Pastoral Leadership - Softcover

Ebener, Dan R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809153785 ISBN 13: 9780809153787

Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S., 2018

Synopsis

In this practical, visionary, and accessible book, veteran teacher, author, and parish leader Dan Ebener explores what it takes to lead in a Catholic parish. He contends that anyone can lead change in a parish with or without positional authority. The premise of this book is that the Church needs leadership. In most places, the Church is over-managed and under-led. To turn this around, we need clergy to: 1. Provide more leadership and less management themselves. 2. Develop the leadership potential of the laity. We need lay people to step up to lead and to manage. If the Church is to become more alive, we need lay people to step up and lead change as well. On the management side, we need clergy to step back and lay people to step up. On the leadership side, we need lay people who can lead without authority and clergy who can lead from a position of authority. Readers of this book seminarians, priests, deacons, and lay leaders will find this book enlightening and useful in their approach to parish leadership.

About this title

About the Author:

Dan R. Ebener is an author, teacher, consultant, and speaker and has been developing leaders for organizations since 1976. He teaches at St. Ambrose University and works part time as director of stewardship and parish planning for the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa.

Review:

The ideas in this book on pastoral leadership have already borne fruit in our diocese and provide practical guidance to develop Gospel-focused leadership in the Church today. I happily recommend it as a great resources for seminaries, parishes, and other Catholic institutions. --Bishop Daniel E. Flores, Diocese of Brownsville, Texas

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S.
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0809153785
• ISBN 13: 9780809153787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144