Wisdom in Leadership: The How and Why of Leading the People You Serve

...an extraordinarily practical book that is full of invaluable insight and hard fought common sense.

“First, some context. My path to pastoral ministry has been through excellent practical-ministry training via the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, followed by a wonderful grounding in theology and biblical studies at Moore College, Sydney. By this route I was gifted a strong, Bible-driven ministry philosophy and a deep basis in Reformed theology—and yet almost no training on how to run a team, lead an organization, handle a conflict, set a vision, or manage a staff. It turns out, being a pastor requires you to be at least competent in all of those areas. Who knew? Enter Craig Hamilton’s "Wisdom in Leadership". Hamilton distills a vast range of wisdom from secular and Christian leadership literature, and places it in a context where it’s intended to serve, rather than undermine, a Bible-driven and Christ-centered ministry approach. If you’ve been neck deep in leadership literature to the neglect of Scripture, this isn’t for you. But if you, like many of us pastors, came into pastoral ministry to share Jesus—and then discovered you also need to actually run things—this is a lifeline of practical goodness.”

“I'm reluctant to give commendations for books unless I actually think they are not only true, but also well written, worthwhile reading and a needed contribution. Craig's book is all three.”