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# They had me with the first paragraph
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2003430they-had-me-with-the-first-paragraph-html/
- Published: 2003-04-30T03:22:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:44:00.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Uncategorized, #DashHouseCom, #wp

> Over the years, we have walked intimately with pastoral leaders from a variety of denominations and cultures in our city and across the country. Far too many are fatigued and spiritually empty. They day-to-day stress of managing an institutional church – small or large – robs them of their personal vitality. In this condition, they simply cannot provide the effective leadership required to lead a congregation down a path of change. (Jim Herrington, R. Robert Creech, and Trisha Taylor, [*The Leader’s Journey*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078796266x/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com))