The Church Leadership Institute is a new initiative of Fuller Theological Seminary intended to "form church leaders to lead faithful change in a rapidly changing and disruptive world."
In this inaugural episode of Spiritual Life and Leadership's partnership with the Church Leadership Institute, Tod Bolsinger and Markus Watson have a conversation about leadership and formation for the sake of God’s mission in a rapidly changing world.
THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- This is the inaugural episode of Spiritual Life and Leadership in partnership with Fuller Theological Seminary’s Church Leadership Institute.
- Most church leaders were trained to be teachers and pastors, not organizational change leaders.
- The Church Leadership Institute is committed to providing all kinds of resources to church leaders who are struggling with leading change in a changing world.
- Tod Bolsinger’s book, Tempered Resilience, is designed to help leaders lead when they are no longer the expert.
- Healthy leadership involves surrender—surrendering to God and surrendering to the reality of our situation.
- The Church Leadership Institute helps people navigate times of fruitful surrender.
- Healthy leadership involves death and resurrection. Leaders need to die to what they had expected and rise to what God calls us to.
- Leaders need to be grounded in something other than their success at leading change.
- We need to be transformed for the sake of the mission God has given us.
- We need to ask, what are the metrics of the transformed life?
- Markus Watson characterizes the mission of God as the restoration of shalom in the world.
- Markus shares the story of how his church started a Food Pantry in the town of Westmorland, CA.
- Leaders who navigate change well create an environment of experimentation.
- “Don’t predict. Prototype.”
- The Church Leadership Institute offers four broad types of resources to help leaders in churches lead change well:
- Courses
- Coaching
- Cohorts
- Consulting
- To find out more about the Church Leadership Institute, go to www.depree.org/church or text CHANGE to 66866.
RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:
- Church Leadership Institute:
- CLI Course
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