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Can games and game theory help church leaders navigate conflict?
In this six-part series, an Oregon pastor looks at ways that the influential field of game theory might help Christian leaders and congregations deal with issues such as conflict, criticism, growth and decline, and behavior change.
‘How are you sleeping?’ And other leadership questions
Colleagues and constituents may signal important clues about their well-being when they mention the mundane, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
‘To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation’
The editor of a newly released collection of the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray’s works writes about the religious importance of America’s “problem child” in an adapted excerpt from the book’s introduction.
As debates persist about their roles, women increasingly create their own spaces as congregational leaders
With the Southern Baptist Convention recently expelling churches with women pastors, theological debates are continuing over gender roles in leadership.
Frankly planning for roadblocks is an advantage for pastors
Church leaders can remain focused on their goals by anticipating challenges, naming them, and preparing for them, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Nathan Kirkpatrick: Critics need love
Leaders often find themselves targets of critique from those in the “cheap seats.” The best response is to show the kind of love that beckons the critics to self-examination, confession and repentance, writes a managing director at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
