Designed to Lead
The Church and Leadership Development

It's rare to find a leadership book that is both biblically and theologically grounded and immensely practical. This is it. I haven't run across a book for church leaders like this one. It would be profoundly helpful for any pastor or staff member at any church.......more

Book is okay. It's a bunch of business principles applied to the church. Not that this is a bad thing, but it often felt like the authors were trying to advocate for models that have worked in specific situations, but may not in others. The authors seem to bend Scripture to fit business models/princ......more

This is an exceptional book on the Bible's development of leaders. The future of the church depends upon God. The effectiveness of the church depends upon us following Jesus in the commission of making disciples. Disciples are both leaders and listeners.......more

This book genuinely surprised me. At first I thought it was simply going to be a shallow how-to manual with some Scriptures thrown in at the beginning for support. But after the first chapter, I discovered that the authors were intent on grounding their vision in the storyline of Scripture and the G......more

Convictions. Culture. Constructs. That’s the secret sauce to making leaders in your church. This book is a fantastic resource on Leadership Development. It isn’t a book on “how to be a leader,” but rather on “how to make leaders.” Under that premise, the authors claim that the church ought to be the......more