Principles for church leadership are important, but just as important is knowing when and how to implement them. This is strategy and it can make or break a leader’s work. And what about results? Nixon and Shockley explore eight key leadership behaviors that will help a church move successfully through its first season of transformation, putting it well on its way to becoming a dynamic, growing body of Christ.
Paul Nixon is leader of Epicenter Group, a church leadership coaching organization, and Readiness 360, an organization devoted to assessing church readiness for multiplying ministry. He is the author of Fling Open the Doors, published by Abingdon Press.
(8.7.2012) Kim Shockley is Team Leader for the Toward Vitality project and has served the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference and the Florida Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. She trains, mentors, and coaches pastors and lay leadership teams nationally. For the past decade she and husband, Gary, have planted new congregations. They currently live in Castle Pines, Colorado.