LEAD

Paul David Tripp

WHEATON, ILLINOIS

Lead

Copyright © 2020 by Paul David Tripp

Published by Crossway

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Wheaton, Illinois 60187

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First printing 2020

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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4335-6763-6

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-6766-7

PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-6764-3

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-6765-0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Tripp, Paul David, 1950- author.

Title: Lead : 12 gospel principles for leadership in the church / Paul David Tripp.

Description: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, 2020. | Includes indexes.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019041183 (print) | LCCN 2019041184 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433567636 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781433567643 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433567650 (mobipocket) | ISBN 9781433567667 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Christian leadership.

Classification: LCC BV652.1 .T755 2020 (print) | LCC BV652.1 (ebook) | DDC 253–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041183

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041184

Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

To all the leaders who invested in me, shepherded me,

confronted me, prayed for me, and modeled for me the

patient, forgiving, transforming grace of my Savior.

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction: Crisis

1 Achievement

PRINCIPLE 1: A ministry community whose time is controlled by doing the business of the church tends to be spiritually unhealthy

2 Gospel

PRINCIPLE 2: If your leaders are going to be tools of God’s grace, they need to be committed to nurturing that grace in one another’s lives

3 Limits

PRINCIPLE 3: Recognizing God-ordained limits of gift, time, energy, and maturity is essential to leading a ministry community well

4 Balance

PRINCIPLE 4: Teaching your leaders to recognize and balance the various callings in their life is a vital contribution to their success

5 Character

PRINCIPLE 5: A spiritually healthy leadership community acknowledges that character is more important than structure or strategies

6 War

PRINCIPLE 6: It is essential to understand that leadership in any gospel ministry is spiritual warfare

7 Servants

PRINCIPLE 7: A call to leadership in the church is a call to a life of willing sacrifice and service

8 Candor

PRINCIPLE 8:A spiritually healthy leadership community is characterized by the humility of approachability ...