"In the kingdom of God, if servanthood is beneath you, leadership is beyond you."The Church in the Western World is facing a leadership crisis. Tragic stories of scandal, abuse and decline, arguably stemming from the adotption of secular leadership values, have had a devastating impact on churches' witness to their local communities.

And yet there is hope. For across the world right now a new breed of leaders are rising up. Holy, hungry and humble ones who have been shaped and formed in the hidden places are now finding their voice and leading the church into a fresh move of the Holy Spirit. These leaders have heard the cry at the heart of this book - to return to the cruciform way. Inspired by the first apostles who embodied the crossshaped, sacrificial leadership of Jesus, the true model of perfect leadership, they too believe the power of such radical obedience will literally change the world.

From the author of the raw and profound Luminous Dark comes this heartfelt, sympathetic but often hard-hitting new call to churches to return to biblical leadership. Our leaders should mimic the character and example of Jesus, who gives us a servant-hearted understanding of ministry, and the early apostles, in the ways they strove to lead the early church in unity and humility. With unapologetic sincerity, Alain lays bare the failings at the heart of the Church and points to the solution – cruciform leadership.

"Learning lessons from the greatest leader of all time, this is a message of healing and hope for those who aspire to lead with the counter-cultural humility and defiant kindness of Jesus." - Pete Grieg, 24-7 Prayer