Glorious Risk
Freeing the church from managerialism and the martyr complex
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Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 9781789746112
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 23/04/2026
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
What is happening in church leadership? Can anything be done?
In The Glorious Risk, Chloe Lynch challenges the broken stories shaping Western church leadership, where leaders become either pseudo-CEOs or burned out martyrs to the cause. Instead, Chloe offers a fresh, biblically faithful vision: leadership as friendship.
Rooted in God's invitation to relationship through Christ, this book reimagines leadership as a journey of friendship. With deep theological insight and lived experience, Lynch deconstructs harmful leadership models, reveals the life-giving potential of true friendship and shows how embracing this approach can transform churches from the inside out.
Accessible, engaging and thought-provoking, this work is a must-read for church leaders, ministry students and those yearning for a leadership style that embodies the beating heart of the gospel. Learn to lead in love and be inspired to redefine leadership in your own community.
1. Last (Wo)man Standing
PART 1: BROKEN LEADERSHIP STORIES
2. McLeadership
3. Leading Servants
PART 2 - A LIFE-GIVING LEADERSHIP STORY
4. Incarnational God, Incarnational Church...
5. ...and Incarnational Leadership
Interlude: Leadership, Love and Friendship
6. Friends of the Friend
7. Friendship Looks Like...
PART 3: LIFE-GIVING LEADERSHIP LIVED OUT
8. Friendship-Leadership
9. Powerful Friendships
10. The Hard Stuff and the Hopes