This book, The Five-fold Effect: Unlocking Power Leadership for Amazing Results in Your Organization, is of outstanding value to any leader who is seeking to grow his business or church by incorporating the divine wisdom that comes from a properly functioning five-fold team of multi-gifted individuals. To understand this five-fold team leadership concept, and then to have a working manual which helps you integrate it into the hearts of your leaders, is a priceless gem. This book will help many Kingdom-minded businesses and churches grow into the destiny God has for them.
There is only one list of gifts in the New Testament that comes with a promise attached to it: the list in Ephesians 4:11 of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. The promise is that the proper functioning of such a team of individuals causes one to come to maturity (Ephesians 4:13). That sets this specific list apart from all other lists of gifts in the New Testament. I want to come to maturity. I want my business to come to maturity. I want my church to come to maturity. So Ephesians 4:11–16 tells me that this will happen if the above five heart motivations are present in the team of consultants which are helping the business or ministry make wise decisions.
So what are these five heart motivations? Can I name them? Can I recognize them in the people that surround me? Is there a way I can ensure they are all present in helping my church or business grow and make wise, Spirit-led decisions? How do I make certain all five voices are heard, honored, and integrated into the final solution to the issue we are exploring? You will discover answers to all these questions plus much more in this book.
Walt, thank you for creating this book and making it available to those who are pressing forward in a Kingdom mentality. Thank you for helping strip away the false dichotomy between sacred and secular, and showing us that God’s divine principles work just as well in the business arena as they do in the church. We have chosen to use this outstanding book at Christian Leadership University in our course “Building Dynamic Teams.” It will be a blessing to our students as it was to me.