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Dec 17, 2007

It Takes a Leader

Sometimes you hear pastors and church leaders saying that leadership in the Church is harder than in the business world. You deal with volunteers, they say, and you can't hire anyone you want. You have to take those who come in the door. Perhaps church leadership has some unique challenges, but Every Square Inch responds to recent statements by Bill Hybels and makes the case that business leadership shares many of the same challenges as leadership in the church.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaGordon Atkinson

Hybels goes on to make the case that church or ministry leadership is more complex and challenging than leading in the business world. He offers the following four reasons to make his case. Let me state the obvious - I'm nowhere the equal of Hybels in the arena of leadership and I've had relatively little experience leading in ministry. However, there are elements of his words that really misses the mark - my comments and rebuttal below...Click here to read more.

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