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MaryKate Morse
Does Character Matter in Our President?
Emily Beth Hill
Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)
MaryKate Morse
The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)
MaryKate Morse
The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)
MaryKate Morse
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Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well
MaryKate Morse
Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate
MaryKate Morse
Why Go to Seminary?
JR Woodward
Fallen Leaders Pursue the Imitation of Powers for Their Own Agenda (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part II)
JR Woodward
The Rush of a Crowd: A Root Issue in Domineering Leaders (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part I)
Mandy Smith
We’re All Pioneers Now: Skills for the Unchartered Landscape of the 21st-Century Church
Emily Beth Hill
What’s the Matter with Church Branding? (Captive to Capitalism, Part 3)
MaryKate Morse
Prayer of Examen for a Reluctant Leader
April Fiet
Rob Dixon
Making the Shift: Moving to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part Two)
Rob Dixon
April Fiet
Making the Shift: A Roadmap to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part One)
Tara Beth Leach
A Call for Pastor-Medics to Help Heal the Church
David Fitch
The Different Kind of Leaders Needed for the Future of the Church
Michelle Reyes
Calling for Culturally-Competent Leaders
Corey Widmer
Commemorating the Uncommon Humility of John Stott
Tod Bolsinger
Surviving the Heat of the Crucible of Leadership
MaryKate Morse
Another One Bites the Dust: Three Changes the Church Needs to Make
sarah.j.warnock
Navigating Anxiety and Leading Others To Do the Same
David Swanson
Enid Almanzar
Resilience, Race, and Resistance: Plenary Highlights, Part 2
Christine Lee
Tod Bolsinger
Resilience, Race, and Resistance: Plenary Highlights, Part 1
Chuck Armstrong
Pastoring When Whiteness Prevails: A Conversation with Jemar Tisby
David Fitch
Challenging Trumpism: Lessons from Beth Moore on Leadership
Dorothy Littell Greco
An Essential Ingredient for Ministry Leaders
Jonny Morrison
The Colonization of Christian Leadership
Fred Liggin
Five Steps to Marathon Together in Peacemaking and Justice Seeking
Nikki Toyama-Szeto
What’s In a Name? From “Evangelicals” to “Christians” for the CSA
Mandy Smith
Repenting of our Scapegoating
Wes Telyea
The Post-COVID Church: Four Crucial Lessons from the ‘None-Zone’
MaryKate Morse
The Formational Power of Reading: A Requirement for all Leaders
Steve Cuss
Stopping the Spread of Anxiety as a Contagion
David Swanson
On Leading During a Pandemic
David Fitch
How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 2)
David Fitch
How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 1)
Andrea Summers
The Gender Chasm
Mandy Smith
Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power
Mandy Smith
The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership
Tracey Bianchi
Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces
Stephanie O'Brien
5 Myths of Men and Women Leading Together
Ryan Post
Seeing Jesus with Clarity
Dennis R. Edwards
Avoiding Leadership Inferiority Complex
Sahr Mbriwa
Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership
Leeann Younger
Your Church Might Be a 501c3 but Your 501c3 Might Not Always Be the Church
John Johnson
Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need
David Swanson
Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice
David Fitch
3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World
Seth Richardson
Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.
Juliet Liu
Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It
Josh Sweeden
Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors
Mandy Smith
What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?
Kyuboem Lee
The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It
Kris Beckert
Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It
Matt Ingalls
Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us
Mandy Smith
I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”
Mandy Smith
The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership
David Fitch
Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree
Mandy Smith
The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church
Rich Villodas
7 Questions All Pastors Need to Ask Themselves Post-Hybels
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