Master Builders: Developing Life and Leadership in the Body of Christ Today

by Bob Gordon

Developing Life and Leadership in the Body of Christ Today. Master Builders is an important resource book written especially for leaders and designed to encourage maturity and effectiveness within Christian leadership. It is a study guide which presents a balanced view of leadership with a clear, practical and spiritual challenge to all who desire to grow in spiritual responsibility within the Body of Christ. In thirty chapters, within five major sections, essential principals are discussed, Preparation for leadership - Vision - Anointing - Motivation - Faith - Communication - Team Ministry Master Builders will prove a valuable resource to all those called of God to the task of leadership, and to all who desire to go beyond the superficial in their life and service for God. Bob Gordon was an internationally respected Bible teacher and evangelist, who sadly died in September 1997. He was a graduate of the Manchester University School of Biblical Studies, and a former lecturer in Old Testament Studies at the London Bible College. He established Proclaimers International - a ministry that has brought refreshment and encouragement to many on the cutting edge of leadership. He was a prolific author, with most of his books published in many languages worldwide.

354 pages, Paperback

First published April 25, 2014

Reviews

[Rob Markley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very hard book to properly categorise and thereby know how to use. On one hand it looks like a text book resource dealing with different aspects of Christian leadership, thus something someone would reference by section as required, rather than read cover to cover. However in reality, despite the bullet point/list like structure it requires comprehension as a whole rather than in part.

What this actually is, is a manual for spiritual leadership- entirely divorced from the mechanics of worldly principles applied in a religious context. There is nothing about 'governance', ethics or accountability, but rather a thorough understanding of 'call', 'authority and anointing', dealing with the negatives of spiritual attack, and an excellent section at the end dealing with 'vision'. Albeit there is some necessary unevenness in the treatment of topics - some parts of which are after all simply skill based (e.g. planning) and thus applicable to any field not just Christian leadership.

This 'spirituality' is what needs to be taught to Christian leaders. Leaders can learn worldly skills, but they cannot learn to work as the body of Christ from the world. This is far different from merely looking at biblical models and practices of leadership for which an abundance of writing already exists. Nor is it a theology of church leadership - whatever that might mean? Instead this unique workbook is dealing with first principles - under the Holy Spirit. As for worldly theories of leadership - helpful though they might be in other contexts, they have no place in the Kingdom of God.

[Doreen Dawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

A study guide on Christian leadership.