The Promise of Partnership: A Model for Collaborative Ministry

by James D Whitehead, John J Egan (Foreword by), Evelyn Eaton Whitehead

Overview

The Whiteheads, pastoral theologians with rich ministry experience, show how leadership and ministry can shift from the parent/child model to one based on true partnership.

Winner of the 1992 Catholic Press Association Book Award

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595088959
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Acknowledgments	xiii
Part 1	The Vision of Partnership	1
1.	Christian Leaders: From Parents to Partners	3
2.	Worlds of Scarcity, Promise of Abundance	15
3.	Healing the Wounds of Authority	27
4.	Shadows on the Journey: Absence, Conflict, Failure	37
Part 2	Ministry in a World of Partners	49
5.	Ways to Collaborate: Staff, Team, Community	51
6.	How Leaders Gain Legitimacy	63
7.	The Authentic Religious Leader	74
8.	Embracing Conflict	87
Part 3	Transformations in Leadership	101
9.	Exploring the Leader's Task	103
10.	Leaders and Power	115
11.	The Symbolic Role of the Leader	128
12.	Prophetic Leadership Today	140
Part 4	The Rigors of Partnership	153
13.	Acknowledging Our Needs	155
14.	Learning to Share Power	166
15.	Managing Conflict	178
16.	Obeying as Partners	193
	Conclusion: The Play of Partnership	207
	Bibliography	212
	Index	220