Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups by Barton, Ruth Haley

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Creating Leadership Teams 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 much more suitable model--the spiritual community that discerns God's will together.

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

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

Author: Ruth Haley Barton
Publisher: IVP Formatio
Published: 05/18/2012
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780830835669
Award: Christian Retailing's Best - Nominee

About the Author

Ruth Haley Barton (Doctor of Divinity, Northern Seminary) is founding president of the Transforming Center, a spiritual formation ministry to pastors and Christian leaders. A trained spiritual director (Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation), teacher and retreat leader, she has served on the pastoral staff of several churches, including Willow Creek Community Church. A sought-after teacher, preacher and consultant to leadership teams, she is currently adjunct professor of spiritual transformation at Northern Seminary. Educated at Wheaton College, Northern Seminary and Loyola University Chicago Institute for Pastoral Studies, Ruth is the author of numerous books and resources on the spiritual life, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, Longing for More and Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership (all InterVarsity Press), An Ordinary Day with Jesus: Experiencing the Reality of God in Your Everyday Life (coauthor, Willow Creek Resources), and an online resource titled eReflections, spiritual guidance via email. She also contributes regularly to Conversations: A Forum for Authentic Transformation.