Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

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Over 100,000 Copies Sold Worldwide! 14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains. You too may feel that you are leading in a cultural context you were not expecting. You may even feel that your training holds you back more often than it carries you along. Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and consultant, Tod Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory. He offers a combination of illuminating insights and practical tools to help you reimagine what effective leadership looks like in our rapidly changing world. If you're going to scale the mountains of ministry, you need to leave behind canoes and find new navigational tools. Now expanded with a study guide, this book will set you on the right course to lead with confidence and courage. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Part 1: Understanding Uncharted Territory 1 Seminary Didn’t Prepare Me for This 2 Adventure or Die 3 A Leadership Model for Uncharted Territory Part 2: The On-the-Map Skill Set 4 Competence and Credibility 5 Preparing for the Unknown 6 Eating Strategy for Breakfast Part 3: Leading Off the Map 7 Navigating the “Geography of Reality” 8 My Italian Grandfather Was Killing Me 9 Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There . . . Then Do Something 10 The Mission Trumps! 11 Take a Good Look into the Coffin Part 4: Relationships and Resistance 12 Gus and Hal Go to Church 13 Et Tu, Church? Part 5: Transformation 14 How a Nursing Mother Saved America 15 The End of Our Exploring Epilogue: Taking the Hill with Grandma Acknowledgments Study Guide Notes Praise for Canoeing the Mountains About the Author More Titles from InterVarsity Press PRAXIS