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October 3, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Heading Roughly West: Discovering, Gaining Commitment to, and Perpetuating a Common Vision in a Mission Organization
Hosted By: James E. Plueddemann, Professor and Chair of the Department of Missions, Evangelism and Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
October 9, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Knocking Over the Leadership Ladder: Leadership Re-engineered
from “I” to “WE"
Hosted By: Paul Ford, leadership and teambuilding specialist with Church Resource Ministries
October 16, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Ministry in the Margins: Incarnational Ministry among the Oppressed
Hosted By: Chris Heuertz, International Executive Director, Word Made Flesh
October 30, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Leading in Times of Change: Maintaining Significance in a Tumultuous Age
Hosted By: Dr. Hans Finzel, CEO of WorldVenture
November 13, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Small Footprint, Big Handprint: Missions and Environmental Stewardship
Hosted By: Tri Robinson, Founding/senior pastor, Vineyard Boise Church, Boise, ID
November 20, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
In Pursuit of Effectiveness: An Overview of John Carver’s Policy Governance Model
Hosted By: Olan Hendrix, CEO of Leadership Resource Group
December 4, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Life Lessons for Leaders
Hosted By: Robertson McQuilkin
December 11, 2008, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
Beyond Resolutions: Creating a Personal Growth Plan that Works
Hosted By:Steve Moore
Jan 8 - The State of the Gospel Jason Mandryk, Operation World
Jan 22 - Internal Coaching Linda Miller, The Ken Blanchard Companies
Feb 5 - Mega-Churches and Missions Robert Priest, Trinity International University
Feb 12 - The North American Missions Movement: Key Facts and Trends Michael Jaffarian, Senior Research Associate, Operation World and Missionary Researcher, WorldVenture
Feb 26 - Globalizing the Professional and Business Capacity of the Church Carol Davis, Intent
Mar 5 - Performance Giving; How to Successfully Engage in the Microfinance Sector Gareth Davis, World Relief
Mar 12 - Land on Your Feet: Preparing People for Transitions Dennis Robert, Associate Executive Director, Personnel, an independent missions sending organization
Mar 19 - Artists in Missions: A Reservoir of Potential for Cross-Cultural Ministry Byron Spradlin, Founder and President of Artists in Christian Testimony
Apr 2 - The Missional Church and Missions (request out) Ed Stetzer
Apr 23 - Development 101 - Helping vs. Hurting Stephen Bauman, World Relief
Apr 30 - Life Lessons for Leaders John Kyle, Mission to the World, ret.
May 7 - Cross-Cultural Intelligence Dave Livermore, Executive Director, Global Learning Center, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
May 21 - Four Generations: One Mission - Tensions and Synergy Larry Walker, ACMC
May 28 - Helping a Church be Partner Friendly Ellen Livingood, Catalyst Services
Apr 2 - How Missional Churches are on Mission Locally and Globally Ed Stetzer, Director of Research, LifeWay Christian Resources