Leadership Revolution: Developing the Vision & Practice of Freedom & Justice

Raise Up the Next Generation of LeadersWhen John Perkins first visited Lawndale Community Church in Chicago some thirty years ago, he couldn't help laughing at how little there was to see--a couple of storefronts, a few dilapidated buildings, a handful of teenage kids hanging out, and a crazy young white guy named Wayne Gordon, who told John he was responding to a call from God.Over the next three decades, the church experienced such a transformation that to call it "monumental" would be an understatement. It was more like a revolution. Indeed, at the core of the transformation was a shift in a philosophy of leadership that John and Wayne considered to be revolutionary. Rather than recruiting leaders from the outside, they developed leaders from the communities they were serving--communities ravaged by the pathologies of homelessness, joblessness, crime and drug and alcohol addiction.In Leadership Revolution, John and Wayne reveal how they cast a vision of leadership for the members of their community and adopted a style of leadership that encouraged and empowered people. You will read about the successes and setbacks they experienced as they worked together to further the work of God's kingdom on earth and hand the baton of leadership over to the next generation. After reading this important book, you will never look at leadership quite the same again!