Quietly Courageous - Leading the Church in a Changing World

Quietly Courageous offers practical guidance to leaders-both lay and ordained-on leading churches today. It encourages leaders to focus on their mission and purpose-what is ultimately motivating their work. It also urges a shift in perspectives on resources, discusses models of change, and offers suggestions for avoiding common pitfalls.

List of contents

Contents
PART I: GOOD LEADERSHIP IS NOT ENOUGH
1 Nashon's Quiet Courage
2 The Change That Demands Quiet Courage
PART II: THE ASSUMPTIONS
3 A Word about How: Assumptions about Change
4 A Word about Enough: Assumptions about Resources
5 A Word about Structure and Process: Assumptions about
Fear, Organization, and Democracy
6 A Word about Learning: Assumptions about How
Leadership Is Formed
PART III: THE TEMPTATIONS
7 The Temptation of Playing It Safe: Nostalgia
8 The Temptation of Christian Empathy
9 The Temptation of Tiredness
PART IV: WHERE DO WE START?
10 Telling the Story That Will Get Us through the Wilderness
11 Lessons in Style
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Gil Rendle

Product details

• Authors: Gil Rendle
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781538112908
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1290-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian institutions & organizations, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious life and practice, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Religious institutions and organizations, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity, congregation;lay;ministry;mission;ordained