Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church

by Paul Tripp

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2025

Overview

Leadership Principles for Pastors and Leaders Navigating the Challenges of Pastoral Ministry

The church is experiencing a leadership crisis. For every celebrity pastor exiting in the spotlight, there are hundreds of lesser-known pastors leaving in the shadows. Why are so many pastors leaving the ministry? Bestselling author Paul David Tripp suggests that lurking behind the failure of a pastor is a weak leadership community.

Turning to Scripture for guidance, Tripp presents readers with 12 leadership-community principles necessary for a gospel-centered leadership model. Here is a book with a message for those new to ministry as well as those experienced in it—God’s abiding presence is your hope in leadership. 

• Perfect for Pastors and Church Leaders: Presents a church-leadership model that is informed by the gospel of Jesus Christ
• Practical: Highlights 12 principles for leadership: achievement, gospel, limits, balance, character, war, servants, candor, identity, restoration, longevity, and presence
• Now with Study Questions: Use these prompts to reflect on each chapter alone or in a small-group setting 

Product Details

• Title: Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church
• Author: Paul Tripp
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781433599330, 9781433599316, 1433599317, 1433599333
• Resource ID: LLS:9781433599330
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-28T14:34:01Z

About Paul Tripp

Paul David Tripp, MDiv, DMin, is the president of Paul David Tripp Ministries, a nonprofit organization, whose mission statement is “Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.” Paul is a best-selling author of many books on Christian living, including How People Change, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, A Quest for More, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family, and New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional. He has been married for many years to Luella and they have four grown children.