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Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Bill Hybels Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2008-12-16 ISBN: 0310291577 Number of pages: 288 Publisher: Zondervan
Book Reviews of Courageous LeadershipBook Review: Encouraging and Challenging Guidance for Leaders Summary: 5 Stars
I think Hybels' writing on leadership offers exceptional counsel for Christian leaders, especially leaders of churches. Hybels has been in the trenches of Church leadership. This book demonstrates that the tremendous growth and contribution of Willow Creek is not an accident or a product of just being in the right place at the right time. Hybels illustrates the factors contributing to the church's success. Of course, readers will know of the success of Willow Creek, but Hybels also presents his failings and mistakes. This is a book that readers will learn from and engage.
Although, it is hard to comprehend a church setting a fundraising goal of $70 million with $20 million already in the bank. Most of the principles in this book are applicable to any reader involved with a church or organization.
Summary of Courageous LeadershipThe book you hold resonates with this conviction: that leaders such as you have the potential to be the most influential forces on planet Earth. Yours is the staggering responsibility and the matchless privilege of rallying believers and mobilizing their spiritual gifts in order to help people who are far from God become fully devoted followers of Christ. Life transformation and the eternal destinies of real people depend on the redemptive message entrusted to the local church. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to lead your church effectively so God's message of hope can change the world? Then this book is for you. Courageous Leadership is Bill Hybels' magnum opus, a book far too important to be written before its time. Only now, after nearly thirty years leading his own church from a handful of people with a burning vision into a globe-spanning kingdom force---only after almost three decades of victories and setbacks, of praying hard and risking big---is Hybels ready at last to share the lessons he has learned, and continues to learn, about Christian leadership. Too much is at stake for you not to maximize your spiritual gift of leadership, insists Hybels. In this passionate, powerful book, he unpacks the tools, tasks, and challenges of your calling. You'll discover the power of vision and how to turn it into action. You'll gain frontline insights for developing a kingdom dream team, discovering your leadership style, developing other leaders, making decisions, walking with God, embracing change, staying your God-given course, and much, much more. Drawing on his own richly varied life experiences, Hybels fleshes out vital principles with riveting firsthand stories. This is far more than another book on leadership strategies and techniques. You'll find those topics in here, to be sure. But beyond them, you'll find the very essence of one of today's foremost Christian leaders---his fervent commitment to evangelism and discipleship and his zeal to inspire fellow church leaders even as he seeks to keep growing as a leader himself. If unchurched people matter to you . . . if you love seeing believers serve passionately with their spiritual gifts . . . if God's heartbeat for the church is your heartbeat as well . . . then this book is a must. Courageous Leadership will convince you to lead with all your might, all your skill, and all your faith. And it will give you the tools to do just that.
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