Leading Leaders: Empowering Church Boards for Ministry Excellence

by Aubrey Malphurs

The key to effective leadership in the vast majority of today's churches lies as much with their governing boards as it does with their pastor. But many churches are lead by those who volunteer to chair committees because there is a need, yet they have no leadership training to speak of. How can well-meaning but sometimes ill-prepared lay people guide the path of a church body?
The secret lies in offering effective, practical training. Leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs provides this in Leading Leaders. Filling a gaping hole in leadership literature, Malphurs offers workable strategies to train laypeople to successfully lead their churches.

Genres: Leadership

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[John Dube · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical Malphurs. If you like him, you’ll like this. Helpful stuff on managing an elder board from the policy/decision making, dare I say, CEO model, perspective. Those who lean into the plurality/shepherding board side, will probably disagree with a lot here. I think either can benefit from this resource.

[Josiah Durfee · Rating 4 out of 5]

So practical. I wish I read this book in college. I lead in a policy governance church and this has given me so much clarity in distinguishing the board and staff relationships, who is responsible for the means, and who is responsible for the ends. I think policy governance is the gold standard of church polity.

[Gregg · Rating 5 out of 5]

This will be the book we use to update our governance procedures at SBF. Also Google "carver governance." Malphurs' book is the adaptation of Carver for churches.

[Dean Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very logical breakdown of those steps needed to make us better leaders through the mode of accountability.