The Church by its
very nature is called to be hope filled and future orientated – it exists as
a sign, instrument and foretaste of the coming Kingdom of God. Christian
leadership, therefore, is at heart all about eschatological influence.
Engaging with the work of influential theological voices such as Leslie
Newbigin, Tom Wright and Martyn Percy, "Hopeful Influence" argues
that it is in the process of helping others to see, participate in or
experience the world to come that Christian leadership becomes manifest.
With contributions from over twenty influential leaders in different
spheres of life, including Dr Eve Poole, Bishop Pete Wilcox, Stephen Timms,
MP, theologian and activist Selina Stone and Jonathan Moules of the Financial
Times, Jude Padfield explores how this eschatatologically-fuelled vision
might lead us towards a new manifesto for future leadership in the church, in
politics, in business and the third sector, and in the home.
With foreword from Bishop Graham Tomlin |