Missing Voices

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