Episode 127: For the church to thrive, its leaders need to eat more pie (Doug Pell)

Could eating more pie lead to healthier and stronger churches?Doug Pell says "yes." A longtime Church of Christ elder and retired senior executive from the U.S. defense industry, Pell recently authored Set in Order the Things That Are Lacking: Lessons in Biblical Leadership (Sain Publications).In this episode, Pell shares the experience he gained from decades in church and corporate leadership and the knowledge he gained from his intense study of biblical eldership for local congregations.Pell touches on the following themes:Why the corporate management model is not the leadership model that the Lord chooses for his churchWhy biblical leadership is harder than anyone imagines, but perhaps not as hard to attain as congregations might thinkHow congregational leadership must happen in living rooms, not elders' meetingsWhy deacons and wives may be the most important people to a congregation's eldershipAnd what does pie have to do with congregational health?Link to Set in Order the Things That Are Lacking: Lessons in Biblical LeadershipDonate to support this ministry of "information and inspiration" at christianchronicle.org/donateSend your comments, ideas, and suggestions to [email protected]