Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Foreword by the Most Reverend Justin Welby xi
Introduction: Not Another Book on Leadership?! xiii

Part 1 Understanding Leadership
1 Desiring Leadership: Why Leadership Matters 3
2 Defining Leadership 24
3 Leadership in the Christian Tradition I: Leadership in the Old Testament 58
4 Leadership in the Christian Tradition II: Leadership in the New Testament 77
5 Distrusting Leadership: Critical Reflection on the Practice of Leadership 111

Part 2 The Work of Leadership
6 Leadership and Organizational Culture 141
7 Animating the Body: Growing and Developing Others 164
8 Fostering Collaboration 192
9 Discerning Direction: Leadership and Vision 219
10 The Spirituality of Christian Leadership 251

References and Further Reading 262
Index of Biblical References 269
Index of Names and Subjects 272

About the Author

Ian Parkinson is a Leadership Specialist at CPAS. A visiting lecturer at a large number of Anglican TEIs across Britain and Ireland he designs and delivers modules at 8 institutions and teaches as part of wider leadership courses at a further 5. He is a former New Wine Regional Director.


Justin Welby is the Archbishop of Canterbury

Reviews

“This is a significant and very spiritual contribution to our thinking about leadership: distinctively Christian, deeply rooted in the reality of local churches, and definitely life-giving!”
*Paul Harcourt, National Leader, New Wine England*

"Comprehensive, Biblically rooted, and grounded in practical experience, this is a book that all Christian leaders will want to have on their shelves. It faces the leadership task with wisdom, honesty and reflection on the whole-life character of Christian leadership in a way that will inspire and challenge, whether you are just setting out as a leader or have been leading for many years."
*Emma Ineson, Bishop of Penrith*