Glenn D. Daman, Leading the Small Church, How to Develop a Transformational Ministry. Kregel Academic and Professional, 2006.
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Referenced in: Small Church Leadership
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
Daman acknowledges what every experienced church leader knows, especially with regard to small churches – corporate/institutional/organizational growth models most often do not work with churches. In this book, he steers away from these models, not simply out of pragmatic concerns as to what works, but on a more substantive level as to what is more in keeping with the essential biblical and spiritual nature of ministry.
From the Publisher
“With all that has been written on leadership today, we have lost sight of the simplicity of ministry,” writes Glenn Daman. “The task of spiritual leadership may not be easy, but is is not complicated.”
Leading the Small Church challenges pastors to return to the simplicity of ministry by caring for and loving the people they serve; proclaiming God’s Word in a relevant, life-changing way; and setting a godly example. Contrary to today’s prevailing wisdom, Daman contends that the pastor’s role is not to be a visionary or organizational leader. The pastor’s primary responsibility involves the spiritual activities of preaching and discipleship with a view toward transforming the lives of God’s people.
Like Daman’s previous book Shepherding the Small Church, which focused on the ingredients for an effective small church ministry, this follow-up volume is an indespensable source of advice and insight for pastors of small churches—the majority of American churches. Helpful suggestions and charts make Leading the Small Church practical and user-friendly.
About the Author
Glenn Daman (D.Min., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; M.A. in New Testament Studies and M.A. in Old Testament Studies, Western Seminary) serves as Director for Small Church Health, Western Seminary. He also ministers as senior pastor of Cascade Locks Community Church in Cascade Locks, Oregon, and First Baptist Church in Stevenson, Washington.
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