By: Digby Wilkinson on September 13, 2018
The evolution of the British empire over several centuries was one of ‘divide and rule’. The early expansion of the 15th–18th centuries was a simple exercise in trade exploitation under the thin veil of financially backed ‘exploration’.[1] However, that exploration often confronted two realities: extraordinary economic opportunity alongside non-compliant populations. For the most part, the…
By: Wallace Kamau on September 12, 2018
Reading the account of Jackie Pullinger about Her ministry in Hong Kong was a refreshing reminder that we cannot be effective in ministry without the help of The Holy Spirit. It brought to mind my encounter in ministry as a young believer when I was assigned the responsibility to preach to middle school children in…
By: John Muhanji on September 10, 2018
Reading the book “Chasing the Dragon “has opened a lot of insights that I thought I would ever get from such a book. At first, I never took this book seriously just by its title, and I was questioning myself why choose such a book for the course. The word dragon is always identified…
By: Mike on September 9, 2018
The Theology of Leadership Journal’s purpose is to advance Christian leadership by giving it some theological space to discuss, debate, and perhaps embrace the differences that make the difference for incarnational leadership. Since the Theology of Leadership Journal (TLJ) first published in 2018 there were few scholarly reviews found on their material. Nevertheless, the TLJ…
By: Nancy VanderRoest on September 8, 2018
I found Pullinger’s book to be both fascinating and heart-wrenching. The author presented a story of intrigue, passion, and heroism in a nonfiction book detailing a portion of her life. This book is a true story about the author’s journey through a dark kingdom and the beautiful touch of God that she brought to prostitutes,…
By: Jay Forseth on September 7, 2018
Adler [1] taught us how to read a book, so in my “reading” it was obvious to me the Editorial Team of Theology of Leadership Journal [2] was strongly Dutch. Names like Huizing, Hamstra and Schuringa sound like families of my Dutch high school in Denver, Colorado. Nothing against the Dutch, especially since I am 50%…
By: Shermika Harvey on September 7, 2018
CALLED TO STEP OUT When people know who they are and what they were called to do in life, it is often hard to remain still. In the early 1900’s, reaching the lost became a major priority because they felt the imminent return of Christ upon them. Many ministers and missionaries of the gospel embarked…
By: Kyle Chalko on September 6, 2018
And we are back at it again! The Theology of Leadership Journal was a surprising find on our reading list. I did not expect to be reading a brand new leadership journal. But this publication provided a refreshingly eclectic line-up of international leaders, which is I suspect, one of the contributing factors. It was…
By: Greg on September 6, 2018
A black Jesus is closer to the truth than many are comfortable with. A middle eastern man that has spent many hours in the sun working wood and then walking from town to town would indeed be dark skinned. Viewing Jesus as someone that is both not like us and like us is the paradox…
By: Mary Mims on September 6, 2018
The Ghetto, the hood, the projects, and slums, are all names of places that conjure up images of darkness that nobody chooses to go, and certainly not to go and live in by choice. I did not grow up in the ghetto, but I grew up close enough to it that I knew the trappings…
By: Shawn Hart on September 6, 2018
The Path to Christian Leadership…through the eyes of many I am truly hopeful that this first assignment of our second year on the road to our Doctorate in Global Evangelism is somehow going to be indicative of the path before us; after all, if we as scholars of Evangelism and Theology cannot learn how to…
By: Jason Turbeville on September 6, 2018
Throughout history leadership has rested in the hands of power, or as Debby Thomas states in her work Jesus’ Cross-Cultural Model of ‘Leader As Servant” In Luke 22:24-30, in a patronal system of leadership. [1] The idea of servant leadership is a foreign one to society in general. The strong have the power, those in power take…
By: Rhonda Davis on September 6, 2018
I am consistently inspired and awed by what God can do through one human life. The fact that He continues to use His broken, flawed creation to bring about redemption in the world is astounding. Pullinger’s story is a beautiful narrative of just how much God loves all of humanity. I am particularly intrigued by…
By: Jean Ollis on September 6, 2018
I love research. Not just my own – but I love reading and evaluating others research. Research is deeply entrenched in my personal and social work values. In the social work field, professionals are increasingly seeking information about evidence-based practices (not only for best practice, but also out of necessity to accommodate funders). New resources…
By: Trisha Welstad on September 6, 2018
In the newly published journal Theology of Leadership, several subjects are utilized as topics for research including discipleship. Although the idea of discipleship is ancient, it continues to be analyzed for how it functions (or doesn’t) in the Christian world. In Triku Fufa Gemechu’s article, “Discipleship Life Experience in a Servant Leadership Context,” the reader…
By: Jenn Burnett on September 6, 2018
I feel a deep connection to Jackie Pullinger’s story because I consider her a spiritual grandmother. Years ago a mentor and friend of mine saw a very short clip of a documentary on what Jackie was doing and promptly bought a ticket to Hong Kong. What he witnessed was completely outside any experience our denomination…
By: Andrea Lathrop on September 6, 2018
Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone. I kept thinking this while reading Chasing the Dragon[1]. I have heard this statement from a number of leaders over the years. And I think this encouragement is helpful in an era when the negative noise and news has never been louder. This fights against…
By: Rev Jacob Bolton on September 6, 2018
In her succinct and classic homiletic text “Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art,” Dr. Nora Tubbs Tisdale discusses the art of “exegete-ing” a local community. Exegesis is a skill many seminarians learn early in their career. To best preach the text, you must first exegete the text. I learned Biblical exegesis by looking at…
By: Chris Pritchett on September 6, 2018
The Theology of Leadership Journal claims to be an academic journal for Christian leaders to think theologically about leadership amid the cacophony of non-theological leadership models and concepts that have emerged in the past twenty or so years. The journal seeks to provide, through academic articles, “models and theories of leadership that have been developed,…
By: Dave Watermulder on September 6, 2018
From the outset, the Theology of Leadership Journal seeks to be transparent and self-reflective in terms of its purpose and raison d’ etre. “Do we really need another academic journal?”[1]the Editor asks in the opening article. If so, what would be the unique contribution of this new venture? The answer seems to be centered on seeking to…
