This page intentionally left blank. THE L e a d e r s h i p SECRETS OF BILLY GRAHAM H A R O L D M Y R A M A R S H A L L S H E L L E Y The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham Adobe®Acrobat®eBook Reader®format Copyright © 2005 by Christianity Today International This title is also available as a Zondervan audio product. Visit www.zondervan.com/audiopages for more information. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN-10: 0-310-26784-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-310-26784-3 All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Soci- ety. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, record- ing, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Interior design by Sharon VanLoozenoord Cover design by Ron Huizinga Cover image courtesy of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association This book is dedicated to those readers who sense the pressing need in today’s world for inspired leadership ■ who rise to its high calling and are willing to carry its weight ■ who are determined to deepen and expand their capacities and effectiveness This page intentionally left blank. Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Part One—Coming Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1. Igniting! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Part Two—Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 2. Forming the Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 3. Confronting Temptations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 4. Lasering In on the Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5. Loving Harsh Critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Part Three—Creating Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 6. Communicating Optimism and Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 7. Mobilizing Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 8. Empowering Soul Mates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 9. Expanding the Growing Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Part Four—Growing Through Fire and Ice . . . . . 149 10. Summoning Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 11. Learning from Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 12. Experiencing Trauma and Betrayal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 13. Redeeming the Ego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Part Five—Multiplying Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 14. Birthing Dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 15. Building Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 16. Igniting Other Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 17. Sowing Seeds in All Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Part Six—Deepening in Every Decade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 18. Learning—and Leveraging Weaknesses . . . . . . . . . . . 273 19. Plugging into Continuous Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 20. Innovating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 21. Leading with Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 For Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Who’s Who . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 About the Publisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 This page intentionally left blank. THE L e a d e r s h i p SECRETS OF BILLY GRAHAM This page intentionally left blank.