Growing Leaders: Reflections on Leadership, Life and Jesus

by James Lawrence

Publisher:

Bible Reading Fellowship

, 2020

Overview

How do we keep growing as a leader? And how do we ensure others around us grow in their leadership?

These twin themes run throughout this book, exploring the joys and challenges of leading at a time when we need Christians to lead well wherever they are.

Such leadership is always about more than just skills. It includes a clearer sense of call, growth in Christlike character, an ability to lead well with others and, at heart, a deepening relationship with God. This book offer practical ideas and insights into how to grow as this sort of leader.

Key Features

• Offers practical ideas and insights into how to grow as a Christlike sort of leader
• Presents wisdom, courage, discipline, gratitude and self-knowledge as five things can help leaders grow
• Explores the joys and challenges of leading when there is a need for Christians to lead well

Contents

Part I: Engage with Today’s Context

• What is Christian leadership?
• Facing leadership challenges

Part II: Know You’re Chosen

• Maintaining first love

Part III: Discern God’s Call

• Living in the red zone
• Finding God’s purpose

Part IV: Develop Christlike Character

• Working on your character
• Embracing godly change

Part V: Cultivate Core Competencies

• Leading yourself and those closest to you
• Embodying kingdom values
• Discerning God’s direction
• Developing other leaders

Part VI: Lead in Community

• Leading well with others
• Conclusion

Resources

• Reflecting on the ‘one anothers’
• Discerning your spiritual gifts
• Defining terms
• Helping roles matrix
• Establishing a mentoring relationship
• Characteristics of effective teams
• Resources list

Praise for Growing Leaders

This is probably the most thoughtful, rigorous and engaging study of Christian leadership that I have read. A ‘must have’ for anyone who is taking this subject seriously.

—Jill Garrett, Executive Director, Tenpeg Consulting

I am always looking for books to recommend to young ministry leaders. Now James Lawrence’s Growing Leaders will be near the top of my list! It is authentic – written by a ‘growing leader’ who himself helps to grow other young leaders. It is both biblically solid and organisationally aware; holds in tension competence and character; and, out of the author’s life experience, is rich in resources and practical help. It deserves a wide reading, and can help to meet one of the greatest needs of the global church – the forming of leaders who lead like and to and for Jesus!

—Leighton Ford, Foudner of The Arrow Leadership Programme

There are too many books on leadership, but this one I’ll keep on my shelves. James combines a broad knowledge of the latest research and tested literature with an understanding of church (and especially Anglican) leadership, and won’t let either run away from scripture. He has mixed them thoughtfully and humbly, enriched by the experience gained from life, ministry and the Arrow Leadership Programme.

—Hugh Palmer, Rector, All Souls, Langham Place

Product Details

• Title: Growing Leaders: Reflections on Leadership, Life & Jesus
• Author: James Lawrence
• Publisher: Bible Reading Fellowship
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780857468888, 085746888X
• Resource ID: LLS:GRWNGLDRSRLFJSS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-04T07:22:56Z

About James Lawrence

James Lawrence is CPAS’s Director for Arrow. He is an ordained Anglican minister and has been a core member of Springboard, the evangelism initiative. He is author of Growing Leaders (BRF, 2004), Lost for Words (BRF, 1999) and Men: The challenge of change (CPAS,1997).