Elders and Leaders
Book Review
This book was recommended to me by another ministry leader, and it was a joy to read. It takes a thorough, diagnostic approach to church leadership, looking for what it calls "supracultural" principles: truths that should be applied no matter the culture. Gene Getz works really hard to "stick to the facts" and stay close to the Scriptures, acknowledging when there is room for difference of form.
This is probably the best book I have read on the topic. The one weakness it has, if you can call it that, is that although it does talk about what small churches can do, the large majority of this book applies to ministries that are mid-sized ministries (150+ people) and larger. And, these days, the majority of churches are smaller than that.
I expect to go back to this book many times over the years.
I am nuts about books. I read on all kinds of topics. I attempt to review each book I read for the sake of my own enrichment as well as conversation starters with others.
You never know what you will find in an attic! Usually there is a hodgepodge of things buried under dust.
Most of what is included here are notes to myself. The majority of folks will not find interest in these posts.