What if our leadership model is wrong?
Writing from years of experience raising sheep and leading people, Jim Van Yperen explores why shepherding, defined by Jesus and practiced in Scripture, calls for radical change in the way Christian leaders lead. This book will challenge how you understand spiritual leadership and about how you recognize and equip others who lead.
Of all the leadership models in Scripture—such as prophet, priest or king—God exhorts spiritual leaders to be shepherds. Why? Why does Jesus call himself the Good Shepherd, and say to Peter, “feed my sheep?” Why does Paul commend the Ephesian elders to “keep watch” and to “be shepherds?” Why does God choose a shepherd to describe the role of a church leader? Why not a teacher, or priest, or prophet or some other good office? Why, when prophets and priests fail in the Old Testament, does God rebuke them as shepherd?
Clearly, there is a reciprocal relationship between shepherding and leading that requires skill and character often lacking in the church.
The Shepherd Leader is designed group study and personal application–must reading for every ministry leader to rediscover how to lead like Jesus.
