Power for God's Sake
Power and Abuse in the Local Church
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2005
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Publisher's Description
How can churches be empowered, not overpowered, by individuals? Power is a dangerous reality in ordinary church life. But when people bring God into the issue and power for my sake" becomes power for God's sake" the danger is even greater. This expose of power abuse in churches today draws on a survey of churches within mainline Protestant denominations. Turning to the kind of power-model" Jesus gives the would-be church leader, the author explores how power can be handled positively when power for God's sake is, in fact, power surrendered in the service of others. An important book for all involved in leadership within the church.
Endorsements (2)
“The well-researched evidence of this book . . . bears out the old truth that 'the heart is deceitful above all things' . . . In unmasking the reality of power in the local church, Paul Beasley-Murray has been courageous since he speaks the unspeakable. But in doing so, he has put us all in his debt.”
“"A necessarily sensitive and costly book to write, and to read. It is a call for the discernment and dispersal of power, for its redistribution, and for the naming of false and abusive powers.”
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