People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Pastors and church leaders often fall into the trap of people-pleasing. Charles Stone’s research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns and what we can do to overcome these tendencies. With practical tools for individuals and teams, Stone offers concrete resources to help you and your leadership minimize people-pleasing and have more effective ministry.
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- Demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership.
- Shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns.
- Offers concrete resources to help you and your leadership.
I wish Charles Stone's new book, People-Pleasing Pastors, had been available to me as a pastor twenty years ago. His proposal that many pastors lead from the perspective of wanting everyone to be happy and that “it’s our job to make sure that we as pastors please everyone” resonated with me. I think it will do the same for many pastors today who are seeking to understand the intersection of who they are and the challenge of working with people in and outside of the church. Stone skillfully identifies critical gaps that prevent pastors from leading well and then offers authentic insight on how to close them based on his own thirty-plus years of pastoral leadership.
--Bill Nicoson, president and CEO, Cornerstone Pastors Network
Charles Stone writes about a topic that every person and leader needs to be aware of: people-pleasing. He shows the problem and offers seven practical principles as solutions to overcoming people pleasing. The principles are full of wisdom and insights. Reading this book will allow you to become a better leader. I personally enjoyed and would recommend reading this well-written book.
--Dan Black, leadership blogger
Refreshingly honest and practical, People-Pleasing Pastors is an excellent tool for self-evaluation. Dr. Stone delivers insightful, empathetic help to all of us who deal with a very common struggle in ministry—the need to please. As one who can relate, I highly recommend this book.
--Rusty Hayes, senior pastor, First Free Church, Rockford, Illinois
- Title: People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership
- Authors: Charles Stone, Dr. Ed Stetzer
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Christian leadership; Church group work; Church work
- ISBNs: 9780830871902, 9780830841097, 0830841091, 083087190X
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830871902
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T21:00:59Z