George Cladis

Reflecting on the communal nature of God, Cladis directly addresses the tensions between pragmatic and biblical church leadership. While scripture must serve as the ultimate authority, the church should not hesitate to recognize the truth and applicability of certain contemporary leadership models. Leading the Team-Based Church suggests seven principles of team leadership that reflect the nature of God (triune) and address the nature of culture (postmodern): covenanting, visionary, show more culture-creating, collaborative, trusting, empowering, and learning. Cladis demonstrates these characteristics in leadership culture (secular and church) and the nature of God as “perichoresis” (or communal “circle dance”). An engaging and useful book – A- show less