{"product_id":"resurrecting-excellence-shaping-faithful-christian-ministry-paperback","title":"Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. Gregory Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin R. Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians are of two minds about excellence. We commend excellent teaching, seek out excellent health care, and celebrate excellence in the arts. When a Christian life or congregation is described as excellent, however, we suspect that ambition or success may be getting the better of us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Resurrecting Excellence aims to rekindle and encourage among Christian leaders an unselfish ambition for the gospel that shuns both competition and mediocrity and rightly focuses on the beauty, power, and excellence of living as faithful disciples of the crucified and risen Christ. Drawing on ancient traditions and on contemporary voices, L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong offer both a theology of excellence and compelling portraits of pastors, lay leaders, and congregations that embody \"a more excellent way.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristians are of two minds about excellence. We commend excellent teaching, seek out excellent health care, and celebrate excellence in the arts. When a Christian life or congregation is described as excellent, however, we suspect that ambition or success may be getting the better of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Resurrecting Excellence\" aims to rekindle and encourage among Christian leaders an unselfish ambition for the gospel that shuns both competition and mediocrity and rightly focuses on the beauty, power, and excellence of living as faithful disciples of the crucified and risen Christ. Drawing on ancient traditions and on contemporary voices, L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong offer both a theology of excellence and compelling portraits of pastors, lay leaders, and congregations that embody \"a more excellent way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Gregory Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of theology and senior strategist for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin R. Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e is senior pastor of North United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.22 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476754088114,"sku":"9780802832344","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cdcd870e0ffe177f6bb80c3b425f741e.webp?v=1779188823","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/resurrecting-excellence-shaping-faithful-christian-ministry-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}