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

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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.

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!

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.

I have read this excellent book by Anderson, Personally I want to say that this book is excellent and extraordinary. Because of his insight and scholars background plus his background of practical ministry that make this book became awesome. Beautiful insight and the richess of his experience make this book easy to read and nice. I encourage to all Christian leader to read and apply this principle in this book, this is a book for the future leader in this generation and to the next generation. Thanks and God bless you.

This was a great book. I thought of many mistakes I've made in the ministry.