The Measure of Our Success

The Measure of Our Success
Shawn Lovejoy
Paperback, 183 pp., $14.99
Baker Books (May 1, 2012)

How do pastors measure success? Is it through the number of people who fill the pews on Sunday morning? Is it tied to programs, building projects, salary, or book deals? Is it about how much technology they use or what their worship band sounds like? Shawn Lovejoy has seen all of these measures of success lead pastors toward pride, self-reliance, loneliness, isolation, exhaustion, and, in the most extreme cases, self-destruction. In this honest and encouraging book, he calls pastors back to the “main thing”–the call to love people and make disciples.