LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture

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InterVarsity Press, Sep 2, 2005 - Religion - 237 pages
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Our culture is constantly changing, often faster than we can adapt to it. Christian leaders struggle not only to acquire new skills and insights but also to unlearn what they already know. As both the church and the world change, so too must Christian leaders and their very notions of leadership. Veteran church growth expert Eddie Gibbs maps out how Christian leadership must change in light of new global realities. Styles of leadership are changing, from hierarchies to networks and from compartmentalization to connectivity. Gibbs assesses the dynamics of leadership teams, identifies healthy leadership traits, and looks to how new leaders are identified and developed. This incisive analysis is a comprehensive resource for current and emerging leaders serving in churches, parachurch organizations and beyond.
 

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Contents

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
9
REDEFINING LEADERSHIP
21
21
36
WHY LEAdership Styles Must ChANGE
47
LEADERS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE GREAT COMMISSION
69
WHATS DIFFERENT?
90
TEAM BUILDING
105
LEADERSHIP TRAITS
127
ACTIVITIES OF LEADERSHIP
148
LEADERSHIP ATTITUDES
163
FACING THE COST OF LEADERSHIP
224
Author Index
231
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Eddie Gibbs
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Eddie Gibbs
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About the author (2005)

Eddie Gibbs is Donald A. McGavran Professor of Church Growth at the School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California). His seminars for church leaders about leadership in the emerging church have been held in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Australia and around the United States. Gibbs has also written several books, including Ten Growing Churches and ChurchNext.

Bibliographic information

TitleLeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture
AuthorEddie Gibbs
PublisherInterVarsity Press, 2005
ISBN0830832831, 9780830832835
Length237 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Religion / Christian Living / General
Religion / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring
Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources
  
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