Download or read book The Call to Faith Centered Leadership written by Priscilla Archangel and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Call to Faith Centered Leadership presents 90 brief but captivating stories of Biblical leaders' life experiences, decisions, victories and defeats, and relates them to present day occurrences and situations. The lessons and principles presented here will transform the lives of business and world leaders, enabling them to successfully lead their organizations through challenges, and leave a lasting legacy of their wisdom and success."Examples straight from Scripture with Dr. Archangel's 'translation' into an organizational setting, makes it simple even for those with little or no Bible study to understand what they must do to follow their call to faith centered leadership"Debra Walton, New Seasons, LLC, Management Consultant"A timely and powerful message " "On point and edifying " "A blessing to my soul "Dr. Priscilla Archangel has a passion for winning leaders to Christ. She believes that the Bible provides wisdom and guidance for leaders to discern and accomplish God's vision for their organizations.Dr. Archangel has developed her ministry over the course of her 27 year career as an human resources executive for a Fortune 500 firm, where she utilizes these foundational principles to help organizations accomplish business objectives and cultural change; and coaches employees to discover their unique strengths and life purpose.A speaker, consultant, and licensed minister, Dr. Archangel resides in Northville, Michigan with her husband, Evangelist Peter Archangel. For more information see www.PriscillaArchangel.com.

Download or read book Christ Centered Leadership written by David L. McKenna and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If a leader is a Christian, what difference does it make?" Giant strides have been made in secular leadership theory toward a Christian viewpoint. Priority is now given to character as well as competence, accountability as well as power, transformation as well as transaction, and servanthood as well as success. But these qualities apply to secular as well as to Christian leadership. So, the question remains, "What difference does it make?" David McKenna finds the answer in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ--a divine act for him and a defining attitude for us. Philippians 2:11-15 sets the standard and gives the details. "Your attitude should be the same as Jesus Christ" means following his call to the cross, where we die to self and sacrifice all self-interest in position, power, and prestige in order to serve obediently, faithfully, and humbly for the good of others and the glory of God. Christ-centered leadership is not an extension of the highest and best of human leadership. Radical obedience to the call of Christ and utter dependence upon the Holy Spirit make a substantive difference. In the most practical terms, Incarnation continues in us when we live fully, lead freely, and go where he wants us to go.

Download or read book Leadership in Christian Perspective written by Justin A. Irving and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings the best of leadership theory and research together with biblical reflection and examples of leadership in action to offer a practical guide to Christian leaders. Combining expertise in leadership studies and biblical studies, Justin Irving and Mark Strauss explore how leadership models have moved from autocratic and paternalistic leader-centered models toward an increased focus on followers. The authors show how contemporary theories such as transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and servant leadership take an important step toward prioritizing and empowering followers who work with leaders to accomplish organizational goals. Irving and Strauss organize their book around "nine empowering practices," making it accessible to students, church leaders, and business leaders. Integrating solid research in leadership studies with biblical and theological reflection on the leadership ideas that are most compatible with Christian faith, this book is an important resource for all Christian students of leadership.

Download or read book Doing Good Well written by Dr. Craig A. Bell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to synthesize the logic of mathematics, organizational behavioral/ management policy of an MBA and ecclesial scholarship of a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership into the pages of one book. This book begins with the premise that, similar to corporate leaders, faith-based leaders are also capable of implementing these skills and resources to maximize the efficiency of church organizations. It is critical that they have a full toolkit of resources to leverage when administering their organizations. It also acknowledges and recognizes that a life fully engaged in active ministry doesn’t necessarily allow time to pursue degrees in each of the aforementioned subjects. As a result, Dr. Bell has attempted to create a medium through which ecclesial practitioners and scholars may review these various topics to obtain insight. Similar to survey courses in college, readers should see it as a beginning point for further exploration. Take from it what you will and apply it to your God-given vision. Use it as a springboard to the progressively revealed Will of God for the effective administration of your call.

Download or read book Pursuing God s Will Together written by Ruth Haley Barton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a much more fitting model—the spiritual community that practices discernment together.

Download or read book The Call to Follow written by Richard Langer and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reexamining the Nature of Leadership and "Followership" in Light of Biblical Teaching The market is flooded with books, conferences, and workshops on how to be a better leader. In most companies, leaders are noticed and applauded while followers are often viewed as weak and passive. However, Scripture tells us a different story; although leadership is valued and respected, being obedient followers of Christ is at the very heart of faith. In The Call to Follow, Richard Langer and Joanne J. Jung teach readers that "followership" is essential to both organizational and spiritual flourishing. They argue that followership requires the development of specific skills and virtues modeled and extolled throughout Scripture. They point to examples of people from the Bible and church history who focused on following in the footsteps of their Savior rather than positions of leadership among others. This helpful book seeks to dismantle the idol of leadership that's so prevalent in our culture and points us instead to the biblical concept of followership. Biblically Centered: Contains examples of "followership" from Scripture and church history Mission Oriented: Explains how being a follower of Jesus Christ is a missional calling Community Focused: Written to encourage Christ followers, in both leadership and followership positions

Download or read book The Christian Leader at Work written by Kent Keith and published by Terrace Press. This book was released on with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for Christian leaders, whether they are leaders in churches, businesses, non-profit organizations, the military, government agencies, schools, or hospitals. Beginning with the importance of faith, the commandment to love, and the call to serve, the book describes the service model of leadership, key practices of servant-leaders, and organizational structures that are based on the teachings of Jesus and the guidance of Scripture. It addresses practical leadership issues such as motivation, leading change, and how to be effective as a leader who is in the world, not of the world. The book is unusual in that it combines the wisdom of the Scriptures with empirical research and experience that supports Biblical teachings. The book includes a Study Guide for individual reflection or group discussion, plus a list of Biblical references, a bibliography, and notes.

Download or read book The Spiritual Life of a Leader written by Boyd Bailey and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Leaders Rely on God No matter where you lead, the qualities that make a great leader are the same: you should be humble, selfless, honest, collaborative, and teachable. Most of all, you should recognize Jesus as the gold standard of leadership and make your relationship with God your top priority. In The Spiritual Life of a Leader, bestselling author Boyd Bailey will help you develop the habits and goals of an effective leader. As you orient your heart toward serving God, you’ll grow in your ability to bear spiritual fruit in your workplace, serve your colleagues, and raise up other leaders. Learn how you can… use honest self-assessment to improve your weaknesses and hone your spiritual strengths make spirituality a central part of your management style, even in a secular environment avoid the temptations common to leaders and ensure your unique spiritual needs are met Get ready to grow as a leader and a follower of Christ. The Spiritual Life of a Leader will help you adopt God’s priorities as your own and enable you to shine for Him as you follow Jesus’ footsteps.

Download or read book The Kingdom Focused Leader written by Michael Miller and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing Jesus as the consummate leader of all time, this book explains how every leader can model Christ's example of constant awareness that the Kingdom of God works in our lives every day.

Download or read book Christ Centered Leadership at Work written by Rick Sessoms, PhD and published by Credo House Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim DeVries, a successful entrepreneur, and Rick Sessoms, an acknowledged leadership educator, join together to challenge existing and potential leaders to impact our culture for Christ. By encouraging others to accept a call to serve in the workplace, they can serve as salt and light starting each Monday, affecting all areas of culture. Jim and Rick begin by showing how mistaken beliefs have devalued everyday work as a means of serving God. While telling the stories of their journey to become leaders, they provide living examples of how God developed them into successful leaders. They share their mistakes, the obstacles they faced, and the valley and mountaintop experiences God shepherded them through. All leading to a new understanding of God's view of success and significance. They give examples of building a healthy culture within an organization and common mistakes that a leader will make to damage it.Don't expect a book that teaches techniques to help you climb the ladder of success. Instead, it shows how you can develop as a genuine leader interested in helping your followers develop as new leaders. You will learn that others will gladly follow you not because you are perfect but because you strive to keep your beliefs, words, and actions in harmony. The book has four parts: God's call to work and leadership; One Leader's Journey; Creating a healthy culture; and Caution and encouragement. Three additional sections are: Learning to communicate responsibly, Learning from Jesus, the master communicator, and Learning effective lay leadership in the church. About the AuthorsJim DeVriesJim graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked for Sarns Inc., now a part of Terumo Medical Corporation, Baxter Laboratories, and Medtronic Incorporated. Jim is an entrepreneur, inventor, and sculptor, who founded DLP, Inc. He received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1992, presented jointly by Ernst and Young, Inc. Magazine, and Merrill Lynch. A doctor of Letters from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in 2005 and the University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Alumni Merit Award in 2012. Rick SessomsRick is the founder and CEO of Freedom to Lead International(R), a non-profit entity that uses story, images, and music to cultivate Christ-centered leaders. He has been a missionary, pastor, and educator and has coached leaders and provided consultation for ministry organizations throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe, North Asia, South Asia, and Oceania. Rick has an MDiv, a DMin, and a Ph.D. in organizational leadership. He formerly served as chair of the Lausanne Leadership Development Working Group. Rick and his wife, Tina, have two grown children.

Download or read book God Called Me for a Purpose written by Joseph Wright and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing that God has a calling on your life and understanding your calling is just the beginning of a progression that leads to working successfully within that calling. The Lord Called Me for a Purpose gives insight to the preparation process and the required commitment to the developing stages of spiritual leadership. Within this book, you will come to understand the need for proper training and the understanding of disciplines essential in building tenacity in your study of God and in your covenant relationship that guides you through your growth process. Knowing that you were chosen by God and gifted in a specific calling, this book helps you to understand the critical issues of the premature birth of your calling and the successful rewards of your calling coming into public view in due season.Moreover, The Lord Call Me for a Purpose helps you to understand that spiritual leadership is, in a sense, stewardship through the favor of God. You will recognize the favor of God as having to be responsible and accountable for what truly belongs to God. God has called you into leadership, and you must answer the call, so prepare yourself for a close encounter with the Spirit of God that is about to lead you into greater works!

Download or read book The Conviction to Lead written by Albert Mohler and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change the Way You Think about Leadership At the age of thirty-three, Dr. Albert Mohler became the youngest president in the 164-year history of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was the driving force behind the school's transformation into a thriving institution with an international reputation characterized by a passionate conviction for truth. In the process he became one of the most important and prominent Christian voices in contemporary culture. What will it take to transform your leadership? Effective leaders need more than administrative skills and vision. They need to be able to change the hearts and minds of those they lead. Leadership like this requires passionate beliefs that can stand up to pressure from without and within. In this updated edition Dr. Mohler has added a new introduction and conclusion based on an additional 10 years of leadership. He has also completely rewritten the chapter "The Digital Leader." The Conviction to Lead will crystallize your convictions while revolutionizing your thinking, your decision-making, your communication, and ultimately, those you lead. "Dr. Al Mohler has written a book that shakes us up and challenges our thinking. The Conviction to Lead is poised to become one of the all-time classic works on Christian leadership."--JIM DALY, President - Focus on the Family "Having rarely thought about leadership, I was hooked from the first chapter--to my complete surprise. This is a powerful book and gracefully written."--FRED BARNES, Executive Editor--The Weekly Standard

Download or read book Faith Driven Entrepreneur written by Henry Kaestner and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm excited about Faith Driven Entrepreneur. Anyone who is following the example of their creator God can find echoes of their work in this book." --Lecrae Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey. But it doesn't need to be. God has a purpose and a plan for all those entrepreneurial dreams and creative gifts he gave you. The work you do today--the company you've built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it--serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together, we identify the values, habits, and traits that empower us to successfully build businesses, serve our communities, and faithfully pursue a loving relationship with God; read stories that exemplify how those values, habits, and traits unfold in everyday life; and discover the potential God wants to unleash through our work. Each book purchase includes access to the eight-session Faith Driven Entrepreneur video series, a discussion guide to encourage conversation among peers, and an invitation to join a Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group to meet other like-minded entrepreneurs.

Download or read book Practicing the King s Economy written by Michael Rhodes and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church in the West is rediscovering the fact that God cares deeply for the poor. More and more, churches and individual Christians are looking for ways to practice economic discipleship, but it's hard to make progress when we are blind to our own entanglement in our culture's idolatrous economic beliefs and practices. Practicing the King's Economy cuts through much confusion and invites Christians to take their place within the biblical story of the "King Jesus Economy." Through eye-opening true stories of economic discipleship in action, and with a solid exploration of six key biblical themes, the authors offer practical ways for God's people to earn, invest, spend, compensate, save, share, and give in ways that embody God's love and provision for the world. Foreword by Christopher J. H. Wright.

Download or read book Health of People Health of Planet and Our Responsibility written by Wael Al-Delaimy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate change has been established through extensive published evidence and reports. However, the connections between climate change, the health of the planet and the impact on human health have not received the same level of attention. Therefore, the global focus on the public health impacts of climate change is a relatively recent area of interest. This focus is timely since scientists have concluded that changes in climate have led to new weather extremes such as floods, storms, heat waves, droughts and fires, in turn leading to more than 600,000 deaths and the displacement of nearly 4 billion people in the last 20 years. Previous work on the health impacts of climate change was limited mostly to epidemiologic approaches and outcomes and focused less on multidisciplinary, multi-faceted collaborations between physical scientists, public health researchers and policy makers. Further, there was little attention paid to faith-based and ethical approaches to the problem. The solutions and actions we explore in this book engage diverse sectors of civil society, faith leadership, and political leadership, all oriented by ethics, advocacy, and policy with a special focus on poor and vulnerable populations. The book highlights areas we think will resonate broadly with the public, faith leaders, researchers and students across disciplines including the humanities, and policy makers.

Download or read book Called to Lead written by John MacArthur and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2010-09-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a true leader? Is leadership a title? Authority? Charisma? Whatever gets the best results? Today more than ever, Christians need a model of leadership that is based on God’s Word, that brings God glory. In Called to Lead, best-selling author, pastor, and teacher John MacArthur explains the characteristics of a leader drawn from one of the Bible’s most renowned leaders, the apostle Paul. Focusing on Paul’s letters to the church, Called to Lead shows you the twenty-six key qualities of a leader who can achieve results without forfeiting faith and obedience, qualities such as: Trustworthiness Discipline Christlikeness Sincerity Decisiveness Called to Lead presents a compelling, biblically sound explanation of the leadership God established when Jesus called and commissioned the apostles . . . and when God called you to lead.

Download or read book God s Call to Service and Leadership written by Rev. Daniel W. Farley Ph.D. and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one moves through life, inspiration gained by being sensitive to God, surroundings, circumstances and people can be a grand teacher. This is made evident in God's Call to Service and Leadership where Dr. Farley shares his cultural development to provide a pathway for others to consider and potentially follow as they seek to lead and serve.