"Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit offers no quick fix or simple panacea for the church's ills, but rather wise, detailed counsel from a seasoned observer on how, by orienting Wesleyan movements to their own genius, by respecting the gifts and grace of an increasingly diverse people, and by drawing creatively on the tensions in the connection, leaders can reawaken and reenergize the Methodist evangelical spirit," -Russell E, Richey .Duke Divinity School "What Lovett Weems has written in Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit is nothing short of splendid. He has plowed the depths of our past as Wesleyans and stayed in the field of the issues long enough to find harvest. In this book he sounds a call for us to recover the awareness that 'social holiness' is the effect of experiencing the gospel of grace, as is becoming responsible leaders for the present and the future. While not skirting the reality of our failures, this book expresses a passionate hope, and an underlying plea, that Methodism-and all of the heirs of the Wesleyan Movement-will make a new future built on its tried and true foundations," -William McClain, Wesley Theological Seminary "In this engaging and timely book, Lovett H. Weems, Jr. encourages church leaders, both lay and clergy, to move beyond the impasse of contemporary ideological debates and reclaim the rich resources of the Wesleyan heritage for a renewed vision of ministry adequate to the needs of such challenges as culture wars, spiritual crisis, class tensions, and persistent racism, offering a fresh reminder of the relevance of 'principles, practices, and passions' of leadership in the Wesleyan spirit. This is a wise and helpful work." -Jean Miller Schmidt, Iliff School of Theology