The Christian Leader: Rehabilitating Our Addiction to Secular Leadership

by Bill Hull, Robby Gallaty (Foreword by)

Overview

What if everything you've heard about leadership is wrong?

Secular models of leadership rooted in pragmatic success dominate Christian leadership in the West. It makes our work impersonal and exploitive. And, at worst, it serves the leader rather than those the leader leads.

We need a different style of leadership—one patterned after Jesus. We need to learn to influence others out of our character, for that is what Jesus did.

The Christian Leader is not about improving your church, your work, or your family; it is about changing how you lead. It does more than teach you how to modify your behavior; it shows you how to change the sources of your behavior—your motives and reasons for being a Christian leader. In the end, as everything you know and believe about Christian leadership is transformed, it will lead to transformation in those you lead and serve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310525332
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	05/31/2016
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bill Hull is a discipleship evangelist and the author of the bestselling discipleship classics, The Disciple-Making Pastor, and Jesus Christ, Disciplemaker. He served as a pastor for 20 years and now leads the Bonhoeffer Project. Bill regularly speaks and teaches on discipleship and also serves as an adjunct professor at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: The Rehabilitation of Christian Leaders: Rehabilitate Your Thinking About Jesus Rehabilitation for Christian leaders begins with a commitment to do more than acknowledge Jesus’ uniqueness; it is when they rearrange their lives around his practices. Chapter 2: What Makes a Leader Happy?: Rehabilitate Your Motivation Jesus was happy when his followers experienced joy and meaning. Chapter 3: Making a Dent in the World: Rehabilitate Your Idea of How You Make Your Mark Jesus was most effective when he was himself in the ordinary circumstances of life. Chapter 4: The Leader’s Worldview: Rehabilitate Your Interpretation of the World Jesus was effective in this world because he was guided by the reality of another world. Chapter 5: The Leader and Humility: Rehabilitate What You Think of Yourself Jesus was able to serve because he had a clear understanding of who he was dependent on and gladly acknowledged it. Chapter 6: Becoming Something Else: Rehabilitate How Far You Are Willing to Go Jesus withheld nothing; he taught us to lay aside privilege and that we have great capacity to change. Chapter 7: Leadership in Hard Times: Rehabilitate How Much You Can Take Jesus taught us how to suffer under pressure, thrive in it, and teach others in the middle of it. Chapter 8: The Rewards of Leadership: Rehabilitate What You Want Out of It Jesus was satisfied with the knowledge that he had faithfully completed his Father’s work and that he had not squandered anything that his Father entrusted to him. Chapter 9: Leaders Are a Work in Progress: Rehabilitate Your Heart for Staying in the Struggle Jesus modeled for us that leadership is as much following, listening, and submitting as it is leading others. It will involve pain and pleasure, and it will continue until we are finished with God’s work. Notes About the Author