Logos Book of the Year; Leadership Journal Leadership Book Award Winner Create a Leadership Team Led by the Spirit Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community, and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "get through the agenda." What if there was another way? Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied on models adapted from the business world. Ruth Haley Barton, president of the Transforming Center, helps teams transition to a better model―a spiritual community that discerns God's will together. With Pursuing God's Will Together , you'll find personal and group practices that will lead you into a new way of experiencing community and listening to God together, - appendices with a Leader's Guide and notes on a biblical perspective on spiritual transformation, and - additional videos and bonus material from Ruth Haley Barton on ivpress.com to extend your learning. Are you ready to lead your team into a deeper, more meaningful way of discerning God's will together? Dive into Pursuing God's Will Together and begin exploring the rich insights, practices, and resources that will inspire spiritual transformation and unity in your leadership, your team, and beyond. "Ruth Haley Barton is a gifted distiller of historic best practices for community discernment and direction. Exercising her counsel on the rare 'vow of stability' would by itself rescue multiple organizations from broken strategic trajectories. I highly recommend Pursuing God's Will Together for leaders, teams and organizations." -- Dr. Bruce McNicol, president, Truefaced Inc. " Pursuing God's Will Together is a much-needed corrective to our headstrong individualism today. It drills down deep into rock-bed practicalities for any community seeking to discern the will of God together. I recommend it highly." -- Richard J. Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline and Sanctuary of the Soul "Fabulous! I look forward to giving copies to our staff and elders. Ruth provides a practical, powerful road map so we can discern the most important question as a leadership team: What is God's will for us on a particular issue?" -- Pete Scazzero, pastor of New Life Fellowship Church and author of The Emotionally Healthy Church "While there has been a revival of interest in spiritual disciplines for some time, there is precious little available about how to practice them in community. More specifically, there is almost nothing about helping Christian leaders discern God's presence and activities together. That is, until now. With Pursuing God's Will Together, Ruth Haley Barton―a recognized leader in spiritual formation―fills this need admirably. This is an important, unique book that will be sure to transform Christian corporate leadership from a pure business model to a more spiritually integrated approach. I highly recommend it." -- J. P. Moreland, professor of philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and author of The God Question "I have been grateful for Ruth Haley Barton's wisdom in the past on spiritual disciplines so crucial for the soul of a leader. I am sure her latest work will be of great benefit to those who seek the grace of discernment in their work and ministries." -- Gary Haugen, president and CEO, International Justice Mission " Pursuing God's Will Together is a powerfully convicting and timely book for those of us who are fully aware that we are incapable of effective leadership apart from God's wisdom and direction. How to discern God's purposes individually and as a dynamic team is the genius of this compellingly creative call to kingdom movement. Ruth Haley Barton presents us with a proven―if at times painful―practice that can ultimately take our finite efforts to where our infinite God wants them to go." -- Harold B. Smith, president and CEO, Christianity Today International "I like this book. It is wise, thoughtful, gracious and a little bit disturbing―Ruth will surely upset some of your preconceived notions. If you are like me, you believe in the guidance of the Holy Spirit, but you want to be wise and not presumptuous about knowing God's will for your group. This book is a real gift to folks like us. It provides us with much more than simply a plan of action. You can use it yourself, but it will also be quite useful to you with your fellow decision makers, so that discerning God's will together becomes an experience in spiritual growth for the whole team." -- John Yates, rector, The Falls Church "In Pursuing God's Will Together [Ruth Haley Barton] weaves her own wisdom with others in bringing forth a beautiful tapestry of spirituality in community." -- Chuck Olsen, founder, Worshipful-Work, and author of Transforming Church Boards "It's impossible to overstate how needed, valuable, timely and timeless this book is. It is as wise as Methuselah and as practical as a slingshot. Ruth