Leading Women : How Church Women Can Avoid Leadership Traps and Negotiate the Gender Maze

by BECKER CAROL

• ISBN13: 9780687459643
• ISBN10: 0687459648
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-12-01
• Publisher: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC

Summary

This helpful volume shows women how to communicate and influence decisions in the male-dominated world of church leadership. Becker names gender traps, examines the unique perspective that women bring to leadership in the church, and explores communication strategies for both women and men. This book is part of a new series by Norman Shawchuck, developer of the Marketing/Leading/Managing trilogy. New paradigms for communication and leadership will be presented in order to further the advancement of vocation for women in ministry.Key Features: * examines the unique perspective that women bring to leadership in the church * names the gender traps * explores communication strategies for women and menKey Benefits: * helps pastors address issues concerning the rapidly growing number of women in positions of church leadership * show how to avoid traps that are set up to limit women in their ministries * shows women how to communicate and influence decisions in a male-dominated world.

Author Biography

Carol E. Becker is a writer and communications consultant with Growth Design Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
What Church Women and Men Say About Leadership	p. 25
Women Leading in the Church	p. 36
Leadership Paradigms and Women as Leaders	p. 47
The Church as an Environment for Women	p. 60
The Sexuality of Denominations	p. 74
The Incredible, Invisible Woman	p. 97
The Cinderella Syndrome	p. 106
Harassment and Other Hazards	p. 116
Traps for Men	p. 127
What Men Must Do	p. 147
The Mathematics of Power (And Other Equations for Women)	p. 161
Our Own Wisdom	p. 175
Epilogue	p. 186
Notes	p. 187
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