Preface
Introduction: Crisis
Chapter 1: Achievement
Principle #1: A ministry community, whose time is controlled by doing the business of the church tends to be spiritually unhealthy.
Chapter 2: Gospel
Principle #2: If your leaders are going to be tools of God’s grace, they need to be committed to nurture that grace in one another’s lives.
Chapter 3: Limits
Principle #3: Recognizing God-ordained limits of gift, time, energy and maturity is essential to leading a ministry community well.
Chapter 4: Balance
Principle #4: Teaching your leaders to recognize and balance the various callings in their life is a vital contribution to their success.
Chapter 5: Character
Principle #5: A spiritually healthy leadership community acknowledges that character is more important than structure or strategies.
Chapter 6: War
Principle #6: It is essential to understand that leadership in any gospel ministry is spiritual warfare.
Chapter 7: Servants
Principle #7: Being called to leadership in the church is a call to a life of willing sacrifice and service.
Chapter 8: Candor
Principle #8: A spiritually healthy leadership community is characterized by the humility of approachability and the courage of loving honesty.
Chapter 9: Identity
Principle #9: Where your leaders look for identity will always determine how they lead.
Chapter 10: Restoration
Principle #10: If a leadership community is formed by the gospel it will always be committed to a lifestyle of fresh starts and new beginnings.
Chapter 11: Longevity
Principle #11: For church leaders, ministry longevity is always the result of gospel community.
Chapter 12: Presence
Principle #12: You will only handle the inevitable weakness, failure, and sin of your leaders when you view them through the lens of the presence, power, promises, and grace of Jesus.
General Index
Scripture Index
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