Spark! Reigniting the Genesis Person Within

<p>This book is an extension and a companion piece of my last book <em>STILL! The Church Culture Clash.</em> The first lays out the problem and challenges. This one further addresses the solution-the <em>SPARK</em>! that penetrates the <em>STILL! </em>They are inseparably linked together.</p><p>This writer has been privileged to serve under some great leaders. One stands out tall among them-Paul A. Rader the 15th General of The Salvation Army. Someone once asked me how I would describe his leadership style in a word. The word that immediately came to mind was <em>Genesis.</em> General Paul Rader ® is a <em>Genesis</em> person. For our purposes here 'person' and 'leader' are interchangeable as the one spontaneously flows into the other.</p><p>What are the attributes of a <em>Genesis</em> person? Does everyone possess them? If so how do we detect them and <em>spark</em> the <em>Genesis</em> person within? To do so we'll employ what this writer has formulated as The Rader Detection System as the response to these questions.</p><p>The present international leader of The Salvation Army General Lyndon Buckingham continues this <em>Genesis </em>theme by challenging us with some important revolutionary questions:</p><p>I believe there is a spark of creativity and innovation in all of us just waiting to be unleashed. The space is there for me to create but am I taking advantage of it? To what extent am I promoting creativity and innovation in my current role? How do I become too cautious?</p><p>What knocks the creative innovative imagination out of many of us and how do we rekindle it and unleash it for the glory of God again?</p><p>In the final chapter he answers these questions with some practical suggestions for consideration thereby delivering a blueprint for mainstreaming creativity and innovation within our Salvation Army movement (and applicable for any church movement). No sneak-peeking please.</p>