TY - BOOK AU - Barton,R.Ruth TI - Pursuing God's will together: a discernment practice for leadership groups SN - 9780830835669 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BV 652.1 .B373 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Books/Formatio KW - Christian leadership KW - Church group work KW - Discernment (Christian theology) KW - Decision making KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253); The heart of spiritual leadership -- Learning to see -- Beginning with spiritual transformation -- Leaders who are discerning -- Community at the leadership level -- Values that undergird community -- Practices for opening to God together -- Practices for listening to each other -- A covenant that protects community -- Get ready: preparing for the discernment process -- Get set: from decision making to discernment -- Go!: discerning God's will together -- But does it work? N2 - In Pursuing God's Will Together, Transforming Center founder Ruth Haley Barton provides a trustworthy process that enables Christian leaders to actively seek God together. Based on her experience as well as consultations with pastors and other leaders, the step-by-step guidance, personal reflection questions and community practices will help your leadership team become a community for discernment ER -