Alligators in the Swamp: Power, Ministry, and Leadership

What tools hold the greatest promise to assist pastors in leading congregations to be faithful witnesses for Jesus? Alligators in the Power, Ministry, and Leadership with a foreword by Andrew Young, attempts to answer this question. George Thompson will show you that the topic is power. Not a pie-in-the-sky, by-and-by version of power, but a day-to-day, dead-serious, in-your-face version of power. Alligators in the Swamp aims its sights and enables you to explore the practice of power in human life. What tools hold the greatest promise to assist pastors in leading congregations to be faithful witnesses for Jesus? Alligators in the Power, Ministry, and Leadership with a foreword by Andrew Young, attempts to answer this question. George Thompson will show you that the topic is power. Not a pie-in-the-sky, by-and-by version of power, but a day-to-day, dead-serious, in-your-face version of power. Alligators in the Swamp aims its sights and enables you to explore the practice of power in human life.

..."Like many in my generation, I have started squarely at power and wondered what to do.... No one who is effective and beneficent with power 'how' on their own.... I am pleased to commend this book as a resource for learning the ins and outs of power.... As I read through the chapters, I recognize many insights that I have learned the hard way, insights that are teachable and ultimately practical.... There are alligators in every swamp. Once you know how to handle that one inside of you, you are ready to help make your swamp a blessed place for all of its creatures."