Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World [Paperback]

Leith Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2001

"Leith Anderson's preaching, vision, and leadership have guided his church through a process of change and growth,
putting it on the cutting edge to meet the spiritual needs of its people. Speaking to a wide variety of denominations across the country several times a year, his counsel is sound, practical, and full of hope to pastors, church leaders, and lay Christians. Christianity Today selected this book as its top pick in the Church/Pastoral Leadership category for 2000."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a powerful message of hope, borne out of Anderson's experiences in congregational transformation..." -- Christian Management Report, Mar-Apr 2001 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Leith Anderson is the Senior Pastor of Wooddale Church in Minnesota. Although he is known nationally as an author, speaker, and educator, his first love is the local church and its people. A graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Bradley University, Denver Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary, he has written several books including Leadership That Works, a Christianity Today Book Award winner, and Becoming Friends with God. He and his wife, Charleen, live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764226266
• ISBN-13: 978-0764226267
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #733,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leadership From One Who Does It and Communicates It!, August 21, 2000

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George Bullard "Strategic Leadership Coach" (Columbia, SC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leadership That Works: Hope and Directions for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World (Hardcover)

This book is a steal! Where [can] you get in one place such practical wisdom from a successful, significant, and sacrifical pastor like Leith Anderson. He successfully combines an understand of character and comptence, with a conviction that great leaders have both.

He successfully juggles the practice of pastoral ministry with the ability to write and speak about the broad spectrum of pastoral ministry. Leith is one of the top five communciators about pastoral ministry in North American today.

One quote sums up the book: "Leadership is figuring out what needs to be done and then doing it." [51]

When you read Leadership That Works you are not hearing primarily about the success story of Wooddale Church, you are hearing about the principles of leadership that actually will work for you in your place of ministry.

I can personally testify to the validity of Leith's ministry having heard him speak, engaged him in dialogue, visited with him in his own church for worship, and seen his authentic ministry at work.

5.0 out of 5 stars In LOVE..., August 3, 2011

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This review is from: Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World (Paperback)

This book has FOREVER changed my life, it gives you a real-life view of GOD through the MESSIAH !! Anyone who has ever questioned whether JESUS is the MESSIAH... should read this book, I cannot explain in words how much understanding Leith Anderson's book has brought to me, such a rich relationship it has promoted with the ONE AND ONLY living GOD, GOD GAVE EVERYTHING HOLDING back NOTHING in giving US JESUS!!! This book makes JESUS real.. relatable, someONE you would want to spend your days with, and so Leith draws you in to the life of JESUS falling in LOVE with HIS obediance towards GOD and his willingness to give us HIS ALL, and how much JESUS loved his disciples and how disappointed JESUS must have been that HE was rejected by HIS own people.. it's amazing because JESUS can understand us, because HE TOO WAS human.. and we can have a relationship with SUCH A LOVING GOD. And for that i am forever GRATEFUL!!! Thank you... Pastor Anderson. May GOD BLESS YOU!

5.0 out of 5 stars Seminary student preparation for leadership in the local church, May 20, 2007

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Dennis Moore "dmoore" (Lansing, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World (Paperback)

This book was recommended to me by our Lead Pastor for the ministry internship that I am doing with him. We are working through the book, chapter-by-chapter. I have been in church leadership for over 20 years and could have greatly benefited from this book if it were available back then. I'm thankful that it is available now for us. It's a must read for seminary students and professors and anyone currently in church leadership or aspiring to church leadership.