Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups

· InterVarsity Press
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Logos Book of the Year; Leadership Journal Leadership Book Award Winner

Create a Leadership Team Led by the Spirit

Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community, and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "get through the agenda." What if there was another way?

Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a better model—a spiritual community that discerns God's will together.

With Pursuing God's Will Together, you'll find

  • personaland group practices that will lead you into a new way of experiencing community and listening to God together,
  • appendices with a Leader's Guide and notes on a biblical perspective on spiritual transformation, and
  • additional videos and bonus material from Ruth Haley Barton on ivpress.com to extend your learning.

Are you ready to lead your team into a deeper, more meaningful way of discerning God's will together? Dive into Pursuing God's Will Together and begin exploring the rich insights, practices, and resources that will inspire spiritual transformation and unity in your leadership, your team, and beyond.

Logos Book of the Year; Leadership Journal Leadership Book Award Winner Create a Leadership Team Led by the Spirit Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community, and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "get throu...

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Ruth Haley Barton (DD, Northern Seminary) is founder of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors, leaders, and the communities they serve. Trained at the Shalem Institute and the Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies, she is a seasoned spiritual director, teacher, and retreat leader who has served on the pastoral staff of several churches. Ruth is the author of numerous books on the spiritual life, including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, and Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest.

Ruth Haley Barton (DD, Northern Seminary) is founder of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors, leaders, and the communities they serve. Trained at the Shalem Institute and the Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies, she is a seasoned ...

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