Missing Voices: Learning to Lead beyond Our Horizons

People are desperate for leaders who are credible - those who possess a moral center and exhibit sound leadership skills. Given our global realities, we need strategic leaders who possess cultural intelligence and theological discernment. The aim of this book is to shape such leaders. Each chapter combines careful research with contributions from leaders around the world. These voices bring much-needed insight to leadership issues when translated and applied in different settings, especially the many urban multi-cultural contexts that exist today. Present and emerging leaders, no matter the culture or field, will find this book invaluable in sustaining their call to godly leadership.

About the Author :
JOHN E. JOHNSON is a professor of Pastoral Theology and Leadership at Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon, USA, and blogs regularly at drjohnejohnson.org. An experienced pastor with over thirty years of ministry, he is devoted to preparing leaders across different cultures, from the USA, to Lebanon, to India. He has a PhD in Systematic Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas, USA, and has also written Under an Open Heaven, Kregel, 2017.

Review :
Missing Voices: Learning to Lead beyond Our Horizons should be required for any pastor, teacher, or lay leader who aspires to understand, respond to, and work alongside others in our multi-cultural worldwide Christian family. John Johnson encourages us to listen first so that we understand our different cultural expressions of leadership. Then he leads us on an exploration of how leaders from many cultures can bring both their strengths and their weaknesses together to forge dynamic partnerships committed to the work of Christ in the world. Paul Borthwick, DMin Author Senior Consultant, Development Associates International Millions of people have migrated around the world in the last few decades. Easterners are moving West and Westerners are moving East at a very rapid pace. Thomas Friedman has written that the world is flat and Harvard Professor John Kotter tells us that organizations cannot meet the fast-moving demands of our society. Western leaders are moving to other cultures with multinational companies and churches are being filled with those of other cultures. Dr Johnson has captured this well in this signature work. Beginning by outlining theories of leadership and moving to a variety of global perspectives, he returns to search for a strong cultural and theological basis for how to lead in such a world, with clear success in so doing. This is a study that is long overdue and brings clarity to how to lead in our "flat" world. A must-read for all Christian leaders. Bud Lindstrand Former CEO, Moda Health Care Instructor in Business Ethics, University of Northwestern, Roseville, Minnesota, USA Combining broad reading of contemporary writing on leadership with keen biblical insight and diverse voices from numerous cultures and regions, John Johnson provides a fresh, readable and profound perspective for leaders who want to navigate the increasing complexity of our twenty-first century, globalized world. Both emerging and experienced leaders from any nation can benefit from this conversation between leadership theory, experienced global practitioners, and Scripture. David W. Bennett, DMin, PhD Global Associate Director for Collaboration and Content, Lausanne Movement