declare The Lewis Family. Campus Outreach Thailand

Leaders Who Last

In his book, Leaders Who Last, 70 year old Dave Kraft shares his past and current leadership practices. He clearly unpacks the following quote in a very helpful and encouraging way....

"The successful leader is a humble, God-dependent, team-playing servant of God with the vision, calling, gifts, and abilities to bring others into the race"

Here are some of the thoughts that kept pushing me wanting to read and invest more into this book:

"Priorities are like the banks of a river. They protect the river of a person's passion and purpose so that his or her energy is not dissipated all over the landscape."

"If priorities protect my purpose and passion, then pacing prolongs it."

"A leader is a person who is dissatisfied with the way things are. He has a God-given burden, a vision, and a call to see something different. He wants to see something change, to build a new future."

"A vision is usually birthed in isolation, but it is most effectively communicated and implemented in community."

"A truly effective leader operates in a network of supportive and complementary relationships."

"A leader influences many by investing in a few and letting those few influence the rest."

Two of the bents that Kraft takes that is missing in so many leadership books is the need to spend time with the right people as we focus on training leaders and 2. the gifting and calling of spiritual leaders.

I recommend this book to all my Campus Outreach staff family...Kraft was a Navigator, and as you know we are highly influenced by them....so much so I am surprised we have not been charged with idea plagiarism.

I also recommend this book to all youth pastors and pastors, especially when it comes to equipping and empowering the right people to best help you live out your God given vision for all the people.

Again, I find it best to just let Mark Driscoll and Dave Kraft summarize the book in the video below.