Bob Telford is an evangelist and church leader, and increasingly, someone who consults with church leaders on the process of change. In this new article on our web site, he looks at why we need change, why we resist change, what should change – and what shouldn’t, and the role of leaders in change.
This is an amazing video clip. Just think about its possibilities as a discussion starter in a youth group or home group.
After more than six months’ frenetic work, we’re about to launch ‘Slipstream,’ the leaders’ podcast from Focus and the Evangelical Alliance. The strapline is: ‘Leaders in formation.’
Our aim in these podcasts is to get behind the public face of leadership, to find out what really makes leaders ‘tick.’ What are the challenges they face? What are their greatest encouragements? How do they keep their own spiritual lives fresh in the middle of many different pressures?
Krish Kandiah, the Evangelical Alliance’s Director for Churches in Mission, and my co-presenter on the programmes, says:
‘There is a vital need for Evangelical centre-ground leadership resources particularly aimed at younger and emerging leaders. The opportunity to work in partnership with Focus Radio models effectively the Alliance’s desire to make strategic partnerships.’
Some of our upcoming guests on the programme include Terry Virgo, the founder and leader of New Frontiers International, and a well known speaker at New Word Alive, the Keswick Convention (and of course many other places); Shane Claiborne, best-selling author of ‘The Irresistible Revolution,’ Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham, and author of about forty books, the most recent of which is ‘Surprised by Hope’ and Professor Gary Habermas, one of the world’s leading authorities on the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.
This promises to be a really exciting time. Watch this space for breaking news.
Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of going to the Global Connections ‘Thinking Mission’ forum on ‘Bath Water or Baby? Must we ditch traditional church structures to do mission well?’ This video shows Jonny Baker’s presentation at this forum – it is worth watching.
