Musings on Spiritual Matters

Ministers are in the people business.  This book is a jargon filled book on developing relationships within the business world.  The book is a hybrid between a scientific and practical outlook on developing relationships to advance one’s career in the corporate culture.  The book has some relevance to the church culture, but most of it does not quickly translate over into a Christian world.  The book does an good job of explaining and providing wisdom on the art of networking which is a must talent for evangelism in a busy society.  Often conversions happen through a person introducing another person to the church.  A minister must be able to relate to the friends and family of the members for continued growth in the congregation.  The downfall of the book for the church culture is that much of the information is directed toward building a network of higher up people int he business world.  It is a “how to step up” in one’s career.  This does not fit into the spirit of Christ for evangelism.  The best book I have read on masterful networking that would translate well to the church is “Never Eat Lunch Alone.”  Read that book before reading this book.

Related posts:

1. Read “Leading Strategic Change”
2. Read “Ultimate Leadership”
3. Read “Living with Paradox”
4. Read “Hot, Flat, and Crowded”
5. Read “A New Kind of Church”

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