Formation · Series
Resources for leaders learning to keep mission, people, and faithful practice in the center.
001 Mission in the Front Seat: Keeping Vision and Relationships Ahead of Management and Structure A Leadership Conversation, 001 March 10, 2026 Church boards spend enormous amounts of time discussing budgets, staffing,…
Leadership Conversations
Open resource →Preparing for ministry without losing the center When something important is approaching, ministry teams often become consumed with the work around the work. Messages need answered. Materials need gathered. Food must be…
Leadership Conversations
Open resource →Faithful Discernment in a Time of Institutional Change Acts 15 and the Work of Discernment In Acts 15, the early church faces a crisis of becoming. Gentiles are entering the community in…
Leadership Conversations
Open resource →004 What Kind of Community Are We Becoming? Reflections on faithfulness within and beyond the church You Give Them Something to Eat In Mark 6, the disciples are tired. They have been…
Leadership Conversations
Open resource →The Slow Work of Forming Healthier Christian Communities With assistance from Judy Mitchell and Josh Daum Why Doesn’t Anything Really Change? It happens almost every Sunday. Worship has ended. People gather around…
Leadership Conversations
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