Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

By Steve MagnessHarperCollins Publishers (2022)Hardcover, 320 pages Reviewed by CHERI LYNN GREGORY When the starting gun fired, college athlete Steve Magness fully expected to cross …

Rooted Leadership: Seeking God’s Answers to the Eleven Core Questions Every Leader Faces

By John E. Johnson Zondervan (2022)Hardcover, 304 pages Reviewed by NEIL HARPER As a pastor-theologian, John E. Johnson presents a theology of leadership that upholds …

Servant Leadership and Organizational Leadership: Essential Leadership Relationships

Introduction The effectiveness of servant leadership is highly dependent on organizational leadership; thus, effective servant leadership must integrate organizational leadership because organizational leadership and/or leaders: …

A Biblical Examination Into Practical Authentic Leadership and Its Relationship to Effective Discipleship

Introduction According to Barna Research, 43% of respondents who were practicing and non-practicing Christians described “the process of growing spiritually” as “becoming more Christ-like.” Along …

Other Duties as Assigned: Serving Well in the Second Chair

Abstract: Second-chair pastoral leaders minister in the “most misunderstood clergy position of all kind” (McCullar, 2009, p. 12). This article explores their role and responsibilities …

Unity in the Church: Holistic Leadership and Discipleship of the Next Generation

In his letter to the church of Ephesus, the apostle Paul wrote about the importance of unity: There is one body and one Spirit—just as …

Leading Church Organizations in Unity and Mission

My friend Jon has been pastor of a church that was dying 10 years ago but today is thriving. However, to be part of a …