Tom Lane Books
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Leadership · Ministry · Family

Leadership is influence. Use yours well.

Tom Lane began in business, spending twelve years in family companies, from residential plumbing, heating and cooling to regional sales for a paper distributor with 13 locations between Montana and Texas. In 1982 he moved into vocational ministry and served as executive senior pastor at Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas, for 22 years, then at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, for 19 years.

In 2023 he co-founded the Executive Leadership Institute with his son, Todd, to support and equip faith-based executive leaders in the church and in business. Tom and his wife, Jan, have been married since 1972 and have four married children and 15 grandchildren.

“To raise healthy leaders who execute vision with integrity of heart and skillfulness of hands.” Mission of the Executive Leadership Institute

The Books

Tools to refine your leadership, strengthen your church, and lead your family well.

Every book comes from more than 40 years of leading in business, ministry, and at home. Each one is practical, biblical, and ready to put to work this week.

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Stop Leading Alone

The Executive Partnership Model

Every growing organization hits the same wall: the founder who built it can no longer carry it alone. Most leaders answer by working harder, and they pay for it with their health, their marriage, their family, and their walk with God. The leaders who last build the right partnership at the top. Drawing on decades inside fast-growing organizations, Tom shows you how to find your second-in-command, separate vision from execution, build a team that outperforms its talent, and catch burnout before it costs you what matters most.

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For pastors & leaders

Tested and Approved

21 Lessons for Life and Ministry

Ministry is a long road, and no one should walk it alone. Tom distills more than 30 years of ministry into 21 hard-won lessons for pastors and Christian leaders: guarding your spiritual life, leading with truth and integrity, communicating well, owning responsibility, and finishing strong. It's the mentor every leader wishes they'd had at the start.

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For fathers

Heritage

A Father’s Influence to the Generations

No one hands you a parenting manual, and many men never had a father who showed them the way. Heritage is the guide you didn't get. With practical tools and a firm biblical foundation, Tom shows fathers how to pass their values to their children, stand with them in crisis, and build strong relationships with adult children. It's never too late to become the father God created you to be, or to leave a legacy that blesses generations.

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For church leadership

Foundations of a Healthy Church Government

Building Leadership That Sustains Growth and Health

Healthy churches don't happen by accident. Behind every thriving congregation is a leadership structure built on biblical authority, accountability, trust, and unity. When that structure is unclear, even gifted leaders end up in conflict, burnout, and stalled momentum. Tom gives pastors, elders, and boards a proven blueprint: clear roles, healthy relationships, and a governance model that holds through growth and transition. Whether you're planting, leading, or navigating change, start here.

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For the church

He Still Speaks

Embracing the Prophetic Today

Few topics make believers more nervous than prophecy, and with reason: it's an area marked by excess and counterfeits. Yet God still speaks, and prophetic ministry is as real and needed today as ever. Using Scripture and real stories, Wayne Drain and Tom Lane answer the hardest questions and objections and lay a solid biblical foundation, giving individuals and churches a clear, balanced, healthy way to embrace the prophetic with confidence.