See more of this title: Organix: Signs of Leadership in a Changing Church

Seven traits for helping church leaders determine their leadership style

What kind of leader are you? Does you leadership style fit new ways of doingchurch leadership that is organic, elastic, that finds ways to seize God-givenopportunities? Looking back and drawing on the ancient Christiantradition, Bob Whitesel, describes seven traits for successful leadership that arecharacterized by seven symbols: Theta = Finding andseizing God given opportunities; Rx = The prescriptions for yourweaknesses; G = Building your leadership style upon your uniquegifts; A = Leading through and beyond anxiety; N = Meetingthe needs of others; I = Making a world impact; X =Evaluating your effectiveness (through four scriptural measurement tools representedby the four dots among St. John 's cross). Taken together, these symbols spell out the word Organix and a fundamentally new way to thinkabout your church and how you can best lead. Each chapterbegins with a story of a well-known national church leader who exemplifies eachleadership trait and how the trait impacts church ministry. Readers are invited tomatch and compare with their own skill sets using an evaluation tool provided at theend of each chapter.