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Tough love
Leading with the rod and staff. Wilson Gunn, general presbyter in Washington, D.C., has earned a reputation as a straight shooter with a sense of humor.
Institutional leadership
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Mark Gornik: I'm a believer in institutions
The founder of City Seminary came to New York to plant a church and ended up studying the city’s African churches. It gave him a new way of seeing Christianity.
Steve Moore: The bully in the organization
Christian institutions have never needed more dynamic and faithful leaders than they need now. We cannot afford to hire a bully; or if we do to fail to stand up to her or him.
Brian Blount: Focusing on relationships eases transition
How does a leader change jobs well? The president of Union-PSCE talks about adjusting to his role, the connections between ministry and administration, and students as the impetus for innovation.
Seizing the moment
AME founder Richard Allen saw in the 1793 yellow fever epidemic an opportunity to help his fellow citizens and to advocate for equality, writes Rochester Institute of Technology history professor Richard Newman.
Richard Mouw: Wesley for Calvinists
John Wesley said “The world is my parish.” How might Christian institutional leaders follow his mantra to see the world—beyond their parish—like a missionary does?
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Why institutions matter
Reflecting on the book, “On Thinking Institutionally,” Duke Divinity School Dean L. Gregory Jones says Christian wisdom illustrates our need for institutions to shape and form us.
Jean Vanier, gentleness and power
The Canadian founder of a network of homes where the disabled and able-bodied live together exudes a soft power than belies his moral – and actual – authority.
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Leadership as loving enemies
The ministry of reconciliation is fundamental to what makes Christian leadership Christian. The stories of Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela set a moral compass for our aspirations, says L. Gregory Jones.