| Your Calling as a Leader Contributor(s): Straub, Gary (Author), Turner, Judy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0827244126 ISBN-13: 9780827244122 Publisher: Chalice Press OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: Your Calling as a Leader calls the church to seek out and develop spiritual leaders. Using principles of spiritual leadership, Your Calling as a Leader provides concrete applications that show congregations how to reach spiritual agreement and intentionally train spirit leaders. It calls every Christian to find the leader role God wants for him or her to fill. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Leadership |
| Dewey: 262.146 |
| LCCN: 2005013224 |
| Series: Your Calling As... |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.04" W x 7.34" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Continuing the popular Your Call as ... series, Your Calling as a Leader calls the church to seek out and develop spiritual leaders. It is filled with real-life illustrations to help groups and individuals to seek and find God's direction and God's design for the church even through the most difficult situations. Using principles of spiritual leadership, Your Calling as a Leader provides concrete applications that show congregations how to reach spiritual agreement and intentionally train spiritual leaders. It calls every Christian to find the leader role God wants for them to fill. |
Contributor Bio(s): Straub, Gary: - After serving three churches for 35 years and 11 interims, Gary Straub's current ministry adventure involves leadership consultations. After three Chalice Press books on leadership, his last 15 years have been devoted to serving with Bethany Fellows, an ecumenical coaching/mentoring ministry for young pastors during their first 5 years in the parish, where a 40% dropout rate prevails. Currently, Bethany Fellows enjoy a 90% retention rate. Straub has an undergraduate degree from Ozark Bible College, a Masters in Pastoral Care and Doctorate in Pastoral Psychology from Vanderbilt Divinity School, and a Master of Theology from Princeton Seminary. A certified Spiritual Director with Shalem Institute, he is also a credentialed Valwood Leadership Coach. Gary presently conducts strategic ministry consultations, retreats and workshops, search process conversations, prayer days and spirituality seminars. Straub has been married for more than 40 years to Geneva, a psychiatric nurse with extensive background in family and addiction counseling. They are active members of Middletown Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Their two grown daughters also live in Louisville, with assorted dogs, cats and 3 grandchildren.Turner, Judy: - Judy Turner, along with her husband John, is founder of Christview Ministries in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She leads conferences and writes in the area of leadership and spirituality. |