God's Armor Bearer Volumes 1 & 2: Serving God's Leaders

Have to a dear friend who wants to become an armor bearer. This book is phenomenal read.

I’m Dianne VINNIE’S auntie my pastor asked us leaders to read this book… I’m really getting a lot out of it….

These books are actually very insightful. The problem I ran into when teaching this course was that there are denominations that actually have the position of "Amorbearer" built into their structure. That makes it difficult for them to see the importance of this work.This is coupled with the preface which leads you into the frame of reference that people are raised up to protect the pastor. Friends, look at the TITLE of the book; it reads GOD'S ARMORBEARER. If you'll recognize that God has chosen YOU and honored YOU to carry HIS armor (not the pastor's) this book takes on a whole different meaning. Does God need armor? Of course not, but it is HIS armor that we are to wear (Eph. 6:11-18) and in doing so become His armorbearers. The one thing that should be coupled with this teaching is that of putting others above yourself. Actually, I think it IS in there. Phil. 2:1-11 talks about taking on the mind of Christ, and in doing so, making ourselves lower than our brothers and sisters in Christ. Placing their needs above our own. When you put these 2 thoughts together you have one awesome message. One that must be met. It gets the children of God off the pews and into God's service. And as we enter His service we find ourselves sheltered under His wing...in that secret place.

Bought this book as I had heard our station here (WU.CC, 99.9) do a book review on their program called, "Between the pages." I thought this would be an easy read as I love my pastors but I found there was a lot to learn about being God's Armor Bearer. It convicted me and I had to repent for some of the things I had been doing wrong and had a bad heart attitude toward my pastor I didn't see until I read this book. Thankful for men who are not afraid to tell us what we can do and should do as men and women who are under our pastors care, prayers, souls being watched over and being on board with their vision, especially when you don't get it, see it, feel it should be done a different way. Mr. Nance has written a great book and I would recommend this for each believer who has a pastor. Yes, that is you reading this. We need our pastors and God loves unity and works through it. He can't move when we are divided. That is the enemy who wants that. Our pastors need our help, prayers, support and love. Buy this book! You will love it.

Studies

Let me start off by saying I'm a bit of a book snob, and this is not a perfectly written book, which is a situation that would normally aggravate me to the point of putting this book aside. But here's the thing - it didn't. In fact, when I read this book for the first time (several years ago) my initial impressions were quickly set aside as I moved deeper into the text. Why? Because what Mr. Nance has to say is relevant - incredibly relevant to anyone who has ever given any of their time or effort to their local church. It is told from the perspective of an associate pastor who is working for and relating to his church's head pastor, but carries in it fundamental Biblical truths about servanthood, unity, and perseverance that are relevant to every believer, no matter how closely they work with their pastors or ministry leaders.This book lays out a simple but profound revelation of Biblical truth - explaining how we as Christians are designed to function in relationship to our leaders, and addressing some of the most fundamental problems that we face when we function outside of God's system within the church. I would highly recommend this for anyone who has ever had a problem working with, relating to, or understanding the heart of their pastor, minister, or leader within a church.

If you are call to serve/ armor bearer you need to have this book

I give all the Armor Bearer books a 5 star rating except this one for a reason. It is to catch the attention of you- another possible purchaser. I purchased volume 1. I then purchased this since vol 2 is no longer easy to find. When I set the vol1 and 2 book next to my vol 1 book I noticed it to be obviously thinner. Why is volume 1 and 2 combined smaller than volume 1 by itself??? Answer: In short they reorganized volume 1 and deleted several sections in the process. There is little or no new material in the combined book. This should have been made known in the synopsis of the book but is not. In short: Buy volume 1 and get a great book which I have read and enjoy! Skip volume 2 and I am just now purchasing volume 3. Hope its not a reorganization of the sections they deleted in this book LOL.

Purchased this a few years ago and lost the copy I had or gave it away.Needed a replacement

Very readable. Very practical. Written from personal experience but applicable to anyone from new believer to veteran leader. Anyone who believes we are here to serve others.

We order this book for our 'Helps Ministry' class in our Bible School and it is so good that they have put two of the volumes together!

Am enjoying the book I'll buy more in future of the most important thing is to be able to offer.

A must read for anyone working in any kind of assistant position.