Christian Leadership Innovation

Mainline Protestants and disruptive innovation

Mainline Protestants can still have an exciting and life-giving future. Living into that future will require us to learn deeply Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen's lessons of disruptive innovation, say three United Methodist Church leaders.

In this series of articles, Kenneth H. Carter Jr., L. Gregory Jones and Susan Pendleton Jones explore disruptive innovation and what it means for the future of mainline Protestantism.

Disruptive Innovation

By Kenneth H. Carter Jr. UMC Bishop

By L. Gregory Jones President, Belmont University

By Susan Pendleton Jones Retired associate dean

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Mainline Protestants and disruptive innovation

Kenneth H. Carter Jr. L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones

Mainline Protestants can still have an exciting and life-giving future -- if they learn the lessons of disruptive innovation from the steel industry and other organizations, say three Christian institutional leaders.

Image link to article: Mainline Protestantism and disruptive innovation in youth ministry

Mainline Protestantism and disruptive innovation in youth ministry

Kenneth H. Carter Jr. L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones

Image link to article: Disruption and leadership development in mainline Protestantism

Disruption and leadership development in mainline Protestantism

Kenneth H. Carter Jr. L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones

Image link to article: When disruption comes to church

When disruption comes to church

Kenneth H. Carter Jr. L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones

Image link to article: Disrupting mainline Protestantism through the digital revolution

Disrupting mainline Protestantism through the digital revolution

Kenneth H. Carter Jr. L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones

Sanyin Siang: Leadership is about influence and persuasion

The executive director of the Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University reflects on teaching — and modeling — leadership.

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How we create space for unlikely and transformational encounters

Prioritizing welcome signs rather than roadblocks can help produce the diverse spaces Christian leaders deeply need, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Maria Teresa Gastón Managing director, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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To expand your imagination, get curious

Learning to be inquisitive and openhearted can make way for all sorts of possibilities, writes the director of the Thriving Congregations Coordination Program at Duke Divinity.

By Kelly Ryan Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program

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La Cocina VA sets a table for training and workforce development

A nonprofit’s partnership with two Virginia churches offers a model for collaboration between faith-based and community-based organizations.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge Journalist

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Finding inspiration in lessons from the quiet faithful

At moments when Christianity seems gripped by scandal, reassurance can be found in vital work being done by congregations and faith leaders, writes a communications specialist with Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Emily Lund Communications Specialist, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Reading together is radical

Book groups can be a liberative reaffirmation of culture and community for Black churches, a pastor writes.

By Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes Founding co-lead pastor, The Double Love Experience Church

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