Golden Rule Leadership

the long version

This book brings to mind the NIV rendering of Proverbs 25:11: "A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." Gordon Ferguson and Wyndham Shaw have written an "aptly spoken word" on leadership in the International Churches of Christ. This book is not merely an abstract exposition of leadership concepts; it is a frank discussion of leadership practices within the International Churches of Christ, with a look at both the past, present and future. Practices and the underlying principles behind them are held up to the light of Scripture and end result. This book is written to leaders by leaders. The aim of discussing current leadership practices is not to attack them (and leaders who use them), but simply to ask two important questions of them: are these practices more worldly or Biblical, and do these bring lasting good fruit or not?