The Cruciform Leader

The church has been in crisis for too long. From high-profile cases of abuse to the post-Christian culture of self-love, the decline of Christianity in the West seemed like an inevitability.

But that decline isn’t happening. Instead, there is hope. Real hope. People are quietly returning to church, reading the Bible and turning to prayer. They are looking for God – seeking him with all their hearts. This astonishing reversal, this quiet revival needs a new kind of leader with a new approach – one that is transparent, authentic and welcoming to the lost.

Amazingly, a new brand of leader has been quietly emerging from the ashes and rubble, as if in readiness. These leaders are hungry, holy and humble, answering the call to return to the cruciform way – a leadership style rooted in humility; in the sacrificial, cross-shaped example of Jesus.  Alain Emerson, with encouragement and discernment, offers strategic guidance and the practical tools for these new leaders to be part of this exciting change.

From the author of Luminous Dark, with searingly honest acknowledgement of recent leadership failures within the church, comes a heartfelt call for change: a call for a return to the ancient way, to leadership in the way of the cross. Holy, hungry and humble leadership. Cruciform leadership.