Joan Gray

Joan S. Gray is a teaching elder living in Atlanta, Georgia. The moderator of the 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she is the author or coauthor of several books including Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers and Presbyterian Polity for Church Leaders, Fourth Edition, with Joyce C. Tucker.

A Handbook

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Joan Gray

This timely new leadership guide for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is written for church officers who are looking for a deepened relationship with God. Joan Gray challenges elders and deacons to see themselves as spiritual leaders and equips them to lead alongside their pastors.Gray lays out a variety of leadership styles and helps leaders understand when each is appropriate. She also provides resources for dealing with relationships in the church and identifies ways churches ...
Price: $22.00
Publication Date: 06/02/2009
Newly updated for the revised Directory for Worship.This detailed, comprehensive interpretation of the Presbyterian Book of Order is the most complete resource of its kind. Joan S. Gray updated this best-selling book to include the revised Directory for Worship. It explains the system of Presbyterian government, from sessions to presbyteries to synods to the General Assembly itself.
Price: $28.00
Publication Date: 04/05/2022
Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice

Author(s):
Joan Gray

Is your church a rowboat church or a sailboat church? Rowboat churches depend largely on human effort. When church budgets shrink and membership declines, rowboat churches frantically row harder against a current, often frustrated and disappointed at their efforts. Sailboat churches, on the other hand, take up the oars, hoist sails, and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them.Arguing that churches should be "sailboats," Joan S. Gray encourages readers to shift concern from the many d...
Price: $20.00
Publication Date: 03/12/2014