
The four kinds of leader we need: part one
Leadership comes in many shapes and sizes. Different situations call for different styles of leadership. What types of leader does the church need right now?
John Bowen is Professor Emeritus of Evangelism at Wycliffe College in Toronto, where he was also the Director of the Institute of Evangelism. Before that, he worked a campus evangelist for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. For over thirty years, John has been a popular speaker, teacher, and preacher, on university campuses, in churches and in classrooms, and at conferences, across Canada and the USA. His most recent book is The Unfolding Gospel: How the Good News Makes Sense of Discipleship, Church, Mission, and Everything Else (Fortress 2021).
Leadership comes in many shapes and sizes. Different situations call for different styles of leadership. What types of leader does the church need right now?
“I can use all the help I can get!” one church leader told me. Kevin Martin, former Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral in Dallas, now
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