Leadership
Becoming a leader of no reputation
Saturday, 27 September 2008 11:28 – Last Updated Saturday, 27 September 2008 11:34 R. Scott Rodin is President of Rodin Consulting of Spokane, Washington and part of the John R. Frank Consulting Group of Seattle, Washington. R. Scott Rodin is the former president of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. /Journal of Religious Leadership,/ Vol. […]
Education for church and mission
This is not formatted well, but the content is quite challenging… Jesus and Paul trained their disciples by combining 1. information 2. individual counseling 3. group counseling 4. coaching towards independence 5. on the job training. Excellent article on Alternative Education Models for Church and Missions – **** Thomas Schirrmacher An Appeal for Alternative Education […]
Growing Together in Spirituality: Pastor and Parish Have a Check-Up
Parish clergy today are caught in a dilemma with regard to their role as pastors. Some voices are urging us to forsake entirely the use and connotation of the nouns “pastor” and “flock,” arguing that such conceptions have no place in a world come of age. Yet the understanding of the clergy as guides in […]
Preaching is Primary
Preaching is Primary Christian Standard Magazine, Reflections Section An Interview of Dr. Myron J. Taylor by L.D. Campbell Preaching has always been primary in our churches. Our churches have produced some great preachers, men whose names are synonymous with preaching. Myron Taylor is one of the great preachers in our brotherhood. He recently retired from […]
The Messiah Trap
Exercise – Say yes and no to one another Are we motivated by call or compulsion? (Good question to take to a spiritual director) Messiah trap = a deadly and deceiving two-sided lie = need to save others. – Side 1: If I don’t do it, it won’t get done – Side 2: Everyone else’s […]
Leadership and Power
Stephen Prosser’s ‘You Can Move the Cheese’ (2010) is a good introductory book on Servant-Leadership from a Christian perspective. It’s the latest of many from the Servant Leadership school of thinking (Google Robert Greenleaf), which affirms, in principle, that the key day-to-day role of managers/CEOs is to serve their staff and empower them to reach […]
Addressing those with a ‘title’
By: Mark Tronson Christian Today Australia Advisor Friday, 27 August 2010, In Australia the nature of addressing or referring to someone with a title has taken a significant change from several decades ago and it’s most obvious, in the media. Egalitarianism has been part of the Australian scene since the ¢â‚¬ËœCurrency Lads and lasses ¢â‚¬â„¢ – […]
WHEN LEADERS SUFFER FROM TOO MUCH HUBRIS
Note from Rowland: Here’s an interesting article pointing up the dangers of leaders with egos that can’t cope with too much positive feedback. My work with pastors addresses this all the time – as well as the discouragement suffered by those with big or small egos who can’t cope with too much negative feedback! I […]
WHERE ARE YOUR EMERGING LEADERS?
No doubt about it, Paul set a great model with his enthusiastic investment in young Timothy. This was mentoring par excellence. But are we creating space for today’s young adults? Are today’s Timothys and Tinas being given a chance to learn the leadership ropes and participate meaningfully in congregational life as lay leaders? The “unemployed” […]
THOSE VISION STATEMENTS: THERE’S MORE TO THEM THAN MEETS THE EYE
If you are looking for the flavour of the month around many churches, go no further than the dreaming up of vision statements, the setting of goals and the identifying of measurable objectives. If you are really taking the Gospel seriously, you will surely be drafting up a directions manual for the next five years […]
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