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How can Christian leaders adapt to the changes the pandemic has brought? A scholar who has studied pastors and volunteers during the past three years offers suggestions for adjusting to a new reality.
Link to author Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
Congregations should see with new eyes as they re-envision ministries in a world reshaped by twin pandemics, writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author David L. Odom
As we resume in-person ways, churches are uniquely equipped to welcome people back, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Nathan Kirkpatrick
Leading change in organizations requires discovering the truth and avoiding blame, says a longtime consultant.
Virtual gatherings are here to stay, so let’s host them well, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author Gretchen E. Ziegenhals
What if we imagined pastoral transitions as a relay race, in which each leader passes the baton to the next? asks a Baptist pastor.
Link to author Kenneth Young
When churches struggle to change their habits, stopping everything can open a way forward, says a church planter and pastor.
Link to author Jason Butler
Seeing and hearing those who have been overlooked is a primary task of leadership and a prerequisite for sustainable change, says a Candler School of Theology professor. His nonprofit, Fearless Dialogues, helps unlikely partners engage in hard conversations.
Leading change requires understanding a community’s system for relating and behaving -- and understanding your own family system, too.
Link to author Matt Johnson
Shifting direction can be exhausting. The key to a wise pivot is keeping one foot firmly planted on the ground -- remembering your mission and values -- writes the executive director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
Link to author David L. Odom
Poet David Whyte teaches “conversational leadership” as a framework that helps organizations bring soul back into the workplace and more effectively navigate change, writes a Presbyterian pastor.
Link to author Ken Evers-Hood
