Lending Your Leadership

Nelson Granade shows how pastors can use their unique gifts to strengthen their communities beyond the walls of the church. He argues that clergy posses invaluable resources for working with people because they are trained to look for God's bigger view and patient working. They understand that asking the right questions is as important as finding the right answers. And they have the skills, experience, and perspectives that are needed in community leadership. What's more, by "lending your leadership," pastors can form a deeper connection with their call to ministry and help cast a vision of renewed, and even new, communities.Read less