Home Grown Leaders
Edgar J. Elliston holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with cognates in International Development and Intercultural Studies from Michigan State University. He completed his MA in Missiology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His own research has addressed a range of missiological projects including receptivity research in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan. Later curriculum research formed the base for the DMin in Missiology at Fuller Theological Seminary. As faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary, he designed and taught missiological research for both doctoral and master's programs.
This book was used to inform leadership trainers at several levels in different parts of the world. Youth With a Mission (YWAM) used it in it's leadership development for Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. Christian colleges and seminaries used it to help equip pastors for laying training in diverse places such as England, Kenya, Taiwan, Korea, and the United States.
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Edgar Elliston has a rare quality: the ability to set biblical truths in a context that is informed academically and relevant practically. Whether you are in Kerala, Kansas, or Kenya, Elliston gives you a biblical base to evaluate secular leadership models, and condenses for you the essence of the process God is using globally to raise up local church leadership. There is nothing else like it.
— Thom Wolf, senior pastor, The Church on Brady, Los Angeles, California assistant professor of urban education, Grand Canyon University, Los Angeles campus -
This is no ordinary book about leadership development. It is intensely realistic, culturally sensitive, biblically insightful, practically useful, and spiritually focused. Dr. Elliston clearly identifies the Biblical values that are foundational in Christian leadership development.
— Charles Cook, president, North American Christian Convention of Christian Churches/Churches of Christ -
A valuable book for trainers working in inner-city local church-based leadership training institutes. I found the chapter on "The Existing Leaders' Role in Leadership Development" to be most useful in our work of training leaders for inner-city Los Angeles. I heartily recommend it as a resource for inner-city training schools.
— Ranjit DeSilva, dean, Crenshaw Christian Center Ministry Training Institute, Los Angeles, California
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1- Overview
Chapter Previews
Basic Perspectives
Chapter 2- Understanding Leadership
Common Leadership Problems
Inappropriate Cultural Models
Inadequate Leadership Perspectives
Metaphor-Based Theories
Misuse of Influence Means
Inappropriate Selection Process
Toward a More Appropriate View of Leadership
Cultural Variables in Leadership
Types of Leaders
Chapter 3- Values for Christian Leaders
Biblical Bases of Leadership Development
The Selection and Use of Power
New Testament Bases for Leading
The Apostle Paul's Expectations
Chapter 4- Patterns of Spiritual Leadership Emergence
Popular Myths
Moving Beyond the Myth
Patterns of Development and Emergence
Major Spiritual Learning Experiences
Learning Principles in Spiritual Leadership Development
Chapter 5- The Spirit's Role in Leadership Development
Leadership Development- An Overview
Contextual Preparation
Selection
Gifting-Empowering
Equipping
Leading Through Others
Growth Processing
Superintendence
Chapter 6- The Existing Leaders' Role in Leadership Development
Obedient Discernment
Delivery System
Balance
Contextualization of the Instruction
Modeling
Encouraging
Transitions
Dysfunctions in Developing Leaders
Chapter 7- The "Emergent" Leaders Role
Trust
Obedience
Chapter 8- Summary and Recommendations
The Leader
The Follower
The Situation
Influence Means
Values
Growing Leaders at Home
Bibliography
Author
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Edgar J. Elliston
Edgar J. Elliston
Edgar J. Elliston holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with cognates in International Development and Intercultural Studies from Michigan State University. He completed his MA in Missiology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His own research has addressed a range of missiological projects including receptivity research in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Sudan. Later curriculum research formed the base for the DMin in Missiology at Fuller Theological Seminary. As faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary, he designed and taught missiological research for both doctoral and master's programs.
- Pages: 190
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 1992
- Vendor: William Carey Library
