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Gifted To Lead Hardcover – Aug 11 2008

by Nancy Beach (Author)
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan Carr (Aug. 11 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0310285968
  • ISBN-13: 978-0310285960
  • Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 1.9 x 22.5 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 249 g
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 customer review
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #609,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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No mistake was made in heaven when God gave you the gift of leadership or teaching. Every gift you have---your instincts to lead and your passion to make a difference--- came from the hand of a loving Father who crafted you. In this practical and inspiring book, Willow Creek Executive vice president and teaching pastor Nancy Beach speaks to women with God-given gifts of leading and teaching. Sharing from her thirty-year journey in a local church, Nancy offers guidance on such issues as: * Developing character * Earning respect * Finding your voice for leadership and teaching * Managing work and personal life * Forming an intentional support network * Forming an intentional support network Nancy desires that women will fully engage in the dangerous and thrilling adventure of using their leadership gifts to advance the kingdom of God. The path won't be easy . . . but God will never leave you alone. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Nancy Beach is executive vice president of programming and production for the Willow Creek Association and a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church. A champion for the arts and artists in the church, she is the author of An Hour on Sunday: Creating Moments of Transformation and Wonder. Nancy holds a masterÆs degree in communication from Wheaton College. She lives in Barrington, Illinois, with her husband, Warren, and her two daughters, Samantha and Johanna.

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5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome book for women in church leadership!
By km on March 23 2009
Format: Hardcover
Awesome book! Great for women who are in any kind of leadership position in the church. It's not a theological argument for women in church leadership, but a tool to better equip the women who find themselves in the "man's world" of church leadership. Strongly recommend for women of all ages.
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Amazon.com: HASH(0x9e2afe10) out of 5 stars 12 reviews
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HASH(0x9e2737b0) out of 5 stars Sane Advice for Women in Ministry Leadership June 25 2009
By Kathie Palazzolo - Published on Amazon.com
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I have loved this book. Nancy Beach addresses the challenges of women interacting with men who are not always sure a woman can or should lead in church circles. Beach avoids doctrinal disputes and adresses practical concerns with practical answers.
While she deals with the special challenges of women in leadership roles, most of her leadership advise is applicable to men as well as to women. Her book is not a rebel cry for women to claim leadership authority but rather, a reassurance to women that God can and does use women in leadership roles beyond children's and women's ministry and how to navigate in that arena with confidence and grace.
I highly recommend this book to women already in leadership as well as to women who suspect they may be called to leadership.
Beach also addresses the concerns of pastors and other male lay leaders who are still not sure if women should lead in the church.
Sane, practical and yet, clearly inspired.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x9e273bb8) out of 5 stars INSIGHTS INTO CHRISTIAN WOMEN LEADERS June 1 2011
By Paige L. Chargois - Published on Amazon.com
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The religious and spiritual journeys of women through many generations of church life are as unique and varied and different as the women themselves: biblically, historically, or within our contemporary moments! Nancy offers wonderful insight into her journey and any reader can find many commonalities as well as many differences. The hearts, minds, and souls of church women experience great differences within both our denominations and our geographical/cultural realities. My personal journey as a clergy woman has been seemingly far more intense than what seems to be chronicled in "Gifted To Lead". This is not to compare one person's pain with another, nor to say that rejection is any more threatening to one person's psyche than another's; but it is to declare that there are appropriate, comparative differences to be found in our journeys of ministry.

My only regret about Nancy's book is the lack of inclusion of a major biblical Gospel text that is significant and quite definitive regarding women called into the ministry of Jesus by Jesus himself. Those three verses, Luke 8:1-3, are so relevant to the journey of Christian women -- and indeed THE CHURCH ITSELF that I wrote 12 chapters on them and heartily recommend it to you as well!

Certain Women Called by Christ: Biblical Realities for Today
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HASH(0x9e2739c0) out of 5 stars Where's the Word? Nov. 18 2013
By ABA260 - Published on Amazon.com
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This book was a good read, definitely. The author, Nancy Beach, discusses many of her trials and growing pains she experiences as a female leader in a predominantly male dominated church. Her personal stories in and of themselves are engaging!

The only issue I have with the book is that while the author proffers many practical solutions for the woman leader, she fails to provide scripture to justify the main point of the book which is: Are WOMEN gifted to lead according to the Word of God??? She never uses scripture to justify if women are gifted to lead and WHY. She simply tells you if you are in a church that doesn't believe women should lead in any capacity to be "flexible" with the leadership or go elsewhere... But we need to know that if God has given us a gift that is in accordance to His Word and His Will, we don't have to be timid. She never biblically justifies why women should lead.

In addition to not biblically justifying female leadership, she doesn't biblically justify most of the advice that she gives. And don't get me wrong, experience and first hand knowledge of dealing with situations and circumstances goes a long way! But as Christians we don't just live out our roles in the kingdom based on other people's experiences, we play our roles in ministry as dictated by the Word of God and by the divine unction of the Holy Spirit.

Other than that, the book was good.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x9e273cb4) out of 5 stars A must read for every woman struggling with the call to leadership March 20 2013
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This is not an argument for egalitarianism or women's ordination, or even women in leadership at churches, but rather a very practical and personal account of a woman who has traversed the complicated walk of a woman God has called into ministry in a largely conservative, evangelical world. God did NOT make a mistake when he called particular women into ministry (which does not mean that women can or should be in every level or leadership). I work with seminarians at a multidenominational evangelical seminary that has a very wide dispersion of opinions on the topic. I advise every woman I work with to read this book to be encouraged.
HASH(0x9e273d14) out of 5 stars Not a treatise on women in church leadership, but ... May 13 2015
By Jean Sanner - Published on Amazon.com
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Not a treatise on women in church leadership, but a rubber-hits-road guidebook to how Nancy Beach has navigated leadership. Very thought provoking and helped me reexamine myself. It's filled with humility and graciousness with a strong focus on teamwork and servanthood.

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