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The Plurality Principle: How to Build and Maintain a Thriving Church Leadership Team (Harvey)

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180
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Description

Essential to every healthy church is a biblical model of leadership. In the New Testament, church leadership is built around a team of elders working together, each bringing his own unique skills and gifts to the cause of shepherding the flock God entrusted to them. However, in many churches today the principle of plurality in leadership is often misunderstood, mistakenly applied, or completely ignored.

Dave Harvey encourages church leaders to prioritize plurality for the surprising ways that it helps churches to flourish. This book not only builds a compelling case for churches to adopt and maintain biblical elder pluralities guided by solid leadership but also supplies practical tools to help elders work together for transformation.

Contents

Foreword by Sam Storms
Introduction: Why a Book on Plurality?

Part 1: Building a Plurality 

Chapter 1: A Plurality Primer 
Chapter 2: The Case for a “First among Equals”  
Chapter 3: Dressing for Leadership Storms: Five Hats Senior Pastors Wear 
Chapter 4: Counterfeit Pluralities

Part 2: Thriving as a Plurality 

Chapter 5: Building a Culture of Care and Accountability 
Chapter 6: Acknowledging and Sharing Power 
Chapter 7: The Plurality Tune-Up 
Chapter 8: The Joy-Boosting Delight of Shared Ministry

Appendix 1: Elders, Care for Your Senior Pastor 
Appendix 2: Your Wife Is Not Your Plurality: How Much Should a Pastor Tell His Wife? 
Appendix 3: What’s the Best Way for a Pastor to Negotiate His Salary? 
Appendix 4: Term Limits for Elders? (Jeff Robinson)

About the Author

Dave Harvey (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the president of Great Commission Collective, a church-planting ministry. Dave pastored for thirty-three years, founded AmICalled.com, and travels widely across networks and denominations as a popular conference speaker. He is the author of When Sinners Say “I Do”; I Still Do!, Am I Called?, and Rescuing Ambition, and coauthor of Letting Go. Dave and his wife, Kimm, live in southwest Florida.