The three tasks of leadership : worldly wisdom for pastoral leaders /

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Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009.
Description:xii, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13173333
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Other authors / contributors:Jacobsen, Eric O.
ISBN:9780802863980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802863981 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Mentor to Mentor
  • Task 1. Defining Reality
  • 1. Leadership as Interpreting Reality
  • 2. Defining the Reality of Your Role: Historical Contexts and Theological Models of Christian Leadership
  • 3. The Reality of Your Context: Fundamental Elements and Multicultural Leadership
  • 4. Defining Institutional Realities: The Myth of the Right Form
  • 5. The Pulpit as Primary Setting for Defining Reality
  • Task 2. Servanthood
  • 6. The Primacy of Servanthood
  • 7. Serving through Wisdom
  • 8. Evaluating Servanthood: From Servant Leadership to Leading as Serving
  • 9. Spiritual Formation as Service: The Essential Foundation for Leadership
  • 10. The Service of Personal Identity: Created for "Good" Work
  • 11. Ministry Implications of Service
  • Task 3. Saying Thanks
  • 12. The Challenge of Gratitude
  • 13. Gratitude as Access to Meaning
  • 14. Gratitude as Organizational Ethos
  • 15. Paying Attention to People as Gratitude
  • 16. The Grateful Pastor
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • 17. The Formation of Future Leading Servants
  • 18. A Leadership Library for Pastors
  • Index