Revolutionary Leadership [Paperback]

Tri Robinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2005

Is your church growing? More importantly, is your church creating authentic followers of Jesus? In Revolutionary Leadership, author and pastor Tri Robinson shares his journey of planting a church that is serious about discipleship. Out of his desire to pastor a church that was intentional and successful at developing passionate followers of Jesus, Robinson discovered the concept of synergy and how its components can help revolutionize leadership within a church.

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About the Author

Tri Robinson is the founding pastor of the Vineyard Boise Church in Boise, Idaho, a growing fellowship of over 3,000. He has served on the national board for the Association of Vineyard Churches USA and as a regional overseer for more than 100 churches. With a strong teaching background that includes a Masters degree in administrative education, he is a sought-after conference speaker and passionate about transferring his working insights and experience on church leadership to a wide spectrum of churches. Tri and his wife, Nancy, life in Sweet, Idaho, and have two grown children, Kate and Brook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Ampelon Publishing (May 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974882534
• ISBN-13: 978-0974882536
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tri Robinson is the founding pastor of the Vineyard Boise Church in Boise, Idaho, and a self-proclaimed do-it-yourself rancher. With a strong teaching background that includes a Masters degree in administrative education, he is a sought-after conference speaker and passionate about transferring his working insights and experience on church leadership to a wide spectrum of churches. Tri and his wife, Nancy, live in Sweet, Idaho, and have two grown children, Kate and Brook.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review, March 12, 2007

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C. Simmons (Brighton UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revolutionary Leadership (Paperback)

I think this is an excellent book, but being so thin its easy to speed read and miss some of Tri's wisdom. It could probably have been three times the size. For any church leader looking for practical answers in structuring and envisioning a church without resorting to importing programmes that have proven to work elsewhere this is the book for you. My advice woul be to read it slowly and then read it again - its a great book for leaders looking for more insight.

5.0 out of 5 stars Constant State of Change, November 4, 2011

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Joshua Hopping - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolutionary Leadership (Paperback)

Having been mentored by Tri Robinson at the Vineyard Boise, his leadership principles became `normal' in my life. I had stopped thinking about it and just did it as it was engrained into my life....

Yet as I traveled around the country and talked to different pastors and leaders, I slowly begun to realize that the way I did things, nay, the leadership structure I caught from Tri was different... and, even more amazing, it was a structure that allowed for the shifts in church life promoted by folks in the emerging and missional church.

Having noticed this difference, and having fairly recently become a senior pastor, I decided to go back and re-read Tri's book leadership book, "Revolutionary Leadership." In doing so I realized the main differences in Tri's leadership structure:

"I realized that the church is truly a living body that wants to mature, but in order to do so it must be in a constant state of change. I learned that healthy church growth requires a structure that will continually facilitate transition. It requires a senior pastor who is willing to continually facilitate transition. It requires a senior pastor who is willing to give up the controlling entrepreneurial spirit and give away authority and responsibility to competent, willing people."

As you have probably realized, the above principle of creating a church structure to "continually facilitate transition" is a tough one. Yet it is one that I believe can be implanted into a church through an ongoing Synergy Cycle comprising of three main principles:

A vision is cast based upon what God is doing, the culture of the church develops around that vision or invitation to join with God in His mission, and then structure is developed to support and foster the culture and vision God gave to that church.... then repeat the cycle as the body changes and shifts according to the guidance of our Lord.

As you follow this cycle, it is very important to continue to go in the order given: vision => culture =>structure. Going the other way - vision then structure - will result in church programs, offices, doctrines and whatnot that are forced upon the church body and propped up by the church leadership. In a nutshell, going backwards can cause a human driven church instead of a Holy Spirit driven church.

I could go on as this book is packed with practical as well as theological principles...but I will let you all read it for yourself. ;)