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The Plurality Principle: How to Build and Maintain a Thriving Church Leadership Team is unavailable, but you can change that!

Foundational to a healthy church is a biblical model of church leadership. In the New Testament, church leadership is rarely a one-person endeavor—it is built around a plurality of elders working together, each bringing their own unique skills and gifts to the cause of shepherding the flock God has entrusted to them. There are many benefits to this model of leadership: being part of a team helps...

God had entrusted this leader with enormous power. The only question was whether he’d deny it or see it as a gift to be used for God’s glory. Frankly, when it comes to power dynamics, “the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light” (Luke 16:8). Some businesses and nonprofits readily comprehend what the church often misses: the most durable organizations are the ones that see not single pieces but the big picture of power. Writing about how churches
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