Book Reviews
The Present Future
In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. In The Present Future, McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: [...]
Summoned to Lead
Leaders are neither born nor made. Leaders are summoned. They are called into existence by circumstances, and those who rise to the occasion are leaders. A retelling of the Ernest Shackleton story to showcase the fine arts of leadership that emerged from his failed expedition. (From the Zondervan Website)
Initially I struggled to engage with this [...]
Christianity for the Rest of Us
I have just finished part one of Christianity for the Rest of Us, by Diana Butler-Bass. The book is the result of her work in studying thriving mainline churches. It is often argued that mainline churches are in decline (which statistically is true) and that conservative evangelical churches are on the rise. These poles are [...]
