Not Lords, But Followers: The Idolatry of Leadership and the Forgotten Call to Follow Jesus - Softcover
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What if the church’s obsession with leadership is quietly forming people in the opposite direction of Jesus?
In Not Lords, But Followers, Bill McGee offers a bold and deeply personal challenge to the modern leadership culture that has shaped so much of the contemporary church. Drawing from twenty years in the corporate world at IBM and years of pastoral ministry, McGee exposes how the language of vision, influence, platform, growth, branding, and organizational alignment has quietly migrated from the boardroom into the church — often without theological examination.
This is not a book against pastors. It is a call back to Jesus.
With honesty, biblical depth, and pastoral urgency, McGee asks hard questions: Have we replaced discipleship with leadership development? Have we confused influence with love? Have we built churches around personalities, platforms, and metrics instead of presence, humility, and faithful shepherding? Have we trained people to become leaders when Jesus called them first to become followers?
Through the Gospels, Paul’s letters, Ezekiel’s indictment of false shepherds, and the witness of Christian community, Not Lords, But Followers invites pastors, ministry leaders, church staff, elders, business leaders, and everyday believers to repent of the quiet idolatry of leadership and return to the simple, costly, beautiful call of Jesus:
“Come, follow me.”
This book is for anyone who senses that something has gone wrong in the way we talk about leadership — and who longs for a church where people are loved without an agenda, shepherded without empire, and formed not around human charisma, but around Christ Himself.
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