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    Courageous Leadership

    Written by Bill Hybels

    Narrated by Tom Casaletto

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    About this audiobook

    Ten days after the attacks on the World Trade Center Towers, I stood at Ground Zero and tried to take in the aftermath of one horrific day.

    The thoughts of that made me cry out to God, No way! There's just no way evil can be that deep and that dark!

    But strangely, while the ashes smoldered around me, and the grief of it overwhelmed me, a profound hope rose in my heart--the local church is the hope of the world.

    There were many people and organizations helping out after the disaster. But a work of a deeper kind was happening behind the scenes in downtown Manhattan. The most important work of all was being done by pastors and church members, volunteers of churches, ordinary Christ followers. They were in the middle of all the misery, addressing the concerns of the soul.

    It was happening 24 hours a day. That was the untold media story. So many other organizations met the external needs of people, but it was the church that reached out to care for the inner needs of their fellow human beings. The church became the physicians for the souls of people. That experience underscored, yet again, the convictions that have been forming in Bill Hybels for the past 30 years--that the church has an unique mission to fulfill on planet Earth. And that the future of our society depends on whether or not church leaders understand that and focus the vision of local churches accordingly.

    Where Bill's heart beats the fastest is with leaders in local churches. He believes to the core of his being that local church leaders have the potential to be the most influential force in the world. If they 'get it,' churches will be the redemption centers for change that Jesus imagined them being.

    So that's Bill's hope--that the spiritual gift of leadership will come alive in churches everywhere and, as a result, the church will become the force in the world against which the gates of hell cannot prevail.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan Audio
    Release dateNov 19, 2003
    ISBN9780310261469
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    • 3/5
      While reading Courageous Leadership it became clear that Bill Hybels sought to run the church like a God-oriented business. While this maximized the efficiency of his ministry, it seems to have lost what makes the church a unique entity in the world while creating a large but distanced group of worshippers. Many of Hybels strategies for leadership are good on their own, it is simply when they are taken to the degree Hybels has taken them that they begin to look like a corporatization of the church rather than a way of building up the community of God.
    • 5/5
      One of the best books on leadership that I've ever read...and re-read. Leadership is not for the faint of heart.
    • 4/5
      Challenging Christian leaders to be bold and follow a Jesus- like approach to leadership
    • 3/5
      This is a Christ centered book. Its thesis is that the local Christian church is the chief means on earth for transforming the world into a better one where peace and goodwill can abound among humankind. While leadership may not be the most important component in the local church, it is one component that is absolutely critical to the church's successful mission- - that of bringing about a better world through the positive transformation of human kind, one person at a time. Leadership enables the church, through Jesus Christ to positively impact not only the here and now for humankind but also for souls' heavenward journey to be with God eternally and receive His blessings. The book is credible. It is based not only on the author's knowledge gained from public and private education. It is also, and primarily, based on what the author applied in his leadership role in a large expansive church. The book is authentic in revealing that some approaches failed, but many more succeeded.
    • 1/5
      I didn't like this book. I found it worldly, man-centered and almost utterly devoid of biblical foundation. Hybels draws more leadership inspiration from Jack Welch (CEO of GE) then from Jesus Christ (Chief Shepherd and Lord of lords).
    • 3/5
      as for a leadership book...it's great. Read it...probably won't read it again.
    • 5/5
      Bill presents the spiritual gift of leadership in a limelight that I have never seen before! A must-read for every leader!
    • 5/5
      Quite good and engaging book on leadership.Please read it soon.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful. Great information and advice for leaders. A must read!
    • 4/5
      This book is packed with excellent advice and some radical insights into how to lead in a church setting. I found myself questioning whether everything Hybels was saying was relevant to a small local church, but I think he just longs to see churches growing into larger churches. There were times when I'd also worry that he was losing focus on the power of God's sovereignty and the power of the Holy Spirit to work in people's lives, but he doesn't underestimate either – in fact, he is just espousing the fact that the gift of leadership should be exercised well and that this gift itself is from the Holy Spirit. Hybels comes across as someone who is exceedingly passionate about the church – both local and universal – and quite rightly describes it as the hope of the world, but he also is open, honest, and humble about his past weaknesses and how leaders should respond to their own. This is not an expository book, but it was not meant to be: this is a book which takes the serious subjects of communicating a vision, putting a strategy in place, working with a team, and encouraging and equipping new leaders. If 'communicating a vision' sounds wishy-washy and a little American, then I agree with you. I found myself worrying that the reader could take Hybel's advice and shape a church around a vision which isn't related at its core to the gospel. Thankfully, Hybels, at every point I doubted him, came to the fore with a strong emphasis on reaching out to the lost. In fact, he starts with a powerful point: amidst the chaos and hurt of the world, it is the church which brings redemptive potential, and which has the power to completely transform people's lives.
    • 4/5
      Recognizing the diverse callings of leadership, Hybels outlines a variety of leadership styles and developmental approaches. Despite this heterogeneity, Hybels understands that, whatever one’s calling, a leader is only as good as his or her vision. A leader must project a vision of hope and progress to all the activities of leadership, whether raising resources, constructing a team, or developing future leaders. Courageous Leadership offers a hopeful and experienced perspective on the task, character, and spirit of leadership. A-