The Atlas Factor
Leaders often bear the weight of the church on their shoulders. But have we made leadership into something it was never meant to be?
Most of us are familiar with Atlas, the mythological Greek figure condemned to hold up the heavens. If you have ever been a pastor, no doubt you have felt something similar—being “the leader” often feels like an overwhelming burden.
In an era plagued by the fall of influential pastors, it’s time to reconsider our fundamental understanding and application of leadership. The Atlas Factor sheds light on the tragic mistake of replacing the God-ordained headship of Jesus with human-made systems and presents a way to realign the body of Christ with its true Head. Only when we shift leadership onto Jesus’ shoulders can we become the beautiful, joyful, Spirit-filled expression of the church God intended us to be.
“Yes, yes, yes! It is high time we rethink our emphasis on human leadership that has led to so much ministry failure and realign the church as a body under the headship of Christ. I pray we have the courage and humility to make the hard shifts that such realignment requires. Thanks to Lance Ford for issuing a challenge to us all.”
ANGIE WARD, PhD, director, Doctor of Ministry and associate professor, Leadership and Ministry, Denver Seminary; author, Uncharted Leadership: 20 Case Studies to Help Ministry Leaders Adapt to Uncertainty
“A biblically informed, prophetic rebuke to a far too worldly informed leadership construct within the church. In light of all that we see happening with abusive and toxic leadership today, this book is for such a time as this.”
JEFF VANDERSTELT, executive director, Saturate; author, Gospel Fluency, Saturate, and One Eighty: A Return to Disciple-Making
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