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Many in ministry see preaching and church leadership as separate responsibilities. “Most writing on Christian leadership omits preaching, and most books on preaching leave out leadership,” observes Michael Quicke. But effective Christian ministry requires preachers to rediscover leadership through preaching. By adapting a workable and realistic leadership model, Quicke shows how preaching is the...

9. Cowardice I have already touched on lions and mice. Bluntly, pulpits can be cowards’ castles. Together, this and the previous characteristics add up to loss of biblical nerve. Thin-blooded preaching plays safe, maintaining rather than initiating, concentrating on personal issues of faith rather than on organizational outcomes of faith. Safe pairs of hands operating within stable structures rather than big souls daring to live on the leading edge of God’s new structures. Preaching as solely teaching
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