{"product_id":"cruciform-pastoral-leadership-leading-the-church-to-follow-jesus-paperback","title":"Cruciform Pastoral Leadership: Leading the Church to Follow Jesus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can you lead the church as Jesus wants?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the key problems in pastoral leadership today is that few people truly understand what leadership looks like, how leaders become leaders, and what leaders are supposed to do with their leadership position. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows that true pastoral leadership begins at the top with the pastor, and the best way for a pastor to lead is to show the church what it looks like to follow Jesus into servanthood and death. Pastors who lead the church like Jesus will not lead the church on the upward path toward prominence and popularity, but instead onto the downward path of service and obscurity. Cruciform pastoral leadership follows Jesus into death and calls others onto the same path. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding this will be of immense help to pastors as they seek to lead the church by leaving the church, preach a sermon by being a sermon, show doctrine by living it, and praying more effectively by answering their own prayers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we pastor in this way, we will truly be pastoring and shepherding the church like Jesus. We will show the church how to follow Jesus into service and sacrifice for the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote: This is Volume 5 in the \"Close Your Church for Good\" series of books: \u003cbr\u003e Preface: Skeleton Church\u003cbr\u003e Vol. 1: The Death and Resurrection of the Church\u003cbr\u003e Vol. 2: Put Service Back into the Church Service\u003cbr\u003e Vol. 3: Dying to Religion and Empire\u003cbr\u003e Vol. 4: Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, and Bricks\u003cbr\u003e Vol. 5: Cruciform Pastoral Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet all six books in one-volume: Close Your Church for Good\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53940551090509,"sku":"9781939992543","price":25.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/Z084TEIrMWZ6bm00Rzh0MUR0MUdGdz09.webp?v=1779184253","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/cruciform-pastoral-leadership-leading-the-church-to-follow-jesus-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}