The Learning Congregation: A New Vision of Leadership

by Thomas R. Hawkins

Book Overview

Congregations today face an adaptive challenge of immense proportions. Many respond with classic signs of work avoidance: holding to past assumptions and blaming authority. Thomas Hawkins's new vision of church leadership can provide a way to break through these defensive routines. The Learning Congregation is a must read for all pastors and church leaders.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664256996
• ISBN13: 9780664256999
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Lifelong Learning

Hawkins' book places current thought on leadership within the context of a congregation or parish. He uses multiple references from scripture to illustrate the model of the Learning Congregation. Anyone in a leadership role would benefite from reading this book. Although not a quick read, Hawkins' style is not pedantic or overly scholarly. Many thought-provoking insights and ideas for personal and institutional growth.