Enjoy His People - Softcover

Jim Estep; Gary Johnson; David Roadcup

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0899008607 ISBN 13: 9780899008608

Publisher: College Press Publishing Company, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Enjoy His People is the last volume in the powerful series of 4 books on the leadership of elders in the congregation written by James Estep, David Roadcup, and Gary Johnson. This volume will take a look at the critical necessity of relationships in the life of an elder. Relationships are not only a natural part of life, but a necessity for serving in a congregation. Learning to live in community, enjoying the relationships into which God has called us, enables us to serve as elders and leaders within the congregation. As an elder, one has to acknowledge that leadership requires relationships. Elders were meant to serve as a team, not solo. One may not think of relationships as a matter of stewardship, but consider what an elder who is not a steward of relationships would be like: Disengaged, conspicuously absent from church events, a family that seems more dysfunctional than functional, cliquish and closed to new people. Elders must exemplify Christ in their relationships with others. Enjoy His People will explore the elder's relationships with his Family, the Father, Friendships with those in the Faith, Friendships with those not in the Faith, Fellow Elders and with Difficult People.

About this title

About the Author

Enjoy: His People is not the product of one author. Rather, it is the fruit of three individuals labor, working in concert with one another, and bringing their diverse experience and perspective to the table for discussion. James Estep is an academic, David Roadcup is a church consultant and Gary Johnson is a churchman. While these three men have known one another separately for a long time, it was not until they were all three together in Heiligenkreuz, Austria teaching students from eastern Europe and central Asia at Haus Edelweiss (TCMI) that the three men sat together for the first time and shared their concerns for the health of congregations and the health of its leadership. We are convinced that a healthy leadership builds a healthy congregation. From these conversations over coffee came the idea for this series, designed to strengthen the health of elders as the congregation s leaders. While individuals were assigned their own chapters to write, the final form of each chapter was reviewed and reworked by all three authors sharing a common table, typically in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hence, the work is a tri-authored resource for the equipping of congregational leaders who serve as elders of the Church.

Edition details

• Publisher: College Press Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0899008607
• ISBN 13: 9780899008608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 113