Transforming Pastoral Leadership: Reimagining Congregational Relationships for Changing Contexts - Couverture souple

Kinnison, Quentin P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1625647034 ISBN 13 : 9781625647030

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2016

Synopsis

For many congregations, change creates discomfort. Pastoral leaders are often expected to be experts who manage and control realities beyond their expertise, experience, and ability. That expectation, a product of modern approaches to leadership, views the pastor as responsible for maintaining the status quo. Transforming Pastoral Leadership responds to this context by challenging readers to rediscover key biblical themes around the shepherding metaphor as well as key theological themes steeped in our historical faith narratives. Readers are challenged to consider the origins of our dominant leadership practices and to reconsider how Christ's preeminence as the leader of his church requires us to reconstruct leadership practices that are faithful to his preeminence. To assist congregations, Transforming Pastoral Leadership suggests two processes that might help congregations discern God's missional promptings as they move forward into God's future and experience conflict as opportunities for transformation.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Quentin P. Kinnison is licensed in both the American Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, holding over twenty-five years of congregational experience in various ministry positions. Currently Dr. Kinnison is Associate Professor of Christian Ministry at Fresno Pacific University and serves as the Biblical & Religious Studies Division chairperson. He was distinguished with the Nickel Excellence in Teaching Award (NETA) in 2013, the Fresno Pacific University President's Distinguished Service award in 2014, and an Alphi-Chi Inspirational Teacher recognition in 2016. He also serves as an Affiliate Faculty member for Fuller Theological Seminary. In addition to ministry courses, Kinnison teaches a theology of disability course for the Special Education program at Fresno Pacific University. Family time is precious and he enjoys gardening, cooking, basketball, golf, strategy games (i.e., Pente, Chess), reading, and watching SciFi.


Mark Lau Branson is the Homer Goddard Professor of Ministry of the Laity at Fuller Theological Seminary. He focuses on contexts and leadership, and how God's people can attend to God's initiatives. He is the author of Memories, Hopes & Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, & Congregational Change, and (with Juan Martínez) Churches, Cultures and Leadership.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1625647034
• ISBN 13: 9781625647030
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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