Called to lead

Robert Wall, a biblical scholar, and Anthony Robinson, a pastor and church leader, return to the partnership behind Called to Be Church, their earlier study of Acts. This time their subject is 1 and 2 Timothy, the letters the apostle Paul addressed to his younger colleague. Each chapter is built in two parts. The first reads the passage closely as Scripture, attending to its original context and meaning. The second turns to the same text and asks what it says to church leaders today.

The authors take up the difficult questions that confronted leaders in the early church and still confront them now. Among these are the handling of money, the question of who will follow current leaders, the nature and limits of pastoral authority, and the place of Scripture in the life of the church.

The book is meant for pastors, church leaders and others who want to understand how these two letters can guide ministry in the present day, and it argues that Timothy still has much to offer the church.