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Friday
04Sep2009

New DS/DCM's Urged to Provide Leadership, Not Just Management

The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry has written three articles that the new

DS/DCM's listened to and learned about while they were at their training a few weeks ago.

The links below will take you to those articles.

 

New district superintendents and directors of connectional ministries should be critical

boundary negotiators who can help local churches, districts, and conferences align with

mission, said a senior consultant for the Institute for Clergy and Congregational Excellence.

But the Rev. Gil Rendle warned the new group of leaders not to expect to make anyone

happy. "Don't forget you are not going to be rewarded, and when you get done no one

is going to be happy. Take satisfaction off the list as a criterion for leadership," Rendle

told the group attending a training event conducted by the Council of Bishops, the

General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and the General Board of Discipleship

at Lake Junaluska, N.C. Learn more about leadership.

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Church Needs to Be Present in Health Care Debate