Pressure Points: Who's in Charge?
Overview
Every Great Leader Can be Tempted to Jump Ship.
It’s not easy leading a church. As the pastor, you’re called to move ahead and direct your congregation to new heights in an age and a culture that is largely anti-authoritarian, independent, and suspicious of leaders. And as things get tough, you get lonely. Everyone doubts decisions from time to time, but where does a pastor turn for guidance?
Leading a congregation while maintaining your emotional and spiritual equilibrium is one of the greatest challenges you will face as a pastor. But you can equip yourself to meet the challenge with wisdom and confidence. Who's in Charge brings you the insights of three highly effective pastors whose years of experience have taught them how to stand strong under pressure. With their help, you'll soon discover how to transform one of the most demanding aspects of your ministry into one of the most rewarding.
Top Highlights
“Leadership demands casting vision and setting up structures and making decisions and motivating volunteers. It means upholding standards, resisting temptation to take the easy way out, deciding what to say when to whom. A leader has to be organized and creative, patient and efficient. Leaders have to work with people who drain them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.” (Page 8)
“Another powerful emotion is the desire to be accepted by the members.” (Page 17)
“There are certain things that pastors must do—whether we are experts at it or not, and whether or not we like it.” (Page 19)
“Tangled up in the emotions of wanting to succeed is the fear of failure.” (Page 18)
“To lead, the pastor must create vision for the local church. A vision has to start with someone, and that someone often is the pastor.” (Page 20)