The Christian Persuader

Ford, Leighton

Harper&Row

Looking at the biblical record, this book examines Jesus' leadership style and asks whether it is relevant in an age of management techniques. Ford takes into account current theory and practice in the fields of psychology, motivational theory and management training.

Jesus: the Transforming Leader (Jesus Library)

Hodder & Stoughton Religious Division

A book for leaders, by leaders, about the greatest leader of them all. In our rapidly changing and ever more complex world, we suffer a crisis of leadership. Leighton Ford sees the growing dearth of bold leaders--in the marketplace, religion and public life. In this powerful book, Ford calls Christians to be transformational leaders. Many leaders work within situations; transformational leaders change situations. Many leaders accept what can be talked about; transformational leaders change what can be talked about. Many leaders talk about payoffs; transformational leaders talk about goals. Many leaders bargain; transformational leaders appeal to a common vision. Ford realizes that desperately needed Christian and transformational leadership will not emerge until we have a model of the transforming leader. And what more powerful example of leadership could there be than Jesus? Insightfully examining Jesus' work and the best recent books on leadership, Ford presents --the leader as strategist --the leader as seer --the leader as seeker --the leader as servant --the leader as struggler --the leader as sustainer Executives, pastors, managers, professionals--all will benefit from this fresh, in-depth treatment by a man who is himself one of the world's finest Christian leaders.

Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values Empowering Change

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Leighton Ford tells a story of uncertainty, hope, sorrow and joy as his oldest son, Sandy, faced a rare and life-threatening heart disease.

Sandy: A Heart for God

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values and Empowering Change

INTERVARSITY PRESS *

Once you've met Jesus, you are never the same again. His teaching challenges your thinking. His compassion softens your heart. His love turns your life around. In this thirteen session LifeGuide® Bible Study, evangelist Leighton Ford leads you through thirteen studies from the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) that will open your eyes anew--or for the first time--to Jesus Christ. This LifeGuide Bible Study in IVP Connect's revised format features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, as well as a "Now or Later" section following each session to help you act on what you learn. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions―making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.

Meeting Jesus (LifeGuide Bible Studies)

The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things

Your attention, please. That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ. Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey of longing and looking for God. And it started with paying attention. In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition of praying the hours, Ford will walk with you, helping you pay attention to God's work in you and around you throughout each day and in different seasons of your life. If you're busy, distracted, rushing through each day, you might be feeling disconnected from God, unable to see how he's working. You might be missing him. But the way toward him starts with a pause and a prayer—with intention and attention—and becomes a way of life, awake and alive to the peaceful, powerful presence of God.

Self-Help

Happiness

IVP Books

Your attention, please. That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ. Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey of longing and looking for God. And it started with paying attention. In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition of praying the hours, Ford will walk with you, helping you pay attention to God's work in you and around you throughout each day and in different seasons of your life. If you're busy, distracted, rushing through each day, you might be feeling disconnected from God, unable to see how he's working. You might be missing him. But the way toward him starts with a pause and a prayer―with intention and attention―and becomes a way of life, awake and alive to the peaceful, powerful presence of God.

The Christian life is a life of listening. In this memoir, lifelong minister of the gospel Leighton Ford tells his story as a personal history of listening for God’s voice. Beginning with his earliest memories, he recounts the different ways God has spoken to him, and the different ways he has learned to listen. Through the joys of ministry, first as an international evangelist, often in partnership with Billy Graham, and later as a leader of the Lausanne Movement and a mentor of emerging leaders, he remembers God's voice proclaiming, instructing, reassuring. Through the pain of deep loss, he remembers God's voice calling out to him, even in the deafening silence. What emerges is not just an account of a long and faithful life of Christian service, but a picture of the Christian life―the life of listening. What will it sound like, Ford asks, when God speaks to you?

A Life of Listening: Discerning God's Voice and Discovering Our Own

Community & Culture

"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God―I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership explores topics such as <ul>
<li>responding to the dynamics of calling</li>
<li>facing the loneliness of leadership</li>
<li>leading from your authentic self</li>
<li>cultivating spiritual community</li>
<li>reenvisioning the promised land</li>
<li>discerning God's will together</li>
</ul> Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead. This expanded edition includes the popular "How Is It with Your Soul?” assessment for leaders and a flexible six- or twelve-week guided experience for groups.

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry (Transforming Resources)

Business & Money

Haugen, Gary A.

Barton, Ruth Haley

Management & Leadership

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The Christian Persuader

Jesus: the Transforming Leader (Jesus Library)

Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values Empowering Change

Sandy: A Heart for God

Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values and Empowering Change

Meeting Jesus (LifeGuide Bible Studies)

The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things

The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things

A Life of Listening: Discerning God's Voice and Discovering Our Own

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry (Transforming Resources)