Selling Swimsuits in the Arctic Leadership Kit: Seven Simple Keys to Growing Churches

A Leadership Institute event in a box–based on the best selling Selling Swimsuits in the Arctic and the success of the Church of the Resurrection’s Leadership Institute

Pastors and ministry leaders will use this program with key leadership in the congregation to create the kind of motivation and excitement that can lead to measurable and sustained growth in ministry. The kit contains:

• DVD of video segments for use in each of the four study sessions

• CD-ROM with recorded content from the 2005 Church of the Resurrection Leadership Institute and handouts for use in the study sessions

• Hardcover copy of the original text plus a new leader’s guide to Selling Swimsuits in the Arctic. The current paperback version of the book will serve as the participants’ book.

System Requirements: DVD player or personal computer equipped with DVD-ROM drive; CD player capable of reading MP3 files or personal computer equipped with CD-ROM drive and media program (such as Windows Media Player©, RealPlayer©, or QuickTime©); personal computer equipped with Adobe Reader©, version 5 or above.

Adam Hamilton is pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country, The Church Report, named Hamilton’s congregation the most influential mainline church in the country, and PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly identified him as one of the top Ten People to Watch. Hamilton is the author of Confronting the Controversies, Making Love Last a Lifetime, Unleashing the Word, Leading Beyond the Walls, Selling Swimsuits in the Arctic, and Christianity and World Religions, all published by Abingdon Press.