Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Seven Years & Seven Leadership Lessons as Midwestern Seminary President
For me, October 15th marks seven completed years as president of Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. Annually, this season prompts personal and institutional reflection and thanksgiving. This year, it’s been doubly so. Read more
Why I Like to Read Biographies, and Why You Should Too*
In the spirit of Hebrews 11, reading good biographies summons forth a veritable chorus of cheers, encouraging us to lay aside every encumbrance and sin that so easily entangles us and to run with endurance the race set before us. Read more
For the Church: Theological Education, the SBC & the Future of Midwestern Seminary (Part VIII)
This post was originally published 28 May 2013. To the Ends of the Earth: Midwestern Seminary and the Great Commission Midwestern Seminary exists for the Church, and to serve the church means we share the church’s most urgent commitment: the gathering in of the nations for the glory of Christ through the proclamation of the Read more
For the Church: Theological Education, the SBC & the Future of Midwestern Seminary (VI)
This post was originally published 13 May 2013. The Proof Is in the Graduates How does one determine a seminary’s effectiveness? Modern institutional benchmarks include endowment size, capital projects initiated and completed, enrollment growth, campus attractiveness, and other such pragmatic and aesthetic indicators. While these standards are not irrelevant, they are not paramount either. If Read more
For the Church: Theological Education, the SBC & the Future of Midwestern Seminary (V)
This post was originally published on 22 April 2013. First Things First: Training Pastors, Teachers & Evangelists for the Church. Harvard University stands as one of America’s truly elite universities. Founded in 1636, Harvard is America’s oldest institution of higher learning, and also its most storied. Boasting a corpus of more than $32 billion, it Read more