Golden Rule Leadership: Building a Spirit of Team & Family in the Body of Christ

This is a well written book, giving much needed insight into how to build a healthy church. Every leader, every member of a church needs to read this and study out the scriptures presented. The authors do an incredible job of sharing both the Word and their lives, drawing from their many years of experience with ministry to expose the errors that too many leaders of God's church unknowingly commit and the effect these errors have on undermining the Body of Christ. The book is convicting, eye opening, and inspiring. No matter where you are spiritually or how healthy you believe your congregation is, GOLDEN RULE LEADERSHIP is an important reminder. A must read for every Christian.

Gordon Ferguson is not ashamed to speak out against what he sees as errors in the discipling movement (or International Churches of Christ). He knows that to follow Jesus means to follow Jesus and not men. He further knows that many abuses have come out of unbiblical leadership structures and authority in the local churches. Therefore Ferguson and Shaw have written a timely book on leadership for those in the International Churches of Christ and for any leader for that matter. The book takes a hard look at biblical leadership versus various forms of leadership we find in the church today. The point of the book is not to bash one group or one man but to simply point us back to Jesus Christ and the early Church as our example (1 Cor. 11:1-2; Eph. 5:1). Paul told us to hold fast to his traditions (2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6). The book of Acts records that the early Church was a close knit family (Acts 2:41-47) and not a mega-church without love. This book has sent waves of changes in the International Churches of Christ for the better. Many unbiblical practices have been abandoned for more biblical models. For that I say thank God for GOLDEN RULE LEADERSHIP.