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Who’s in Charge? Standing up to Leadership Pressures is unavailable, but you can change that!

Every Great Leader Can be Tempted to Jump Ship. It’s not easy leading a church. As the pastor, you’re called to move ahead and direct your congregation to new heights in an age and a culture that is largely anti-authoritarian, independent, and suspicious of leaders. And as things get tough, you get lonely. Everyone doubts decisions from time to time, but where does a pastor turn for guidance? ...

investments that will yield the greatest return? First, I do the things that the church culture demands. A pediatrician in our church completed a short-term mission service in Africa. She was the only physician on duty in the African hospital where she worked. On one occasion, she admitted a woman who couldn’t deliver a baby and needed a Caesarean section. Though the pediatrician wasn’t skilled in delivering babies, much less by Caesarean section, she performed the operation, saving the lives of
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