Expositional Leadership: Shepherding God's People from the Pulpit

by R. Scott Pace, Jim Shaddix

6 Categories of Leadership That Pastors Should Integrate into Their Preaching

Shepherding a congregation comes with many responsibilities. In addition to preparing weekly sermons, pastors manage church teams and minister to a variety of people with different needs. Attempting to tackle these roles separately can be exhausting and may eventually affect the health of the church. How should leaders integrate their roles to effectively shepherd their congregations?

This guide shows pastors how to simplify and strengthen their ministry work by integrating leadership, preaching, and pastoring in biblical exposition. Authors Scott Pace and Jim Shaddix clearly lay out 6 categories of leadership—scriptural, spiritual, strategic, servant, situational, and sensible—and explain how to leverage them through sermon development and delivery. Offering practical advice and biblical wisdom related to each role, they help readers find balance in their ministries while nurturing their congregations in healthy, sustainable ways.

Biblical and  Shows pastors how to integrate leadership, preaching, and pastoring to effectively lead congregations  Offers biblical advice for healthy church leadership and expository sermon design and delivery A Great Resource for New and Veteran Church  Practical manual for vocational and academic training

171 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 19, 2023

Reviews

[Jordan Embree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pace & Shaddix rightly argue that preaching is the primary duty of the ordained minister of the gospel. In this work they paint a clear landscape of this high calling by unpacking six different components of the pastor’s expositional leadership from the pulpit. Their witting is practical, approachable, and grounded in scriptural authority. I’m confident this will be a helpful resource to any pastor looking to lead his sheep from the pulpit.

[Luke Watts · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some excellent and timelessly relevant points and principles in this title which are either helpful in understanding and improving, or as reminders. The deficiency of this particular book is not so much in its content, but its thesis. Preaching and pulpit ministry is certainly ONE of the highest callings of a pastor and elder. In its focus on purely “exegetical” leadership, this title may miss some other crucial elements of pastoral care and ministry and leadership that can’t be addressed by the catch all of “just preach exegetically”. You don’t find pulpits at deathbeds, or a marriage crisis, or news of an emergency, you should certainly find a robust understanding of doctrine and scripture in these, but you will not ONLY be preaching.
Another shortcoming was a proper discussion around a definition of “exegetical” - a subjective term at best of times and the worst of contexts. Scripture is not one size fits all, but this title affirms the truth that One Gospel certainly is applicable to all, that it does very well.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

This book is a call to lead from His Word in the assembly. I'm so grateful for the philosophy of ministry this lays out for us