"Clear and powerful" "Stimulating" "Will make me understand myself better" "There is so much here" "I praise God for this application guide" Pastors and Bible schools around the world hail Pastoring: The Nuts and Bolts as a comprehensive and accessible handbook of options and best practices for being a pastor and leading a church. Meant for pastors of every country and culture, every Christian theological leaning, and every denomination or none, it's a treasury of principles waiting to be applied. That's where this Application Guide comes in. Full of thoughtful questions and exercises, it takes the general principles from Pastoring and makes them yours. Some questions will make you think and pray about what you believe and why. Others will take you from, "Hey, that's a good idea!" to "Here's an action plan for my church. Every time your ministry changes, these exercises will give you a brand new strategy, customized by you for your specific situation, ready to implement.