Unit 1.3 Course Conclusion and Resources
Keep the end of your journey forever in view: “I have finished the race [course], I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7). From servant leadership (content), to congregational leadership situation (context), to styles and models (conduct): as you chart your course, keep your focus on leading in order to achieve kingdom mission and goals. Write up your own “trip-tic” mile ports in your journey toward servant leadership.
SkillTrack® — 1.3 Servant Leadership
Practices: Charting Your Course
Bibliography/References/Annotations
Biblical Study References (used by permission; all rights reserved)
“The NIV Study Bible Basic Library” – published by Zondervan Publishing House (www.zondervan.com) in both book and CD-ROM format
“The Expositor’s Bible Commentary” – published by Zondervan Publishing House (www.zondervan.com) in both book and CD-ROM format
“New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology” – published by Zondervan Publishing House (www.zondervan.com) in both book and CD-ROM format
Zondervan Publishing House — http://www.zondervan.com – Zondervan’s Site
General References: Internet Links
Art and Science of Leadership — www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leader.html. Excellent site for many elements of leadership; refer to the index.
Bible Gateway — http://bible.gospelcom.net
Biblical Studies Foundation — http://www.bible.org
Christian Leadership World — http://www.teal.org.uk/index.htm. Brief topical papers, many supporting servant leadership and spiritual gifts.
Crosswalk.com Bible Study Tools — http://www.crosswalk.com
Dictionary.com — http://www.dictionary.com
Encyclopedia Americana Online — http://ea.grolier.com
Free Management Library — http://www.mapnp.org/library. An extensive, valuable library of leadership and management theories, practices, and skills; for serious students of non-profit organizations; well indexed.
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership – http://www.greenleaf.org
Idea Bridge: White Papers on Leadership– http://www.ideabridge.com/ideabridgecom/textonly/whitepapers_leadership.asp
Leader to Leader Institute — http://www.drucker.com
Leadership Links — http:/www.tmcenter.lmi.net/pages Extensive resources.
Management Center Links Library — http://www.tmcenter.org/pages
Moench Center for Church Leadership — http://www.belmont.edu/moench
SkillTrack®Online Christian Leadership Training — http://www.belmont.edu/skilltrack
YourDictionary.com — http://www.yourdictionary.com
Specific Unit: Book References
Unit 1 See books in General References
Unit 2
Blanchard, Ken and Paul Hersey. Management of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1982. One of the major works on contingency, situational leadership within family systems.
Daft, Richard L. The Leadership Experience. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt College Publishers, 2002. A contemporary, useful, college text on this topic.
Kinicki, Angelo and Robert Kreitner. Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills and Best Practices. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Publications, 2003. A college textbook with excellent concepts for biblical application.
Richardson, Ronald W. Creating a Healthier Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996. Provides guidance toward leadership within family systems.
Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Currency Doubleday, 1994. Provides helpful framework of systems thinking for biblical concepts.
Unit 3
Blake, Robert R. and Anne Adams McCanse. Leadership Dilemmas–Grid Solutions. Austin, TX: Gulf Publishing Company, 1991. A primary resource for the development of the Congregational Leadership Grid.
Dale, Robert D. Pastoral Leadership. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986. Written by a teacher and practitioner; biblical, practical, insightful; uses the Grid.
Ford, Leighton. Transforming Leadership: Jesus’ Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values, and Empowering Change. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1991. Ford is committed to the development of young leaders and presents a wealth of insight from biblical and contemporary reflections.
Herrington, Jim. The Leader’s Journey. San Fransisco, CA: A Leadership Network Publication, 2003. Presents well the journey concept.
Lewis, Phillip V. Transformational Leadership: A New Model For Total Church Involvement. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996.
Stagich, Timothy. Transformative Leadership and High Synergy Motivation. Chula Vista, CA: Aventine Press, 2003. Worth the read for ministry leaders.
White, Ernest O. Becoming A Christian Leader. Nashville, TN: Convention Press, 1985. Applies his own grid-approach to Christian leadership.
Unit 4
Model #1 – Mission/Vision Centered Leadership
Abraham, Jeffrey. The Mission Statement Book. Berkely, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1999.
Covey, Stephen R. Principle-Centered Leadership. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. A primary concept resource for developing Mission-Centered Leadership.
Drucker, Peter F. The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool. San Fransisco, CA: JosseyBass Publications, 1999. A valuable congregational assessment tool for Christian strategies, styles and models, especially Mission/Vision-Centered leadership.
Elder, Lloyd, and James D. Williams. Mission-Centered Leadership: “Translating Vision Into Reality” (SkillTrack® Vol.2). Nashville, TN: Published by the Moench Center for Church Leadership, Belmont University, 2000.
Wall, Bob. The Visionary Leader. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1992.
Model #2 – Coaching/Team Leadership
Barna, George. Building Effective Lay Leadership Teams. Ventura, CA: Issachar Resources, 2001. Builds upon and applies his research findings.
Claudis, George. Leading the Team-Based Church: How Pastors and Church Staffs Can Grow Together into a Powerful Fellowship of Leaders. San Fransisco, CA: JosseyBass, 1999. Really does focus on the strength of staff teams.
Cook, Marshall J. Effective Coaching. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Elder, Lloyd, and James D. Williams. Coaching Leadership: “Building a Winning Ministry Team” (SkillTrack® Vol.3). Nashville, TN: Published by the Moench Center for Church Leadership, Belmont University, 2000.
Hargrove, Robert. Masterful Coaching: Extraordinary Results by Impacting People and the Way They Think and Work Together. San Fransisco, CA: Pfeiffer, 1995.
Holliday, Micki. Coaching, Mentoring & Managing. Franklin Lakes, NJ: The Career Press, Inc., 2001. This is a great book on three elements of leadership.
Katzenbach, Jon R. and Douglas K. Smith. The Wisdom of Teams. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1993,1999.
Maxwell, John C. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001.
Payne, Vivette. The Team-Building Workshop. New York, NY: American Management Association, 2001. A substantive resource for effective team development.
Model #3 – Management/Administrative Leadership
Anderson, James D. and Ezra Earl Jones. The Management of Ministry: Leadership, Purpose, Structure, Community. San Francisco: Harper and Row Publishers, 1978. A standard ministry development work, now back in print: helpful on leadership.
Buhler, Patricia. Management Skills. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2001.
Gilbert, Richard, General Editor. Successful Manager’s Handbook. New York, NY: DK Publishing, 2002.
George, Carl F. and Robert E. Logan. Leading and Managing Your Church. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Fleming H. Revell, 1987.
Montana, Patrick J. and Bruce H. Charnov. Management (third edition). Hauppauge, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2000.
Powers, Bruce P., Editor. Church Administration Handbook: A Revised and Completely Updated Edition. Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1997.
Holcomb, Tim J. Church Administration From A to Z: Support for Church Growth. Nashville, TN: Convention Press, 1994.
Tidwell, Charles A. The Educational Ministry of a Church: A Comprehensive Model for Students and Ministers. Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1996.
General References: Books
Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies For Taking Charge. New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers, 1985.
________. On Becoming A Leader. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group, 2003. Bennis has often contributed to the concepts of other.
Blackaby, Henry and Richard. Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God’s Agenda. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2001. The Blackabys as ministers and writers share their experience and insight into the way God develops spiritual leaders.
Briner, Bob. The Management Methods of Jesus. Nashville: Broadman and Holman,1998. Briner presents a contemporary application of the life and teachings of Jesus.
________ and Ray Pritchard. More Leadership Lessons of Jesus. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1998. Briner shares 52 leadership lessons primarily from reflections of the teaching of Jesus.
Brown, Patricia D. Learning to Lead from Your Spiritual Center. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996. Great insight into the why and what of leadership.
Copper, Robert K. and Ayman Sawaf. Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations. The Berkley Publishing Group, 1996. One of the most practical books, relating EQ to leadership.
DePree, Max. Leadership Jazz. New York: Dell Publishing, 1992. A classic, supporting the concept and practice of servant leadership.
Elder, Lloyd. “Practicing Servant Leadership: Now, It’s Your Serve…” (SkillTrack® Vol.1). Nashville: Moench Center for Church Leadership, Belmont University, 2000. A text workbook for conference, peergroups, or independent study; source for #1.3.
________. “Servant Leadership–Pathways: Following Biblical Patterns” (CD-ROM course, SkillTrack® 1.2). Nashville: Moench Center for Church Leadership, Belmont University, 2001. A Study Guide based on and companion to CD-ROM SkillTrack® 1.2, the second course in the SkillTrack® 1 Series–“Your Journey Toward Servant Leadership,” 2003.
________. “Servant Leadership–Principles: Exploring the Journey” (CD-ROM course and Study Guide SkillTrack® 1.1). Nashville: Moench Center for Church Leadership, Belmont University, 2001. This is the first course in the SkillTrack® #1 Series– “Your Journey Toward Servant Leadership,” 2003.
Gardner, John W. On Leadership. New York: The Free Press, 1990. Another classic, oft-quoted, thoughtful treatment.
Goleman, Daniel. Working with Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. One of several books reporting and applying the research often referred to as EQ (not IQ), that is, the emotional quotient of life and leadership.
Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. New York: Paulist Press, 1977. This is Greenleaf’s earlier, profound, and more complete work; often quoted by others.
_________. The Power of Servant Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 1998. Excellent Book, 378 pages of previously unpublished works; should be read by all of us still on our journey.
_________. On Becoming a Servant-Leader: The Private Writings of Robert K. Greenleaf. Don T. Frick and Larry C. Spears, editors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc., 1996. By nature, this is topical and repetitious.
_________. Seeker and Servant: The Private Writings of Robert K. Greenleaf. Anne T. Fraker and Larry C. Spears, editors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. This, too, is topical, repetitious, but valuable.
Hybels, Bill. Courageous Leadership. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2002. New insights published by a mega church pastor.
Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge: How to get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1987. Research that supports the concept of servant leadership.
Jones, Gareth R. and Jennifer M. George. Contemporary Management, third edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. A college text.
Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leader Within You. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993. One of his several books applied directly to Christian leadership.
McNeal, Reggie. A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000. This important book goes beyond popular “how-to” tasks and styles to develop the premise that leaders must be experts in matters of the heart.
Miller, Calvin. The Empowered Leader: 10 Keys to Servant Leadership. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1995. Definitely for Christian leaders in any position or role.
Munger, Robert Boyd. Leading From the Heart: Lifetime Reflections on Spiritual Development. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Munger, out of ministry experience and biblical scholarship, presents lessons in spiritual navigation toward spiritual development as a journey that never ends.
Scholtes, Peter R. The Leader’s Handbook: A Guide to Inspiring Your People and Managing the Daily Workflow. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998.
Spears, Larry C., editor. Reflections on Leadership: How Greenleaf’s Theory of ServantLeadership Influenced Today’s Top Management Thinkers. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1995. Could well be listed under Greenleaf’s published works; draws on them freely.
________ and Michele Lawrence, editors. Focus on Leadership: Servant-Leadership for the 21st Century. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2002. Contributors reflect a “who’s who” in the field of leadership today and their concepts of servant leadership.
Turner, William B. The Learning of Love: A Journey Toward Servant Leadership. Macon, Georgia: Smith and Helwys, 2000. Turner, a businessman and active Christian, affirms the principle of servant leadership, seeks to practice it in his life, and tells his story as a personal journey.
Wagner, C. Peter. Your Spiritual Gifts can Help Your Church Grow. Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, 1995. Wagner, respected as an authority in missions and evangelism, shares his insights on spiritual gifts and applies it to church growth.
Warren, Rick. The Purpose-Driven Church: Growth without Compromising your Message and Mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. Warren presents his very distinct vision of the church fulfilling its mission–in which “church health,” and not “church growth,” is the critical issue we face today.
Wilkes, C. Gene. Jesus on Leadership: Becoming a Servant Leader. Nashville: LifeWay Press, 1996. A valuable workbook used often in local congregations for membership/discipleship development.
