Why did I write this book?

In December, 09, I was honored to be nominated by my publisher, Outskirts Press, to compete in the EVVY awards. Less than 5% of their authors are nominated.

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One step they required was to answer the above question in 50 or less words. It was actually fairly hard to do that, but here is my answer:

I wrote this book to give college leaders of twenty years ago a formula that they could use to impact the next generation of emerging college leaders. I believe that if these emerging leaders transition well, they will be the premier leaders within Christianity, and ultimately change the world.

OK, now here's the wordy version...

Campus organizations like Campus Crusade, the Navigators and Intervarsity actually develop student leaders at an amazing rate. Yet, those leaders do not usually find a way to serve in the kingdom with their strengths after they graduate from college.

My wife and I are college leaders from 20 years ago. Like most, we did not transition well into the local church. However, we've learned lots of lessons from that, and hope to pass those on to current emerging leaders.

Better yet, we've recorded the formula in my book - emerge (see other posts). The big dream is that others might follow this formula, and emerging collegiate leaders would usually transition well.

God Bless!
Ken Jibben