Everyone can go farther and faster with someone coaching them than they can on their own. This is true in sports, it's true in your health, it's true in business and it's also true in ministry. Jim Wideman has always admired coaches. As a student of great teams in sports and ministry, Jim says, Show me a successful team and I'll show you a great coach. Jim's also noticed truly great coaches have developed the skills to produce a winning team wherever they coach. They have also learned how to assemble other great coaches around them. That's exactly what Jim has done in EVERYONE DOES BETTER WITH A COACH: Practical Solutions For Kidmin & NextGen Leaders. Jim has assembled some of the brightest and best coaches from his Think Different Coaching Network. We identified some of the most common struggles that today's Kidmin & NextGen leaders are facing and asked each one to offer five solutions to bring clarity and turn each challenge into an opportunity. Each coach will also offer you a question to help guide you to taking your first step. Get a coach on your team to help guide you to victory. EVERYONE, YES EVERYONE DOES BETTER WITH A COACH.

Most of us really do want growth in our lives and ministries, even if we are scared of it. We want God to send us more kidsand more families. We want to share the Gospel, we want more salvations, and we want more of a movement of God. But let me ask you a question: if He sent those things to you this Sunday, would you be ready? If a hundred new families walked into your church, would you know what to do with them? Would their kids have teachers? Would they even have a classroom? If fifty people who wanted to serve approached you this Sunday, could your system handle it? That's what structure is all about. If you want to know how to make sure your ministry is structured for growth... STRETCH is for you Children's Ministry Pioneer Jim Wideman share's proven principle's to help you structure your ministry for growth.

As a ministry leader you are constantly confronted with questions about how to handle complex situations, challenges, emotions, and pressures that surround your daily lives both at home and at church. Children's and Family Ministry pioneer Jim Wideman empowers readers to be dynamic, effective, and efficient next-level ministry leaders through practical, proven methods not just theory. No matter if you've been leading for years or you're just beginning your leadership journey, this book will give you up-to-date, practical tools and checklists to live and lead well and help you to develop authentic leadership that lasts!

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Kidmin Leadership focuses on the top-twenty principles all leaders need to know. This book compiles the experiences of a select group of kidmin ministers who have dedicated a substantial amount of time to being mentored by renowned kidmin minister and leadership coach Jim Wideman. Topics include: knowing God's will, self-leadership, priorities, thinking in steps, how to do what you don't want to do, visioneering, team building, caring for others, and much, much more. Kidmin Leadership brings together more than a dozen voices who all write from the same heart. It's a leadership resource you don't want to do ministry without.

Ever prayed for 24 hours in a day? Were you not born organized? None of us were. Do you find yourself needing to get more done than you are presently getting done? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions then this practical book is for you. No matter if you work in ministry, the business world, or manage a busy family, Beat the Clock will help you. For years organization expert Jim Wideman has been teaching successful strategies for effective time management in conferences and seminars. In Beat the Clock, you'll learn proven and tested tips to get more done in the 24 hours God has given you.

Features & Benefits- Twelve practical steps that can ignite a parent-child connection instantly - Digestible size message enabling parents-on-the-go to quickly apply these biblical principles in their families.- Insightful revelation from an experienced children's minister and parent.

These two seem at first glance to not go together but the truth is they really do. Tweetable Leadership is a collection of more than 500 tweetable truths that are taken from Jim Wideman's books, blogs, and teachings that will help jumpstart your thinking and learning so you can apply them in your life. At the end of every chapter is a collection of some of Jim's best thoughts on practical leadership topics designed with just one purpose; to help you become a better leader These tweets aren't just suitable for posting they're suitable for living.

Turning Your Child's Failures Into Success is the next installment of life lessons from Children's Ministry Pioneer Jim Wideman. This easy to read, simple to understand book gives any parent practical wisdom that they can immediately apply. In this book, Wideman tackles one of the most important aspects to failure that all parents should know: Your failures do not keep you from success; how you choose to deal with those failures determines if you're successful or not.

The Eric Trap is a leadership fabel that reveals the 5 things every leader in ministry has to get right. Whether you are full time, part-time or a volunteer this practical book written by several highly respected leaders who have made it a habit to practice these 5 important principles will inspire you to a new level in your own life and ministry.