Leadership With Faith: A Review of A Charge to Keep by Rev. Kevin T. Taylor

 

In A Charge to Keep: Immutable Leadership Lessons from the C-Suite to the Pulpit, Rev. Kevin T. Taylor invites us into a unique space where faith and business leadership don’t sit in separate rooms — they share the same table. Drawing from his dual roles as a nonprofit CEO and an AME pastor, Taylor offers twelve principles rooted in real, messy leadership: negotiating with banks, cutting his own salary, calming congregations, and steering charter schools.

What really stood out: his honesty. This isn’t a polished, ideal-case leadership book. It’s real — setbacks, ripple effects, and human relationships. He doesn’t shy away from the hard parts of leadership — which makes the successes all the more meaningful.

Whether you’re leading a church, nonprofit, or business team, this book gives you practical frameworks (like his Recommendation Chart) and a compelling message: bring your whole self — values, faith, and experience — into leadership.

If some lessons feel familiar — “know your people,” “trust but verify” — Taylor’s strength lies in how he applies them across sacred and secular spaces with equal clarity.

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