Recommended Reading

The key text book for this course is the bible.

For those who have access to further books we think you might find some of the following helpful:

  Church leaders handbook Harold Rowden (Ed)
  Spiritual leadership H & R Blackaby
  Spiritual Leadership   J. Oswald Sanders
  Developing the Leaders Around You  John Maxwell
  The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership  John Maxwell
  The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen Covey
     
  In pursuit of leadership   Greg Morris
  Called to be God’s leader H & R Blackaby
  Excellence in leadership   John White
  A passion for faithfulness J I Packer
  Lead like Jesus  Blanchard and Hodges
  Jesus driven ministry Ajith Fernando
  Leading with love  Alex Strauch

The above is only a selection from the wide range of books on leadership on the market. Let me encourage you to go to your local library or book shop and get a couple of books, either Christian or secular, and begin to read. Try to build up a library of leadership resources over the year.

We will also try to use material available on the internet and I will inform you of a range of sites where leadership information can be found.  Hopefully, we will be able to introduce each other to helpful sites.

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