Christian leadership begins and ends in God, says Bishop Janice Riggle Huie.
What’s Christian about Christian leadership?
Christian leaders share their thoughts about the distinctive features of their work in this series of video interviews taped in 2009.
You’re invited to the most exciting adventure in the world, says L. Gregory Jones in this 2008 lecture: Bearing transformative witness through effective and faithful Christian leadership.
“It’s kind of simple,” says Duke’s Coach K: “Be a good person.”
Before we’re leaders, we’re followers, the Rev. Adam Hamilton says in an interview with local television news anchor David Crabtree.
The role model for leadership is Jesus, says Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie.
Christians can help people of all faiths understand “the nature and practice of love,” says leadership expert Ronald A. Heifetz.
Forgiveness and love of enemies are at the heart of leadership, says L’Arche founder Jean Vanier.
‘There is no leadership that is Christian,’ says Bishop Paul J.M. Kawimbe. The distinction is that Christian leaders act with integrity, humility and meekness.
Christian leaders empower those whom they lead, says Bishop V. Gene Robinson.
The life and ministry of Jesus is the source, tone, texture and telos of Christian leadership, says Bishop Robert Schnase.
Christian leadership is an easy and difficult role, an authority that is and is not, says the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor in a video interview.
Faith, humility and the ability to honor different perspectives are vital attributes of Christian leadership, says the Rev. Dr. Brian K. Blount.
Tiya Miles: Harriet Tubman’s belief in God was central to her work for freedom
Along with her ties to the natural world, Tubman’s faith was formational in the heroic acts for which she is — and was, in her own time — known, says the author and academic.
An alternative to despair
In a season that can feel laden with moral panic and conscious apathy complicated by the illusion of innocence, two pastors invoke hope, courage and a commitment to justice as paths to transformation.
Unashamed to seek the common good
When we are motivated by the Holy Spirit, we show up as instruments of God’s tenderness, mercy and compassion, writes a director of programs and grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.
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