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Summary: A Must-Read for Pastors!
Review: Many younger and older pastors alike have stood in awe at the way God has used Bill Hybels at the Willow Creek Community Church outside of Chicago. Willow is currently the largest church in North America. Hybels is a dynamic speaker and author, in addition to being an extremely successful pastor. Now, he has gathered his leadership thoughts together in this volume, which is sure to be a great help to all Christian leaders.Throughout this book, Hybels emphasizes the importance of possessing a Divine vision for God's people, then pursuing that vision relentlessly and casting it consistently. The author offers various thoughts and insights into what makes a great leader. Many of these lessons he has learned through his own "school of hard knocks" at Willow. I recommend this book very highly to all pastors, regardless of church size or denomination. I always enjoy Hybels' writings, and this volume is undoubtedly one of his best. Don't pass on this one!
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Summary: Falls short
Review: The expectation from a Pastor of a church over 15k would be a book on dealing with the myriad of issues in such an environment.
This is a soft book, few challenging thoughts/ideas. IF you've read Swindoll, Blanchard, Hayford, Damazio, Maxwell and a plethora of other authors then you'll think you are in familiar territory. Frank Houston, Brian Houston, Kevin Conner and Ivan Herald will challenge you with every word, thought and idea.
Their books are not widely available sadly.
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Summary: A Must Read for all Church Leaders!
Review: This book appears to be written to provide direction to church leaders. Although I do not play a role of a pastor or leader within my own church, I learned soooo much from this book! It helps you identify how different personalities build their own spirituality. It gave me great insight to some of my brothers and sisters in the church and why they respond differently to new ideas. Bill also addresses several areas that are not often taught in the church but need to be and are completely scriptural. I found the book to be very inspiring and motivating and a must read for all church leaders!!
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Summary: A Must Read for all Church Leaders!
Review: This book appears to be written to provide direction to church leaders. Although I do not play a role of a pastor or leader within my own church, I learned soooo much from this book! It helps you identify how different personalities build their own spirituality. It gave me great insight to some of my brothers and sisters in the church and why they respond differently to new ideas. Bill also addresses several areas that are not often taught in the church but need to be and are completely scriptural. I found the book to be very inspiring and motivating and a must read for all church leaders!!
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: This book was awesome, and Bill Hybels is the "real deal". I can't imagine anyone in a position of leadership (especially within the church) not gaining tremendously from Bill's experiences, thinking and reading. Many of the ideas in this book he has talked about at the annual Leadership Conference, and it reads like a "best of the best" from his talks there and messages on Sunday at Willow Creek Community Church. I plan to buy this book for some friends of mine in church leadership roles, and I know I'll continue to refer back to it as I continue to learn and grow.
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Summary: The Real Deal
Review: This book was awesome, and Bill Hybels is the "real deal". I can't imagine anyone in a position of leadership (especially within the church) not gaining tremendously from Bill's experiences, thinking and reading. Many of the ideas in this book he has talked about at the annual Leadership Conference, and it reads like a "best of the best" from his talks there and messages on Sunday at Willow Creek Community Church. I plan to buy this book for some friends of mine in church leadership roles, and I know I'll continue to refer back to it as I continue to learn and grow.
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Summary: Things you dare not do in a church
Review: This is my first reading of a Bill Hybels. Maybe I was setting myself up for a great time. Instead, I was left with a guilt and shame feeling. Making people feel guilty that they are letting the pastor and the Kingdom of God down by not showing up for a meeting....that takes something.
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Summary: A must read for Christian leaders
Review: This is one of the top five books on leadership in my library (another being "The Purpose Driven Church"). The chapter on spiritual pathways alone is worth the price of the book. It may be a little dicey for status-quo types or people in highly "traditional" churches, but even there it can be useful if executed carefully. The premise of his works are if you have the gift of leadership why not hone your gift with effective leadership practices? Some of these are spelled out in the book while he encourages you to seek out good leadership books (even secular) to learn the others. He doesn't claim that all of what he gives applies to all churches, but most are general principles and should apply. And speaking of the chapter on spiritual pathways, he also put the summation of that chapter up as a web page that is quite helpful. Just do a search for "Hybels" and "spiritual pathways". There are a few "spiritualized" versions out there so make sure you read his. Enjoy.
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Summary: A must read for Christian leaders
Review: This is one of the top five books on leadership in my library (another being "The Purpose Driven Church"). The chapter on spiritual pathways alone is worth the price of the book. It may be a little dicey for status-quo types or people in highly "traditional" churches, but even there it can be useful if executed carefully. The premise of his works are if you have the gift of leadership why not hone your gift with effective leadership practices? Some of these are spelled out in the book while he encourages you to seek out good leadership books (even secular) to learn the others. He doesn't claim that all of what he gives applies to all churches, but most are general principles and should apply. And speaking of the chapter on spiritual pathways, he also put the summation of that chapter up as a web page that is quite helpful. Just do a search for "Hybels" and "spiritual pathways". There are a few "spiritualized" versions out there so make sure you read his. Enjoy.
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