The Gift

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span>���</span>Pastors face two temptations when they consider church leadership: one common in more culturally conservative churches is simply to preach faithfully and assume that that alone is adequate Christian leadership; the other common in more culturally contemporary churches is to apply secular business wisdom but uncritically. The books published mirror the two camps.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Both drive a wedge between the Bible and leadership.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What if the gift of leadership was a clear outworking of biblical teaching? What if there is in the Bible a consistent pattern of human communities flourishing under the good rule of God's Word.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Drawing on years of teaching and ministry Chris Green shows us how as Mike Ovey put it Christian leaders can be God's best possible gift to flourishing communities.</span></p>