The leader: his objectives and training
It is with joy and a deep feeling of gratitude that I recommend this magnificent, inspired and essential work for every French-speaking Christian leader. I have been studying and teaching leadership for over fifteen years. I have read and analyzed more than a hundred books on this subject. Franck Damazio's work is unique, powerful, deeply practical and biblical. This is not a book that you will read once. It is an inexhaustible source of inspiration and information that will make you a better leader, ruler, teacher and preacher. This book can become a friend that guides and strengthens you in the paths of Christian leadership. This work has become for me a ministry companion of inestimable and eternal value. If you only buy one book on Christian leadership, choose this one. You will never regret it. May every Christian read it, study it, pray it, teach it and above all live it and may the kingdom of God rise to new heights, led and motivated by men and women inspired by The Leader: its objectives, its formation (Église Nouvelle Vie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Table of contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The nature of leadership
- Church leadership – background and conflicts
- The call to leadership
- Man's response to God's call
- Heart Qualifications for Leadership
- The leader and the heart of a shepherd
- Leadership Character Qualifications
- Leader preparation
- A Lifelong Preparation: Joshua and Samuel
- Principles of preparation: Elisha, David, Timothy
- Ministry Preparation Tests
- Elevation tests
- The law of reproduction in leadership
- Spiritual Warfare Ministries in the Life of the Leader
- The Leader's Restoration Ministries
- Growth Ministries in the Life of the Leader
- The function of leadership
- Team Ministry
- The anointing of the Holy Spirit
- Christ, the Anointed Ruler
- New Testament Warning
- Discipline and Restoration of Church Leaders and Members
- Conclusion