Eric Geiger - Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development

The premise of Designed to Lead engages an important and necessary topic for the local church today. The local church must be a place where Gods people are equipped to lead wherever God has placed them. Eric and Kevin have passion, experience, and knowledge in this area that will greatly help Gods church.

Matt Chandler , Lead Pastor of Teaching, The Village Church, Flower Mound, Texas

The cries are loud and clear: We need more leaders in our church! Now, at last, you have a biblical and practical pathway to increase the leaders in your church. I am so thankful for the two great leaders who wrote this book, Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck. I am also excited about the impact this book will have on countless churches in the world for the glory of God!

Dr. Thom S. Rainer , President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources

In a world obsessed with numbers, Kevin and Eric are refreshing voices fighting for Christ-centered depth. In a culture that praises power, they remind us that lasting impact is found in humility and sacrifice, as modeled by Jesus. Ive observed both of these men lead and they lead well, with honesty, intentionality, and ultimately a sincere commitment to see Christ change lives from the pulpits to the cubicles. Prepare to enjoy serving Jesus again.

Jennie Allen , author of Anything and Restless ,Visionary Leader of IF:Gathering

Kevin Peck and Eric Geiger are transformational leaders of this generation. Thats why its no surprise that Designed to Lead is an invaluable call on the church to produce leaders with conviction, courage, and compassion. This book will be an asset for the church for many years to come.

Russell Moore , President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

Anyone can write about leadership. But being a proven leader worth following is more of an extraordinary find. As Mark Twain said, Its the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug. These guys have proven they can write but more importantly can lead. I love the premise of the book, the style and the usefulness. Read. Learn. Follow.

Dr. Stephen R. Graves , CEO coach and author

If churches are going to help people live on mission and influence those around them, then churches must develop leaders, not just for their churches but also for the world. I am grateful for Eric and Kevins challenge for your church to disciple and deploy leaders who represent His Kingdom to all people. Designed to Lead is both helpful and challenging. This will be a resource church leaders return to time and time again.

Ed Stetzer , Billy Graham Distinguished Chair, Wheaton College

The church produces leaders, not just for the church but to change the world. Designed to Lead will assist and inspire church leaders to operate their ministries with a deep conviction to discover, equip, inspire, and send leaders out into the worlds of business, education, law, politics, medicine and ministry. This book will lead you to rethink your strategy and readjust your priorities to prepare leaders for life, leadership, and ministry in and through the local church.

Dr. Ronnie Floyd , President, Southern Baptist Convention, Senior Pastor, Cross Church

It is the work of the church to identify, develop, and deploy disciples to change the world with the message of the gospel. Unfortunately, many leaders find themselves without a biblical pathway for equipping the saints to do the work of ministry. Drawing from years of experience, Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck provide a simple, reproducible process for making disciples who will in turn make disciple-makers. They have put into words what great leaders do intuitively. Take your staff through this book. Youll be glad you did!

Robby Gallaty , Senior Pastor, Long Hollow Baptist Church, author of Growing Up and Rediscovering Discipleship

Peck and Geiger have done us a service in writing this. They are ambitious in their goal but winsome in their tone. I like this book. Its accessible and immensely helpful. More significantly, I will use this book. You should too.

Steve Timmis , author of Gospel-Centered Leadership , Executive Director, Acts 29

The title Designed to Lead really says it all. There is not a better place to learn how to influence others than in our churches as Jesus is the ultimate Leader. Eric and Kevin do a great job communicating this truth.

Billy Kennedy , head coach, mens basketball, Texas A&M

Congratulations on discovering the new gold standard for leadership development in ministry.

Will Mancini , founder of Auxano, author of God Dreams

Designed to Lead by Kevin Peck and Eric Geiger is designed to help us all realize our God-given mandate to disciple and develop leaders. This book will help you develop the culture and the construct to reproduce leaders who will help your church accomplish the Jesus mission!

Dave Ferguson , Lead Pastor, Community Christian Church, Lead Visionary, NewThing

The church must make a priority to develop new leaders who can advance the gospel into all areas of life. This book is a rich resource for understanding how to develop that culture in your church.

Ben Peays , PhD , Executive Director, The Gospel Coalition

With a cogent and clear path, this monograph serves as a gold mine for identifying and equipping leaders for the marketplace and ministry. Intentionality is the missing gem in modern gospel leadership cultivation. These men have rightly placed a high view of intentionality front and center in the leadership pipeline. As a call to action, Designed to Lead is a mandatory read and a game-changer for all Christian leaders.

Dan Dumas , author of Live Smart

Theres a moment in every babys life when they look in a mirror and finally recognize themselves to be a person staring back. This happens in the Christian life as well. We look into the Scriptures and see who God has created us to be and has recreated us to be in Christ. Designed to Lead holds the mirror steady so we can see ourselves clearly. All of us, whether we are pastors, moms, youth workers, students, and otherwise, could stand to benefit greatly from this book. Geiger and Peck have compiled a comprehensive look at our role in the mission of God, analyzed our weaknesses and blind spots, and enthusiastically communicated the power behind our leadership: the gospel. Designed to Lead has given me a lot to think about, and Im very grateful.

Gloria Furman , cross-cultural worker, author of Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God

In a much needed book, Designed to Lead puts on paper the principles and practices that have made Kevin Peck and Eric Geiger two of the best leaders in the Church today. If youre a leader in any capacity, in or outside of the local church, this book will help take your organization to another level.

Dr. Matt Carter , Pastor of Preaching, The Austin Stone Community Church

When people ask me about who they should learn leadership from, I immediately say, Kevin Peck. I have called him the smartest guy I know and many other wonderful things. But Kevin is not just a high capacity leader and visionary, hes also a humble brother who loves the gospel and Christs church. Over the last five years, I have had the privilege of learning much from Kevin, and Im thrilled that he and Eric Geiger (whom I also want to grow up and be like!) have put their leadership ideas in print. This book will help countless leaders and churches who desire to make disciples of all nations. I will be using it for years to come.

Dr. Tony Merida , Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Imago Dei Church, Raleigh, North Carolina

Leading and serving is built into the DNA of Gods good creation. It must also be built into the DNA of Gods new creation the Church. Designed to Lead is a superb work that will help churches do exactly that. I gladly commend this book by Peck and Geiger. It is a good gift to Gods community of faith.