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Stuck in a Funk?

by Tony Morgan
Paperback |English |0988950839 | 9780988950832

Stuck in a Funk?

by Tony Morgan
Paperback |English |0988950839 | 9780988950832
Overview


Stuck in a Funk? is Tony Morgan's well-crafted new book explaining how leaders can reinvigorate their churches and congregations while making a bigger impact in their ministry. Morgan's work is simple and is filled with practical, useful insights. The author seeks to help church pastors and other leaders to "get unstuck," and remove any and all forms of clutter that might be blocking a new and better path for their ministry and congregation. The book is especially designed for the church that has been stuck for decades and is facing decline, or the church that has had a degree of success and strong impact in the recent past, yet somehow finds itself plateaued. Throughout the pages of Stuck in a Funk?, Morgan shares his desire to help churches to have a bigger, more effective impact on people's lives, as well as in the communities they serve. Morgan's maverick, insightful strategies are not simply theory. Rather, they are time-tested ideas and methods that have been proven from his work with churches during his successful pastoral and consulting career. Additionally, the book has been designed to assist church leaders in their quest to engage with their own staff and volunteers. In terms of a broad, overarching theme that defines the author's tactics for enhancing the quality of church leadership, Morgan prompts the reader to rethink their systems and strategies. He believes that one cannot hope to get different results without engaging a different approach. Of course, change can be frightening to some people and may even produce fear and anger. Yet, like an old friend, changing approaches and paradigms often yields fruit and helps people and organizations to escape a dead end, and to find new beginnings. Morgan does this by providing essential wisdom and application to help churches take their next steps. Based on four previously released e-books in the Leisure Suit series, Stuck in a Funk? examines why churches get "stuck," how a church can move forward under a new vision, how leaders can best enact change, and how to communicate when change is needed. Since management is not leadership in Morgan's view, he has organized the book to include guided self-assessment and a template for establishing an action plan. Stuck in a Funk? is designed to be read and discussed with a leadership team who can work together to enact positive change. Morgan uses the analogy of the leisure suit, which was popular in the 1970s, as a metaphor for the problems experienced by many churches these days. Just as the leisure suit, though popular at one time, eventually faded into obscurity as new, more fashionable alternatives grew to replace it, some church's methods of reaching its congregation have lost their effect, but these churches are all too often unwilling to adapt to new societal needs of outreach. Or as Morgan writes, "Some churches are still wearing their leisure suits." Through Stuck in a Funk?, church leaders will be able to meet the challenge of redefining their approaches to building and increasing the impact of their vital work.
ISBN: 0988950839
ISBN13: 9780988950832
Author: Tony Morgan
Publisher: Tony Morgan Live, LLC
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2013-08
Language: English
PageCount: 136
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.31 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 6.72 ounces


Stuck in a Funk? is Tony Morgan's well-crafted new book explaining how leaders can reinvigorate their churches and congregations while making a bigger impact in their ministry. Morgan's work is simple and is filled with practical, useful insights. The author seeks to help church pastors and other leaders to "get unstuck," and remove any and all forms of clutter that might be blocking a new and better path for their ministry and congregation. The book is especially designed for the church that has been stuck for decades and is facing decline, or the church that has had a degree of success and strong impact in the recent past, yet somehow finds itself plateaued. Throughout the pages of Stuck in a Funk?, Morgan shares his desire to help churches to have a bigger, more effective impact on people's lives, as well as in the communities they serve. Morgan's maverick, insightful strategies are not simply theory. Rather, they are time-tested ideas and methods that have been proven from his work with churches during his successful pastoral and consulting career. Additionally, the book has been designed to assist church leaders in their quest to engage with their own staff and volunteers. In terms of a broad, overarching theme that defines the author's tactics for enhancing the quality of church leadership, Morgan prompts the reader to rethink their systems and strategies. He believes that one cannot hope to get different results without engaging a different approach. Of course, change can be frightening to some people and may even produce fear and anger. Yet, like an old friend, changing approaches and paradigms often yields fruit and helps people and organizations to escape a dead end, and to find new beginnings. Morgan does this by providing essential wisdom and application to help churches take their next steps. Based on four previously released e-books in the Leisure Suit series, Stuck in a Funk? examines why churches get "stuck," how a church can move forward under a new vision, how leaders can best enact change, and how to communicate when change is needed. Since management is not leadership in Morgan's view, he has organized the book to include guided self-assessment and a template for establishing an action plan. Stuck in a Funk? is designed to be read and discussed with a leadership team who can work together to enact positive change. Morgan uses the analogy of the leisure suit, which was popular in the 1970s, as a metaphor for the problems experienced by many churches these days. Just as the leisure suit, though popular at one time, eventually faded into obscurity as new, more fashionable alternatives grew to replace it, some church's methods of reaching its congregation have lost their effect, but these churches are all too often unwilling to adapt to new societal needs of outreach. Or as Morgan writes, "Some churches are still wearing their leisure suits." Through Stuck in a Funk?, church leaders will be able to meet the challenge of redefining their approaches to building and increasing the impact of their vital work.


Tony Morgan is the chief strategic officer and founder of TonyMorganLive.com. He's a talented consultant, leadership coach, and writer who helps churches get unstuck and have a bigger impact. For fourteen years, Morgan served on the senior leadership teams at West Ridge Church (Dallas, GA), NewSpring Church (Anderson, SC), and Granger Community Church (Granger, IN). He has also written several books and articles on staffing, technology, strategic planning, and the concept of true leadership that have been published by organizations like B&H Publishing, Group Publishing, Outreach Magazine, Catalyst, and Pastors.com. Morgan and his wife Emily live near Atlanta, Georgia, with their four children-Kayla, Jacob, Abby, and Brooke.

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Overview


Stuck in a Funk? is Tony Morgan's well-crafted new book explaining how leaders can reinvigorate their churches and congregations while making a bigger impact in their ministry. Morgan's work is simple and is filled with practical, useful insights. The author seeks to help church pastors and other leaders to "get unstuck," and remove any and all forms of clutter that might be blocking a new and better path for their ministry and congregation. The book is especially designed for the church that has been stuck for decades and is facing decline, or the church that has had a degree of success and strong impact in the recent past, yet somehow finds itself plateaued. Throughout the pages of Stuck in a Funk?, Morgan shares his desire to help churches to have a bigger, more effective impact on people's lives, as well as in the communities they serve. Morgan's maverick, insightful strategies are not simply theory. Rather, they are time-tested ideas and methods that have been proven from his work with churches during his successful pastoral and consulting career. Additionally, the book has been designed to assist church leaders in their quest to engage with their own staff and volunteers. In terms of a broad, overarching theme that defines the author's tactics for enhancing the quality of church leadership, Morgan prompts the reader to rethink their systems and strategies. He believes that one cannot hope to get different results without engaging a different approach. Of course, change can be frightening to some people and may even produce fear and anger. Yet, like an old friend, changing approaches and paradigms often yields fruit and helps people and organizations to escape a dead end, and to find new beginnings. Morgan does this by providing essential wisdom and application to help churches take their next steps. Based on four previously released e-books in the Leisure Suit series, Stuck in a Funk? examines why churches get "stuck," how a church can move forward under a new vision, how leaders can best enact change, and how to communicate when change is needed. Since management is not leadership in Morgan's view, he has organized the book to include guided self-assessment and a template for establishing an action plan. Stuck in a Funk? is designed to be read and discussed with a leadership team who can work together to enact positive change. Morgan uses the analogy of the leisure suit, which was popular in the 1970s, as a metaphor for the problems experienced by many churches these days. Just as the leisure suit, though popular at one time, eventually faded into obscurity as new, more fashionable alternatives grew to replace it, some church's methods of reaching its congregation have lost their effect, but these churches are all too often unwilling to adapt to new societal needs of outreach. Or as Morgan writes, "Some churches are still wearing their leisure suits." Through Stuck in a Funk?, church leaders will be able to meet the challenge of redefining their approaches to building and increasing the impact of their vital work.
ISBN: 0988950839
ISBN13: 9780988950832
Author: Tony Morgan
Publisher: Tony Morgan Live, LLC
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2013-08
Language: English
PageCount: 136
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.31 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 6.72 ounces


Stuck in a Funk? is Tony Morgan's well-crafted new book explaining how leaders can reinvigorate their churches and congregations while making a bigger impact in their ministry. Morgan's work is simple and is filled with practical, useful insights. The author seeks to help church pastors and other leaders to "get unstuck," and remove any and all forms of clutter that might be blocking a new and better path for their ministry and congregation. The book is especially designed for the church that has been stuck for decades and is facing decline, or the church that has had a degree of success and strong impact in the recent past, yet somehow finds itself plateaued. Throughout the pages of Stuck in a Funk?, Morgan shares his desire to help churches to have a bigger, more effective impact on people's lives, as well as in the communities they serve. Morgan's maverick, insightful strategies are not simply theory. Rather, they are time-tested ideas and methods that have been proven from his work with churches during his successful pastoral and consulting career. Additionally, the book has been designed to assist church leaders in their quest to engage with their own staff and volunteers. In terms of a broad, overarching theme that defines the author's tactics for enhancing the quality of church leadership, Morgan prompts the reader to rethink their systems and strategies. He believes that one cannot hope to get different results without engaging a different approach. Of course, change can be frightening to some people and may even produce fear and anger. Yet, like an old friend, changing approaches and paradigms often yields fruit and helps people and organizations to escape a dead end, and to find new beginnings. Morgan does this by providing essential wisdom and application to help churches take their next steps. Based on four previously released e-books in the Leisure Suit series, Stuck in a Funk? examines why churches get "stuck," how a church can move forward under a new vision, how leaders can best enact change, and how to communicate when change is needed. Since management is not leadership in Morgan's view, he has organized the book to include guided self-assessment and a template for establishing an action plan. Stuck in a Funk? is designed to be read and discussed with a leadership team who can work together to enact positive change. Morgan uses the analogy of the leisure suit, which was popular in the 1970s, as a metaphor for the problems experienced by many churches these days. Just as the leisure suit, though popular at one time, eventually faded into obscurity as new, more fashionable alternatives grew to replace it, some church's methods of reaching its congregation have lost their effect, but these churches are all too often unwilling to adapt to new societal needs of outreach. Or as Morgan writes, "Some churches are still wearing their leisure suits." Through Stuck in a Funk?, church leaders will be able to meet the challenge of redefining their approaches to building and increasing the impact of their vital work.


Tony Morgan is the chief strategic officer and founder of TonyMorganLive.com. He's a talented consultant, leadership coach, and writer who helps churches get unstuck and have a bigger impact. For fourteen years, Morgan served on the senior leadership teams at West Ridge Church (Dallas, GA), NewSpring Church (Anderson, SC), and Granger Community Church (Granger, IN). He has also written several books and articles on staffing, technology, strategic planning, and the concept of true leadership that have been published by organizations like B&H Publishing, Group Publishing, Outreach Magazine, Catalyst, and Pastors.com. Morgan and his wife Emily live near Atlanta, Georgia, with their four children-Kayla, Jacob, Abby, and Brooke.

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  • Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
  • Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.

Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.

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  • Stevens Books offers FREE SHIPPING everywhere in the United States for ALL non-book orders, and $3.99 for each book.
  • Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
  • No additional fees and charges.

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The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. This period excludes delivery times, which depend on your geographic location.

Estimated delivery times:

  • Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
  • Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days

Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.  

Tracking
All orders are shipped with a tracking number. Once your order has left our warehouse, a confirmation e-mail with a tracking number will be sent to you. You will be able to track your package at all times. 

Damaged Parcel
If your package has been delivered in a PO Box, please note that we are not responsible for any damage that may result (consequences of extreme temperatures, theft, etc.). 

If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.

You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.

Additional non-returnable items:

  • Gift cards
  • Downloadable software products
  • Some health and personal care items

To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)

  • Book with obvious signs of use
  • CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
  • Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
  • Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery

Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.

Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.

If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:

  • Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
  • Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
  • Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.


Shipping Cost


We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.

Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.

If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.

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