In this encouraging, practical, and easy-to-read Living Church resource, experienced church leaders Susan Gillies and Ingrid Dvirnak use stories and case studies to:
€ Identify obstacles to cultivating lay leadership and ways to overcome them
€ Explore how to identify gifts and match them to organizational needs and ministry interests
€ Address recruiting and sustaining leaders in their roles
Additionally, the authors establish:
€ The value in having leaders rotate through a season of followership
€ The importance of cultivating your own spiritual health in order to be a more effective leader
€ The need for leadership development beginning with children and extending through retirees
A must-have resource for each church pastor
