Servant of All

<b>Richard B. Hays</b> In the midst of our culture's wistful and slightly desperate clamoring for programs to create 'strong leadership, ' Craig Hill's<i>Servant of All</i>speaks a much-needed, biblically grounded word, calling us to recognize 'the way of Jesus' as the true model for leadership in the church. All of us who are caught up in institutions that foster competition, ambition, and self-assertion will find this study to be a bracing, challenging reminder of the true nature of our vocation, and of the character of the One who calls us. <b>Elaine Heath</b> In this welcome volume Craig Hill invites readers let's make that<i>leaders</i> to an honest discussion about the problem of unchecked ambition and status-seeking in the church. Framing his discussion with New Testament narratives and the teaching of Jesus, Hill draws from a wide array of sources to help leaders in the church and theological education to choose the way of Jesus. Thoroughly built on scholarly research, this book is readable and edifying for a lay audience as well as clergy and theologians. <b>William H. Willimon</b> from the foreword A fast-paced, revealing, scholarly-without-being-showy, and pointedly practical book on status and ambition. . . .<i>Servant of All</i>will elevate Craig Hill's status as one of our premier New Testament scholars who writes in service to the church and its leaders.