Leading a Church to Maturity in Love: A Theological and Practical Guide to Church Leadership
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Overview
The Church as a community is called to reflect the inclusive love of Christ. Yet, church leaders frequently encounter tensions and conflict, especially when facing change. Building on extensive experience of leading churches at times of change, David R. Tomlinson shows how through critical theological reflection and modelling good practice church leaders can facilitate church life that is grounded in and transformed by the love of God.
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- Shares resources for those wishing to lead churches with emotional maturity.
- Explores the challenges of leading congregations.
- Calls to bear hopeful witness as God’s people in the world today.
David Tomlinson draws on his deep experience of ministry in a local community to explore the question of what it means to grow through and within our struggles with difference and diversity. Taking some of the ‘big words’ of our Christian life together – trust, reconciliation, truth, servant leadership, witness – he engages in a conversation between practice and theology that is insightful and challenging both for church leaders, and the communities of which they are part. This is both a wise and a practical book, calling us to bear hopeful witness as God’s people in the world today.
--Liz Griffiths, Director of Training, Bridge Builders
Tomlinson’s book is an excellent resource for those wishing to lead churches with emotional maturity. For those who have participated on Bridge Builders courses it is a refresher on how to deal with conflict in the church and on how to lead in an emotionally intelligent way. The book is full of insightful theological reflections. It has helpful practical suggestions on how to work with congregations and manage your own responses to the challenges of leading congregations. The book balances theory with practice. I would recommend this book to those training for ministry and for those leading churches.
--The Very Revd Sue Jones, Dean of Liverpool, Rural Theology
It is a rare book that I can commend without hesitation or caveat. David Tomlinson’s Leading a Church to Maturity in Love is one of them! Everyone with congregational leadership responsibility will benefit from reading, reflecting and applying David’s insights. And if anyone says they have not learned anything, then I suspect they haven’t read it properly! Applying David’s wisdom for leadership will make a huge difference to the health and vitality of God’s church and his ministers in the years to come. I couldn’t be more grateful.
--The Revd Canon Dr Roger Matthews, Dean of Mission and Ministry, Diocese of Chelmsford
- Title: Leading a Church to Maturity in Love: A Theological and Practical Guide to Church Leadership
- Authors: David R. Tomlinson, Stephen Cottrell
- Publisher: Sacristy Press
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 148
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781789590234, 178959023X, 9781789590241, 1789590248, 1789590256, 9781789590258
- Resource ID: LLS:LDNGCHRCHLDRSHP
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-17T02:02:50Z