Lending Your Leadership: How Pastors Are Redefining Their Role in Community Life

by Nelson Granade

Overview

As America faces great change, we must find new ways of cooperating with one another to solve problems beyond our individual control. As leaders of one of the largest pools of community capital—our congregations—pastors have both the opportunity and the skills to help guide local communities through transitions and to help cast a vision of renewed communities. At the heart of Granade’s book is a firm belief that clergy can play a unique leadership role in community life. He encourages clergy to reclaim that role and to share with their communities a message of hope: God still cares and is involved in the life of individuals, families, communities, and the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566995740
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	807 KB

About the Author

Nelson Granade is pastor of First Baptist Church of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, where he has served since 1994. During this time he has "lent his leadership" to the local community by serving as United Way Campaign Chair, Chair of Wilkes Vision 20/20, and serving on the boards of the Wilkes Pastoral Counseling Center, the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes, and the Cross Cultural Coalition Task Force.