desenvolvimento organizacional e educa o crist , e liderava com sucesso uma congrega o grande e respeitada. No entanto, em sua raiz, o minist rio pastoral consiste em pastorear, servir, liderar e amar as pessoas, e Todd percebeu que lhe faltava justamente sabedoria sobre como as pessoas funcionam. Ele diz: "Quando se tratava de pastorear as pessoas com empatia e motiv -las com sensibilidade, fazendo bom uso de suas diferentes personalidades e formas de ver o mundo, eu era um amador". Quer voc fa a parte da equipe de uma igreja, quer lidere um pequeno grupo, descobrir que os insights do Eneagrama podem ser facilmente aplicados vida de nossas comunidades de f . Afinal, o Eneagrama n o possibilita apenas o desenvolvimento da autoconsci ncia, mas colabora tamb m para uma lideran a pastoral compreensiva e bem-sucedida. hora de levar o Eneagrama igreja ― e permitir que ele molde nossa vida juntos.

If I had known the Enneagram earlier in my ministry, I would have been a much better pastor. When this thought came to Todd Wilson, he had already served as a pastor in several churches for the better part of fifteen years and was successfully leading a large, historic, and diverse congregation. He'd started out in ministry with a strong education in everything from biblical exegesis and homiletics to organizational development and Christian education. However, at its root, pastoral ministry is about shepherding, serving, leading, and loving people, and Todd realized that what he lacked was wisdom about how people work. He says, "When it came to empathetically shepherding people and sensitively engaging their manifold personalities and diverse ways of seeing the world, I was an amateur." Whether you are on a church staff or leading a small group, you will find that the insights from the Enneagram that have helped many grow in self-awareness can be applied to life in our faith communities. The Enneagram can help us to become better teachers. It can influence how we develop worship and Christian education. And it can guide us in building and leading teams. It's time to take the Enneagram to church—and to allow it to shape our life together.

Throughout his ministry, Jesus consistently demonstrated his concern and love for the whole person: soul, mind, and body. That task is carried forward today by pastors and church leaders, who are called to care for people in the midst of individual circumstances as well as seismic cultural shifts. How might that calling be informed by recent developments in psychology? How should the church attend to matters of mental health? How might psychology and counseling aid us in our spiritual formation? Based on the 2018 Center for Pastor Theologians conference, this volume brings together reflections by pastors, theologians, and psychologists who explore the relationships among three fields of study—theological anthropology, spiritual formation, and modern psychology. The result is a vibrant whole-person theology that can aid the church today in its centuries-old call to care for the soul, mind, and body. Based on annual CPT conferences, the volumes in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring together the reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to make ongoing contributions to the wider scholarly community for the renewal of both theology and the church.

Let Your Heart of Suffering Be Transformed Into a Wellspring of Faith--and PowerDo you feel more like "David on the run" than "David slaying giants"? Are you stuck in the wilderness with Moses, instead of celebrating with Joshua the victory of Jericho? Stories of Sifted brings the amazing truth that God uses trouble and the challenges of life to deepen us and prepare us for purpose. This shift in perspective will move you from running from trouble into a place of embracing what God is doing, regardless of circumstance. This change is simple yet powerful.Join authors Todd Wilson and Eric Reiss as they guide you to meditate on thirty biblical leaders. They will help you stand in these leaders' shoes, see through their eyes, and learn the incredible lessons they teach. Receive practical advice from the authors, who are church planters and leaders, as they share their insight about working with God instead of unknowingly working against Him in difficult situations.Step into your own story of sifting and discover a power and joy in the journey that is beyond what you imagined . . ."Planting a church is possibly the loneliest, hardest thing on the planet. No pastor should do it alone. Stories of Sifted provides inspiration and encouragement for the journey."-- Rick Warren, Saddleback Church"I'm so encouraged that these real-world stories of increased surrender during times of trouble are now available in book form. They will challenge and inspire you in the real work of church planting "-- Ed Stetzer, Executive Director, Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College"It's no fun being sifted. But it's absolutely essential. From the first pages of the Bible on, the people God has used for His glory have all been sifted. It's His way of separating the wheat from the chaff. Consider these stories, dwell on them, and learn from them. They can save much heartache and provide much power."-- Larry Osborne, North Coast ChurchTODD WILSON is a Kingdom entrepreneur. Serving as President and CEO of Exponential, he provides vision and strategic direction to the organization. Todd lives in Manassas, Virginia, with his wife, Anna. They have two sons, Ben and Chris, and two beautiful daughters-in-law, Therese and Mariah.ERIC REISS serves as Executive Pastor for The Surge Community Church. He is a teacher, author, songwriter, and recording artist with a quirky sense of humor. He's in love with his wife, Karen, and with their well-above-average daughter, Evangeline. He and his family live in Burke, Virginia.

ARE YOU LEAVING THE LEGACY OF A HERO MAKER?Hero makers have a pattern of investing in others to bring forth their full potential. This releases them to invest in even more leaders. Essentially, they are disciple makers who make other disciple makers. Their scorecards are measured not by what they do or accumulate but by how they invest in others--and release their potential.In this book, Dave Ferguson and Todd Wilson look at the essential characteristics of a hero maker and unpack at a deeper level the five hero-making practices identified in the book Hero Maker (by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird): Multiplication ThinkingPermission GivingDisciple MultiplyingGift ActivatingKingdom BuildingThis book focuses on the life and memory of Bob Buford, who was a true hero maker. Bob leaves a hero-making legacy of thousands of hero makers.The Legacy of a Hero Maker is for pastors, leaders, and other disciple makers. After reading it, you will walk away with clarity on how you can help others become hero makers for the Kingdom Dave Ferguson is Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church and co-founder of Exponential. He also provides visionary leadership for NewThing.Todd Wilson is President and CEO of Exponential (exponential.org), a community of activists devoted to church multiplication.

Every person has been designed by God for one-of-a-kind Masterpiece Mission, what most people refer to as personal calling or personal purpose. Everyone needs to be able to name what God has put them on the earth to do. Most people never do. That is a tragedy of epic proportions.We need a simple way to discover that calling, and Find Your Place is that way. GPS technology is widely known as a way to know where you are on the earth, as well as a way to guide you to get where you want to go. The Find Your Place book will help followers of Jesus locate three signals that will help people discern their personal calling: their Gifts, their Passions, and their Story, and help them take meaningful next steps to engage that calling.Furthermore, the American Church has a Co-Dependency Disorder. Church members have become dependent upon church leaders, and church leaders need their members to remain that way. This co-dependence is doing more than throttling the vitality of the church...it is strangling it. In order for the people of God to truly thrive and be salt and light in the world, church leaders must move from simply "gathering and teaching" their members to "empowering and releasing them." This book, the accompanying online assessment, and the disciple-making tools that both will be integrated into, will all be a part of a turn-key solution for church leaders to accomplish that goal.

Multipliers embrace a scorecard that prioritizes releasing and sending over accumulating and growing.Are you sensing that something's just not right about our addiction, and possibly idolatry, to our accumulation cultures that produce cultural Christians?Multipliers...take their cues from Jesus and seek to be fruitful and multiply. They are intentional about Jesus' "go and make disciples" command (Matthew 28: 18-20) and fully embrace the leverage that comes from building capacity for disciple making through the multiplication of healthy, reproducing churches.Multipliers: Leading Beyond Addition, addresses the important questions needed to help you become the Multiplier you are called to be Questions like: How do I know if I'm embracing the wrong scorecard for success?How do I develop a vision for multiplication that changes my church and me?How do I create a culture of multiplication that values sending over accumulating?What tensions will I face in moving from Accumulator to Multiplier?How do I move from being a hero to becoming a hero-maker?How do I turn good intentions into action? If you're asking these questions, this new book is for you Multipliers combines the best of Exponential's multiplication-focused content into one single handbook for aspiring Multipliers who are committed to seeing the Kingdom advance

In this book, Exponential co-founder Todd Wilson and Will Mancini pour gasoline on the already blazing church multiplication conversation. This book is the sequel to Spark: Creating a Culture of Multiplication (2015) and Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church (2016). Wilson and Mancini seek to help church leaders turn their aspirations and good intentions for multiplication into compelling visions with actionable strategies. The book is built on a solid foundation of strategic planning, looking through the lens of multiplication.

"In SPARK, Todd Wilson gives the church a practical and powerful vision of what the body of Christ can resemble when it pursues exponential growth through multiplying believers and churches. I'm thankful for Todd and this helpful book."--Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center"The book is utterly brilliant. I love it. This little eBook is more dangerous to our prevailing mindsets than its size and accessibility suggest."--Alan Hirsch, Award-winning Writer on Missional MovementsFounder of Forge Mission Training Network and Future Travelers"Reading Spark filled my eyes with tears. Where was this book when I restarted my church? What a difference it might have made. Folks this is the first book that will go on my classics list."--Bill Easum, Ministry Veteran, 21st Century Strategies"I found SPARK startling, eye opening, like someone had awakened me with a splash of cold water in the face. I predict it will create a lot of discussion and provide a pathway for those who want to change from a growth-addition motif to a growth-multiplication approach."--Bill Hull, Author of Jesus Christ Disciple Maker, The Disciple Making Pastor, The Disciple Making Church"Danger Alert. Todd Wilson's Spark will challenge your definition of church growth and church success. It's a game-changing, paradigm-shifting, disruptive book that will rock you to the core about how to think and do church."--Jim Tomberlin, Founder, MultiSite Solutions

IS YOUR CHURCH MOBILIZING BELIEVERS INTO THEFULLNESS OF GOD'S CALL?The Mobilization Flywheel contains a powerful new framework which every Christian and church needs to implement in their lives and ministries. Larry Walkemeyer and Todd Wilson reveal the kind of church that will empower believers to become everyday missionaries where they live, work, and play.The authors describe how every believer can live a fully mobilized life as they serve in the sweet spot of their calling. They assert that most believers can start gatherings, and many of these gatherings can become new churches.Today churches want to make a greater kingdom impact. Believers are longing to live out their kingdom calling. Our culture is waiting for new expressions of the church. This resource offers a model for moving forward, a model which can create ever-increasing momentum for the multiplication of the church. It's called the mobilization flywheel.Identify the mobilization starting point, so you can better...Mobilize believers.Mobilize groups.Mobilize church.Engage this resource on a personal level through the authors' discussion questions. They help you process how you can mobilize those around you to increase your impact. Gain clarity on common friction points (called flywheel "drags") and ways to increase mobilization (called flywheel "aids"). Plus, learn how to articulate your "minimum ecclesiology" so that you can set believers, groups, and churches into mobilization overdrive.The wheel has started turning. Are you ready?LARRY WALKEMEYER is Lead Pastor of Light & Life Church in Long Beach, California, which is a multi-ethnic church-planting church. He also serves as Director of Equipping and Spiritual Engagement for Exponential.TODD WILSON is Co-founder and CEO of Exponential. Todd is engaged in leading-edge initiatives to help catalyze movements of healthy, multiplying churches and has written multiple books with that aim.

The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored. Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm the goodness of God's creation and anticipate the new creation? The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to assist pastors in the study and production of biblical and theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the third annual CPT conference, this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders, academic theologians, and scientists on the importance—and the many dimensions—of the doctrine of creation. Contributors engage with Scripture and scientific theory, draw on examples from church history, and delve into current issues in contemporary culture in order to help Christians understand the beginning and ending of God's good creation. Based on annual CPT conferences, the volumes in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring together the reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to make ongoing contributions to the wider scholarly community for the renewal of both theology and the church.

Humans are sexual creatures. Our sexuality can be a beautiful and mysterious expression of what it means to be human. But it can also become distorted and sinful. Perhaps no issue is as urgent for the church today, or confronts it with as many questions, as human sexuality: What does it mean to fulfill God’s will through our sexuality? To what extent should our sexuality define who we are? How can we navigate cultural trends around sexuality while being faithful to Scripture? The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to assist pastors in the study and production of biblical and theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the 2016 annual CPT conference, this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders and academic theologians who seek to answer the urgent questions concerning human sexuality. Contributors engage with Scripture, draw on examples from church history, and delve into current issues in contemporary culture, including embodiment, marriage, homosexuality, pornography, transgenderism, and gender dysphoria. Beauty, Order, and Mystery tackles difficult questions with discernment in order to offer a theological vision of faithful human sexuality for the church. Based on annual CPT conferences, the volumes in the Center for Pastor Theologians series bring together the reflections of pastors and theologians who desire to make ongoing contributions to the wider scholarly community for the renewal of both theology and the church.

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The roles of pastor and theologian have gone their separate ways. Throughout much of the church's history, these two roles have been deeply intertwined, but in our contemporary setting, a troubling bifurcation between them has developed. The result has been a theologically weakened church and an ecclesially weakened theology. The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to overcome this divide by assisting pastors in the study and production of biblical and theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church and the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the first CPT conference in 2015, this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders and academic theologians to consider how pastoral ministry and theological scholarship might be reconnected once again. The contributors consider several facets of the complex identity of the pastor theologian, including the biblical, public, and political dimensions of this calling. In addition, the essays explore the insights that can be gained from historical examples of pastor theologians—including John Calvin, John Henry Newman and Dietrich Bonhoeffer—as well as the essential role of Scripture within the ministry of the pastor theologian.

More meets Christians where they’re at, acknowledging the roots of their discontent and demonstrating how to move from inspiration and desire into action. Church strategist and ministry activator Todd Wilson shows how all believers can live more abundant lives around the uniqueness of how they were made and what they are called to do.Introducing a memorable vocabulary and an easy-to-use practical framework, More equips readers to embark on a journey of discovering their unique personal calling. It enables readers to answer three of the most important and profound questions we all naturally ask.(1) Who am I created to be?(2) What am I created to do?(3) Where am I to be best positioned to do it?The integrated answers to these key questions—the BE-DO-GO of a person’s life—represent the core dimensions of personal calling. Inspiring and challenging, More gives readers permission and encouragement to engage in the journey God has solely for them.

Pittsburgh's Bridges takes a comprehensive look at the design, construction, and, sometimes, demolition of the bridges that shaped Pittsburgh, ranging from the covered bridges of yesterday to those that define the skyline today. Pittsburgh is the City of Bridges, and what remarkable bridges they are The area's challenging topography of deep ravines and mighty rivers - the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio - set the stage for engineers, architects, and contractors to conquer the terrain with a variety of distinctive spans. Many were designed to be beautiful as well as functional. While other cities may have one signature bridge, Pittsburgh has such a wide variety that no single bridge can represent it.

"A tremendous resource for those wanting to study and teach the Bible with an understanding of how the gospel is woven throughout Scripture." —Bryan Chapell, Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God’s Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through books of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) “Gospel Glimpses” highlight the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) “Whole-Bible Connections” show how any given passage connects to the Bible’s overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) “Theological Soundings” identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God’s grace on every page of the Bible. The book of Daniel has all the makings of a great story: memorable characters, cliff-hanging moments, and incredible visions. Yet we miss the point if we pay more attention to Daniel’s story than to Daniel’s God. In this helpful study, readers will see how this fascinating biblical book ultimately points to the sovereign Lord of history, who rules over all earthly kingdoms and whose plans cannot be thwarted.

What do you do when you’ve made a mess of things? Where do you go when you’ve blown it badly? How does the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ empower us to combat things like hypocrisy, pride, people-pleasing, and apostasy? Paul’s letter to the Galatians tells us what we need to know in these situations as he teaches us how to rely upon costly grace. In this fresh and engaging commentary, pastor Todd Wilson invites us to look beneath the surface of controversy in Galatia to the even more fundamental issue at stake: gospel-rooted living. Combining scholarly depth with practical wisdom, he offers us a soulful commentary based on years of ministry experience and biblical reflection. Read Galatians anew with this exegetically engaged, theologically informed, and pastorally minded resource! Part of the Preaching the Word series.