Leadership in Community

The Missiology, Community, & Ethics of Missional Leadership

De: Lee A. Carter

Narrado por: Derik Hendrickson

Leadership in Community is a spiritual formation curriculum designed to provide a theological and practical foundation for Christian leaders committed to the mission of God in a vastly changing world. It engages new or seasoned missional leaders in the foundations of missiology, leadership theory, and leadership practices and tools. The curriculum explores three interrelated themes that build effective missional leadership: the missiology, community, and ethics of missional leadership. These themes are explored through spiritual formation practices based upon Lectio Missio, an expansion of Lectio Divina, including mission-related practices. Using Lectio Missio, small groups of leaders read and study Scripture, pray, dialogue, meditate, journal, and participate in experiential learning. These disciplines of spiritual formation are the basis of missional leadership training and development.

About the author: Lee Carter received his PhD in Strategic Leadership from Regent University and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Scripture Engagement at Bible League International (Chicago) supporting long-term strategies for sustained church growth.

©2021 Lee A. Carter (P)2022 Lee A. Carter

Reseñas de la Crítica

"In Leadership in Community, Lee Carter plugs a hole that has been gaping for too long. In missional circles, there has existed a void of material relevant to boots-on-the-ground team leadership that eschews hierarchical authoritarianism and instead adapts the servant posture modeled by Jesus. Drawing on scripture and best global mission practice, Carter provides a clear and practical road map for orienting a team around a biblical framework for understanding leadership. This tool will serve this generation and future generations in providing a much-needed alternative to the majority of leadership pipeline tools that focus on faulty models of leadership." (Peyton Jones, evangelist, author of Church Zero: Raising First Century Churches Out of the Ashes of the 21st Century Church, Reaching the Unreached: Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art, and Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches)

"Dr. Carter has developed a spiritual formation curriculum, Leadership in Community: The Missiology, Community and Ethics of Missional Leadership, that will not only help one grow closer to Jesus but will expand one’s understanding of the missional nature of God. The power of the curriculum is walking through the eight movements of reflection and study. It will be a powerful study to walk through in a small group setting or with church staff." (Dr. W. David Winner, adjunct professor, Business and Leadership at Regent University)