Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development

Most churches merely exist.

Many churches do not develop leaders intentionally and consistently. When leaders emerge from some churches, it is often by accident. Something is missing. Something is off.

Authors Eric Geiger (author of bestselling Simple Church and Creature of the Word) and Kevin Peck argue that churches that consistently produce leaders have a strong conviction to develop leaders, a healthy culture for leadership development, and helpful constructs to systematically and intentionally build leaders. All three are essential for leaders to be formed through the ministry of a local church.

From the first recordings of history God has made it clear that He has designed creation to be led by His covenant people. More than that, He has decided what His people are to do with that leadership. Whether you are called to lead your home, in the marketplace, in God’s church, or in your community, if you are called by God you are called to lead others to worship the glory of God in Jesus Christ.

God has designed His people to lead.

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• Teams That Thrive: Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership
• Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
• Character Counts: Leadership Qualities in Washington, Wilberforce, Lincoln, and Solzhenitsyn
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• Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer (Sanders Spiritual Growth Series)
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