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Learn moreIn this practical guidebook, Tod Bolsinger relies on the metaphor of Lewis and Clark to reveal how you can lead your congregation through the new landscape we've found ourselves in. Like Lewis and Clark-who had to adapt once they found the Rocky Mountains instead of a waterway to the Pacific Ocean-you too may feel like you are leading in a cultural context that you were not expecting. You may even feel like your training holds you back more often than it carries you along. Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and a consultant, Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory. He offers a combination of illuminating insights and practical tools to reimagine what effective leadership looks like in our rapidly changing world. If you're going to scale the mountains of ministry, you'll need to leave behind the canoes and find new navigational tools. Reading this book will set you on the right course toward leading with conf idence and courage.
Tod Bolsinger, PhD, is the vice president for vocation and formation and an assistant professor of practical theology at his alma mater, Fuller Theological Seminary. The author of It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives and Show Time: Living Down Hypocrisy by Living Out the Faith, he served as a pastor for more than twenty-five years and is now a frequent speaker, blogger, and consultant concerning transformational leadership.
Tom Parks has always enjoyed giving voice to stories. He has received several Earphones Awards and been nominated for Audies. An active workshop leader and in-demand speaker to corporations and religious organizations going through various transitional processes, he also performs as a drummer on the Midwest musical-theater circuit.