Writings on Christian leadership and leader development by Malcolm Webber
It may be a surprise to learn that the “Be, Know, Do” (BKD) model of leader development which has gained some degree of popularity in both formal and non-formal Christian leader development did not originate in the church, but in the U.S. Army.
Malcolm Webber
In the last decade or so, there has been an increasing realization in the church around the world – especially in areas of fast church growth – of the need to build leaders. In response, there has been a steady growth of “leader development ministries.” But, what exactly does a “leader development ministry” do?
Malcolm Webber
Paradigm Shifts Our last several Letters presented significant paradigm changes regarding leader development that are necessary to deal with the crises of quantity and quality of church leaders around the world. It is clear that these all require significant changes of thinking – or, “paradigm shifts.”
Malcolm Webber
A New Paradigm Our last two Letters set forth several significant paradigm changes regarding leader development that are necessary to deal with the crises of quantity and quality of church leaders around the world.
Malcolm Webber
In our last Letter, we saw that over the last 20-30 years, there has been considerable focus around the world on evangelism and church planting, producing an extraordinary number of people coming to Christ and new churches being planted. Of course, this is great cause for rejoicing. However, there has not been corresponding attention [...]
Malcolm Webber
For the last 20-30 years, there has been a great deal of focus around the world on evangelism and church planting. Some of the contributing reasons for this have been:
Malcolm Webber
It takes a long time to build a truly qualified leader. So, what should be our goal for the participants in “leadership training” of some kind?
Malcolm Webber
How should we choose emerging leaders? How can we discern the call of God upon a person’s life? These are common questions in leaders’ minds. In our last Letter, we proposed the first three guidelines concerning how to choose the right emerging leaders to work with.
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In our last Letter, we saw that since leaders personally build leaders, one leader can build only a few other leaders at a time – that is, if he wants to do it properly.
Malcolm Webber
In this Letter we return to a subject we touched on previously: the building of leaders.
Malcolm Webber