| Leading Cross-Culturally: Covenant Relationships for Effective Christian Leadership Contributor(s): Lingenfelter, Sherwood G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801036054 ISBN-13: 9780801036057 Publisher: Baker Academic OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: A leading voice in intercultural ministry draws on biblical principles to offer a practical guide to effective multicultural leadership in a variety of settings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources |
| Dewey: 253 |
| LCCN: 2008018660 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.5" W x 8.52" (0.48 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: As the US becomes more diverse, cross-cultural ministry is increasingly important for nearly all pastors and church leaders. Of particular concern is the issue of leadership--a difficult task made even more challenging in multicultural settings. Sherwood Lingenfelter helps the reader understand his or her own leadership culture (and its blind spots), examine it critically in light of Scripture, and become an effective learner of other cultural perspectives on leadership. He also confronts the issues of power inherent in any leadership situation. Lingenfelter carefully defines cross-cultural leadership and unpacks that definition throughout the book, with an emphasis on building communities of vision, trust, and empowerment through leadership based on biblical principles. In the end, he argues that leaders must inhabit the gospel story to be effective cross-culturally. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.: - Sherwood G. Lingenfelter (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is provost emeritus and senior professor of anthropology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is the author of Transforming Culture, Agents of Transformation, Leading Cross-Culturally, and Teaching Cross-Culturally (with Judith E. Lingenfelter) as well as several volumes on anthropology. |