Tom Nelson is president of Made to Flourish (MTF), a network that seeks to empower pastors to lead churches that produce human flourishing for the common good. He has also served as senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Leawood, Kansas, for almost thirty years.

A council member for The Gospel Coalition, Tom is the author of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work, Five Smooth Stones: Discovering the Path to Wholeness of Soul, and Ekklesia: Rediscovering God’s Design for the Church. He speaks regularly on faith, work, and economics.

He joins me today to talk about his book, soon to release, The Flourishing Pastor: Recovering the Lost Art of Shepherd Leadership. It's out from IVP December 14.

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