Product Description

So many contemporary leadership philosophies--even within the church--are based on worldly examples of success. These methods force church leaders to become businesslike CEOs, dramatic visionaries, or savvy stategists--abandoning their true calling as teachers. This book calls readers to be what the Bible empowers them to be, teachers who follow Christ's example of leading by serving, suffering, and sacrificing for the sake of others.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #794672 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From the Back Cover

Learn from such proven leaders as the Old Testament scribe Ezra, the apostle Paul, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ, himself Examine eight competencies basic to effective leadership Identify common pitfalls and cultural traps Compare virtues with values to see why quality character counts Discover how each congregation requires a different leadership style

About the Author
DR. GARY J. BREDFELDT (M.A., Denver Seminary; Ph.D., Trinity International University) is

Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served

for eleven years on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute, and has also taught at Ontario Bible College

and Seminary, Indiana Wesleyan University and Lancaster Bible College Graduate School. Dr.

Bredfeldt has authored two widely used textbooks entitled, Creative Bible Teaching and Caring for

Souls: Counseling under the authority of Scripture. Dr. Bredfeldt has served as a Youth Pastor,

Minister of Christian Education, Executive Pastor and Senior Pastor in Colorado, Wisconsin, and

Illinois. He has been involved in three church planting efforts and is currently on the board of a new

church plant in the western suburbs of Chicago.

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Customer Reviews

Teaching Leadership
It is said that actions speak louder than words. I believe Jesus is the greatest example we can emulate on leading by teaching and living it out. I am a strong believer of the teaching ministry within the church and without the church. The leadership by teaching is one of servanthood.

For me, this is the most effective and efficient type of leadership which, though it takes a long time to develop, it brings everlasting fruit. Those who practice this leadership by teaching others will be spoken of even many years after they die. Great leaders are those who by their passion for their virtues and for the better good of others teach those things that are necessary for the here and now, and for the world to come. Teaching changes people and sharpens the one who does the teaching.

I highly recommend this book to be part of your library since teaching is a gift which positively impacts those who embrace it and the book so implies it. This book is very informative concerning the types of churches which take a different aim at the teaching ministry. Embrace the teaching ministry and become a great leader by being a great teacher...like Jesus.

Great Resouce for Pastors
In Great Leader Great Teacher, Gary Bredfeldt offers great insight regarding the need for pastoral leadership to understand and embrace the importance of teaching in forming mature disciples. Specifically, Bredfeldt is correct in asserting that great teaching is the most important tool in maximizing your leadership, a commitment to biblical authority is the foundation of biblical leadership, and understanding the context of our ministry is vital in exercising good leadership. The main critique I have with the book is that in the chapter on leadership contexts, some ministries are not represented accurately. However, the conclusions reached by Bredfeldt appear solid. Pastors and future pastors need to understand their present leadership style and reform their leadership to the biblical model: that is, being committed to teaching the authority of the Word of God.

A return to biblical standards
In a day when many churches use Madison Avenue techniques more than biblical standards, this book is a breath of fresh air. Those who turned the first century world upside down did so by teaching through both life and words. Not only does Dr. Bredfeldt demonstrate the importance of teaching, he briefly examines four basic types of churches in such a way that is helpful to any pastor looking to understand how to better the teaching ministry in his own church. Along the way, he warns of dangers in the Emergent Church movement's drift away from biblical orthodoxy. Many thanks to the author for challenging us to see ministry through biblical eyes.