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Creating Leadership Teams Led by the Spirit
Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to ‘get through the agenda.’ What if there was another way?
Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a much more suitable model—the spiritual community that discerns God's will together.
With Pursuing God's Will Together, you'll find:
– Personal and group practices that will lead you into a new way of experiencing community and listening to God together.
– Appendicies with a Leader's Guide and notes on a biblical perspective on spiritual transformation
– Additional videos and bonus material from Ruth Haley Barton on ivpress.com to extend your learning.
Table of Content
Introduction: Leadership That Is Spiritual
Part One: Becoming a Community for Discernment
1. Obstacles to Discernment
2. Beginning with Spiritual Transformation
3. Leaders Who Are Discerning
4. Cultivating Spiritual Community
5. Values that Undergird Community
6. Practices for Opening to God Together
7. Practices for Listening to Each Other
8. Covenants Protect Community
Part Two: Practicing Discernment Together
9. Get Ready: Preparing for the Discernment Process
10. Get Set: From Decision Making to Discernment
11. Go! Discerning God?s Will Together
12. But Does It Work?
Appendix 1: Leader’s Guide
Appendix 2: A Biblical Perspective on Spiritual Transformation
Resources
Notes
About the author
Ruth Haley Barton is founder of the Transforming Center and a seasoned spiritual director. She is the author of many books including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Sacred Rhythms, and Invitation to Solitude and Silence.
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