Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People
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Skills and Self-Knowledge for Serving Well. An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership. From the Back Cover "Heuser and Shawchuck have done an outstanding revision of their classic volume, Leading the Congregation. Abingdon Press; Revised ed. Start reading Leading the Congregation on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a Kindle? Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention leader leaders leadership authors christian aware.
Showing of 13 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. In a skillfully written resource, Roger Heuser and Norman Shawchuck offer tremendous insight into leadership. The book is entitled Leading the Congregation and part one covers the heart of transformational leadership.
With the high pressures of ministry, there are temptations to take easy ways out and not initiate important change.
The book challenges that notion by repeatedly asking tough, insightful questions, beginning with the leader himself. The inner investigation continues with a profound point: There is normal conflict which is recognized and there is neurotic conflict which is unconscious.
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The writer wants the reader to address five shadows and be aware of five neurotic leadership faults Chapter seven is the last of part one and details effective time management strategies, encouraging one to avoid the two plagues of compulsion and procrastination. There are some books you come across in life that you never get rid of. They are highlighted, written in, and you know right where it is on your shelf. This is one of those books. The readability of the book is outstanding. The content is clear, organized, and well-researched. As a reader, you now have a tremendous source for inner growth, reflection questions to reorient yourself, and an insightful work on how to lead effectively.
You get the sense that the writers genuinely want you to be encouraged and succeed. When I was preaching, I would sometimes carry my struggling spirit into the pulpit.
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One person found this helpful. As the title reflects, the book should be a required purchase for all leaders in the church, not just the pastor. If you are searching for an ordination gift, consider giving this book.
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The book links the leader's own spirituality with how he or she leads the group. In building an awareness of strengths and weaknesses, pitfalls and potential pitfalls, the leader can become aware of how these influence the larger group in both positive and negative ways. This book is an excellent tool for a leader at all stages of their career, from beginner to veteran.
The questions at the end of each chapter provide both discussion starters if you are using the book in a small group or training setting and also provide guidance as journaling starters. The authors combine a love for the Church and the Church's leaders with a committment to training leaders who can continue to build a strong relationship with the God who has called them and with the community in which they serve. This is a must read for all leaders.
More uniquely, this book is a tool that can be used over and over again.
Because it can be used in a variety of settings and continues to speak to the readers over their career, this book should be viewed as a tool to create strong local congregations and strong leaders equipped to serve. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. The authors do a superb job of explaining that leadership is a team effort within the Christian religion. Their cross cultural inclusion is refreshing although not as defining as it relates to each culture that embraces the "Christian" religion.
True change for any organization begins within the heart and life of the leader! The Means of Grace C. Cpettitmiller marked it as to-read Sep 12, It is now published in a revised edition that addresses ministry realities of the current era. I found this book very infomative and very reader friendlly! This is my favorite book on spiritual leadership in general, and church leadership in particular. Leadership is not the same thing as charisma, they explain; it is rather a set of attitudes and practices that each of us can and must master if we are to be worthy servants of Christ.
This is however, a great book. Great read on Leadership. I recommend it highly! True change for any organization begins within the heart and life of the leader! Great read for all in ministry.
This book lives up to it's title. If only every minister of the Gospel could receive the encouragement I experienced reading this material. I had read the first edition years ago and when I found out the revised version was out I reread it in the new version.
This book will go into the short list of books to reread annually. I found this book very infomative and very reader friendlly! Randy Hohf rated it liked it Sep 26, Jeff Mildren rated it it was amazing Oct 27, Chris Perrey rated it really liked it Jan 26, Blake Schwendimann rated it it was amazing May 18, Hannah rated it really liked it May 27, Clint rated it liked it Jun 01, Cana rated it really liked it May 12, Al Soto rated it it was amazing Jun 17, Cpettitmiller marked it as to-read Sep 12, Timothy added it Oct 10, Matthew Emery marked it as to-read Mar 28, Skylar Teel marked it as to-read Jul 19, Vicki Judd marked it as to-read Oct 27, Noel marked it as to-read Apr 26, Dannae added it Oct 02, Betsy Vanderpool added it Mar 01, Cabot Huffstutter is currently reading it Mar 28, Brent Roe-Hall added it Aug 01, Joe Foltz marked it as to-read Aug 18, Jared Mayes added it Feb 04, Nathaniel Michael added it Feb 05, Ben added it Feb 07, Sean Cavender marked it as to-read Dec 11, Lucas added it Jun 13, Matthew marked it as to-read Jul 29, Dennis Perger is currently reading it Sep 20, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
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