Liturgica.com now official distributor of “Oriented Leadership”
The Orthodox Christian Pulications Center [OCPC] has announced that Liturgica.com is now the distributor of the book “Oriented Leadership: Why All Christians Need It,” written by Benjamin D. Williams and Michael T. McKibben.
Published by OCPC, “Oriented Leadership” outlines a Christ-centered model of servant leadership based the Holy Trinity as the archetype for all group functioning.
In a recent review of the book, the Very Rev. John A. Jillions, Associate Professor of Eastern Christian Studies and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON, wrote, “This is a book every bishop, priest, parish council member and lay leader needs to read. Even better, the book should be used for workshops and training in group settings.”
Father John, who is also Dean of Ottawa’s Annunciation Cathedral and Vice-President of the Canadian Council of Churches, continued, ““Although good theology, liturgy, pastors and lay people are plentiful in the Orthodox Church, its history, especially in North America, has shown that its organizational life is woefully inadequate if left either to secular models or models inherited from a Byzantine and tsarist authoritarian past. Oriented Leadership is a pioneering effort to bring together theology and practical reflection on leadership, organization, accountability, administration, planning and management.
“Beginning with a Trinitarian vision of a communion of persons, McKibben and Williams outline in many practical ways how it is possible to make hierarchy and conciliarity complementary aspects of a leadership based on mutual service and accountability,” Father John concluded. “If you are disillusioned with organizational church life, or simply frustrated at the gap between theology and administration, then this book will be a source of hope.”
More information about “Oriented Leadership” may be found on the Liturgica.com web site by clicking here.