Caring for Yourself in Order to Serve Others

Leading the Congregation is a complete and definitive guide to the practice of church leadership. The book describes new paradigms for the leader that integrate spiritual integrity and service within a systems view of the congregation and its ministry

NORMAN SHAWCHUCK is an author and consultant for church organizations. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Systems from Northwestern University. He has written more than ten books on spirituality, conflict and management, including the coauthored work Marketing for Congregations He has previously pastored United Methodist churches in North Dakota and indiana.

ROGER HEUSER Is Director for Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Church Leadership at Southern California College in Costa Mesa, California. He earned his Ph.D. from New York University and is a consultant and trainer In church organizations. He previously pastored Assemblies of God churches in Illinois.

Contributions concerning women and multicultural approaches to leadership are also offered by:

Carol E. Becker, Executive Director of Communications for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She has published over 100 news, feature, and magazine articles

Whaja Hwang, a Presbyterian layperson in Seoul, Korea. She pioneered and mobilized extensive works with the poor by setting up numerous rural and urban day-care centers throughout Korea. She studied at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Korea and eamed a D.Min. degree at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.

Gerardo J. De Jesus, ordained in the American Baptist Church, is Associate Pastor at My Friend's House in Whittier, California, He is a Ph.D. candidate at Claremont Graduate School and earned M.Div. degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. He serves on the board of the Hispanic Association for Bilingual and Bicultural Ministry.