Leadership Emergence Theory--A Self-Study Manual for Analyzing the Development of a Christian Leader

It's simple, see? L = f (p, t, r) where L is a given leader, f means "function of", p means processing, t means time, and r means response patterns. When expanded upon (which this book does over a few hundred pages), this means that virtually all leaders need to undergo similar processing. Therefore the message is essentially: "Have faith in the formula." However, implied in this is: "Have faith in God." If you can get perspective on how the formula works in a leader's life -- on how God works in a leader's life -- you won't be rocked as you might be by the things that confront you. If this is something you would like to investigate really closely, then plunge into this thick and complex book. I had some reservations. One is that leaders who failed seemed to get short shrift. A pity about them. They got into the "drop-out pattern". Since the book is mainly descriptive -- perhaps I should describe it as "observational science" --there would seem to be few solutions offered, other than: "Have faith in the formula." Another reservation was the notion of leadership as personal influence, rather than simply pointing others to God in one's weakness, and letting God do the rest.