A Servant's Manual: Christian Leadership for Tomorrow.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)

From: Currents in Theology and Mission | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Loken, Maren | Copyright information

A Servant's Manual: Christian Leadership for Tomorrow. By Michael W. Foss. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. 144 pages. Paper. $15.00.

Michael W. Foss, senior pastor of Prince of Peace in Burnsville, Minnesota, is also the author of Power Surge: Six Marks of Discipleship for a Changing Church (Fortress Press, 2000).

Foss's prognosis of today's Christian leaders is that they are stuck. "Their ministries are being sapped of vital energy by endless controversy ...

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