Christian Leadership Essentials: A Handbook for Managing Christian Organization

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Christian Leadership Essentials: A Handbook for Managing Christian Organization Pub. Date: 4/1/2011 Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

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Christian Leadership Essentials finds university president David S. Dockery assembling a great wealth of tried and true insights on the distinctive methods of leading Christian organizations and institutions. No matter how much experience a faith-based leader may already have, there are plenty of fresh thoughts and indispensable guiding principles here on topics including finance and budget planning, mission and vision, employee relations, theological foundations, mentoring, crisis management, and more.

A majority of the nineteen contributors are active academic presidents, including Robert B. Sloan (Houston Baptist University; "A Biblical Model of Leadership"), Judson Carlberg (Gordon College; "Managing the Organization"), Jon Wallace (Azusa Pacific University; "Financial Oversight and Budget Planning"), Evans Whitaker (Anderson University [South Carolina]; "Development, Campaigns, and Building Projects"), Carl Zylstra (Dordt College; "Accreditation and Government Relations"), Jim Edwards (Anderson University [Indiana]; "Relationships with Multiple and Various Constituencies"), Phil Eaton (Seattle Pacific University; "Employee Relations in a Grace-filled Community"), Barry Corey (Biola University; "Engaging the Culture"), and Randall O'Brien (Carson-Newman College; "The Leader as Mentor and Pastor").

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ISBN-13: 9780805464771
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

David S. Dockery (Ph.D., University of Texas system) is President of Union University in Jackson, Tennessee where he has served since December, 1995. Dockery is the author or editor of over thirty books including Southern Baptist Consensus and Renewal, Renewing Minds, Biblical Interpretation Then and Now, Interpreting the New Testament, Theologians of the Baptist Tradition, Shaping a Christian Worldview; Holman Bible Handbook, Foundations for Biblical Interpretation; Southern Baptists and American Evangelicals; New Dimensions in Evangelical Thought, and Christian Scripture: An Evangelical Perspective on Inspiration, Authority and Interpretation. He is a consulting editor for Christianity Today and serves on several editorial boards for a variety of periodicals and publishing houses. Dockery has served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, as well as the Consortium for Global Education.

Preface ix

Introduction David S. Dockery 1

1 A Biblical Model of Leadership Robert B. Sloan 8

2 Christian Leadership and the Identity and Mission of an Organization David J. Gyertson 24

3 Leadership, Vision, and Strategic Planning Bob R. Agee 46

4 Governance and Board Relations Robert Andringa 65

5 Managing the Organization R. Judson Carlberg 86

6 Financial Oversight and Budget Planning Jon Wallace 104

7 Development, Campaigns, and Building Projects Evans P. Whitaker 118

8 Institutions, Organizations, and Foundation Relations Alvin O. Austin 138

9 Leadership, Organizations, and External Relations Carl Zylstra 157

10 Relationships with Multiple and Various Constituencies James Edwards 172

11 Selecting and Building Leadership Teams Thom S. Rainer 191

12 From Peer to Manager Carla Sanderson 210

13 Employee Relations in a Grace-Filled Community Philip W. Eaton 231

14 Engaging the Culture Barry H. Corey 248

15 Crisis Management Kimberly Thornbury 266

16 The Leader as Mentor and Pastor Randall O'Brien 287

17 Leadership for a Global World Charles A. Fowler 308

18 Leadership Transitions and the Search Process Tommy Thomas 320

Some Closing Thoughts David S. Dockery 341

Name Index 348

Scripture Index 351

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