Developing the Leader's Heart
How Jesus Shaped 12 Men in 3 Years to Change the World
Published on 17. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-952025-09-9 (ISBN)
Description
Developing the Leader's Heart serves to introduce Christian leaders to the process that Jesus used to develop His disciples to fulfill their calling. In doing so, readers will be challenged to look beyond leadership skills and understand the deeper work God wants to do in the heart of leaders in order to accomplish His purposes through them.
Jesus began by seeking out twelve unqualified men. His training regimen was something the world had not imagined. He did not expound on the keys of leadership and organizational skills, instead He deconstructed their hearts, shaping them to lead in a whole new way-in a way that would transform lives and bring down kingdoms. These leaders were not merely coached by Jesus, they were formed by Him. In Developing the Leader's Heart the reader will discover truths about how Jesus formed unqualified leaders into world-changers and how God takes His leaders today through this same process in order to accomplish His deeper purposes in their hearts and lives. It gives clear biblical examples of how Jesus dealt with His leaders through moments of transformational truth and gives insight into how to overcome burnout, discouragement and other roadblocks of the leadership journey.
Jesus began by seeking out twelve unqualified men. His training regimen was something the world had not imagined. He did not expound on the keys of leadership and organizational skills, instead He deconstructed their hearts, shaping them to lead in a whole new way-in a way that would transform lives and bring down kingdoms. These leaders were not merely coached by Jesus, they were formed by Him. In Developing the Leader's Heart the reader will discover truths about how Jesus formed unqualified leaders into world-changers and how God takes His leaders today through this same process in order to accomplish His deeper purposes in their hearts and lives. It gives clear biblical examples of how Jesus dealt with His leaders through moments of transformational truth and gives insight into how to overcome burnout, discouragement and other roadblocks of the leadership journey.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 139 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-952025-09-9 (9781952025099)
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Bill Lawrence is the President of Leader Formation International and Senior Professor Emeritus at Dallas Theological Seminary where he served full-time for twenty-four years and also directed the Center for Christian Leadership.
Bill was founding pastor of South Hills Community Church in San Jose, CA for 12 years before joining the faculty at Dallas Seminary. Throughout the past forty-five years his focus has been on the transformation of the hearts of leaders.
Since founding Leader Formation International in 2002, Bill has spoken at international conferences, taught in seminaries, led seminars, and mentored leaders in Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. His goal is to engage leaders by guiding them to see God's hand in their spiritual growth and encouraging them to integrate their character with their competence. Much of his ministry has occurred in closed countries where church leadership is just emerging.
The author resides in Dallas, Texas.
Bill was founding pastor of South Hills Community Church in San Jose, CA for 12 years before joining the faculty at Dallas Seminary. Throughout the past forty-five years his focus has been on the transformation of the hearts of leaders.
Since founding Leader Formation International in 2002, Bill has spoken at international conferences, taught in seminaries, led seminars, and mentored leaders in Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. His goal is to engage leaders by guiding them to see God's hand in their spiritual growth and encouraging them to integrate their character with their competence. Much of his ministry has occurred in closed countries where church leadership is just emerging.
The author resides in Dallas, Texas.