Hmmmm…am I in leadership? Well, not in the way most would think.
I have been in leadership previously, but have no official position at the moment…nor do I seek one.

I think there are some who just naturally look to me as a sort of leader simply due to the fact that I have walked along time with Him. They seem to think that I have some wisdom, although I see how much I still don’t know and understand. I definitely have strength of faith, which also seems to draw some.

I do have a little bit of influence with some leaders in the sense that I have a prayer email that I sporadically send out to ones I know, both in person and via the net. So, in a sense, you could say that I have their “ear”. However, I am always careful to make sure that it is never a burdensome thing for them, if you know what I mean. The emails are sent without expecting any response and I have never moved beyond simply praying for them, although I do have some other interactions with some of them.

I am also part of a webgroup that includes some leaders (although I am not sure how many). I mentioned that one to you previously. There might be something you can do in connection with that group that might be beneficial to both leaders and to congregants who have been around congregational/leader abuse. If nothing else, they do have many pages of resources where you could possibly list your book and anything that you might write up for leaders regarding this subject. I know that there have been some workshops done on the site.

I hope that you write up something along the lines of what you wrote on futurist guy’s blog. You seem to have a pretty good handle on what is needed to help leaders in congregations to prevent and help eliminate (as much as is possible, anyway) abuse in the congregational relationships.