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What do we really mean when we talk about Christian leadership?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:34:39 +0000

You may have heard the phrase “Christian leadership” within church circles. In the Queensland Synod leadership is one of five priority directions. But what does it actually mean and how much should Jesus inform your understanding of it? Scott Guyatt, the Queensland Synod’s director of mission strategy, offers his perspective. We talk so much these ...

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Nancy Beach: Going against the tide

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:20:12 +0000

US pastor and author Nancy Beach has gained international recognition for her ministry work transforming the relationship between the arts and church, and she is set to visit Australia for the Uniting Leaders conference in August. Bindy Taylor meets Nancy to discuss leadership, gender politics and the importance of having fun. Nancy Beach is a ...

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Formula for fun at Redlands day camp

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:32:25 +0000

After 40 years of running day camps, it’s clear that the folk at Redlands Uniting churches just love going bush. Journey ventured down the dirt roads of a campsite south of Brisbane to find out why everyone keeps coming back. It’s easy to see the attraction of the Karingal Scout Campsite at Mt Cotton, the ...

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Book review: Built for Change

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 04:58:17 +0000

Rev Dr Steve Taylor’s latest book explores the practical theology of innovation with a focus on collaboration and leadership. Rev Peter Armstrong reviews. What better place to read Rev Dr Steve Taylor’s latest book Built for Change than at a Downhill Mountain Bike Competition. Over the last five to ten years DHing (aka “downhilling”) has ...

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Seven ways to smash the glass ceiling

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 00:35:34 +0000

The Uniting Church in Australia may be a leading light when it comes to gender equality in leadership but we still have some way to go. Ashley Thompson talks to five key church leaders at UnitingWomen 2016 about how we can fully annihilate the glass ceiling. Shift your thinking Colleen Geyer is the newly appointed ...

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Five leadership qualities young people demand

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:22:25 +0000

Sure to be a hot topic during the National Young Adult Leaders Conference (8–13 July), what are the key qualities that young people look for in their leaders? Journey picks five must-have traits for leaders who want to command the attention and respect of millennials. Authenticity Young people want their leaders—whether in the church, the ...

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Power without glory

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 04:00:43 +0000

Leadership, it seems, is the new black. Whether in politics, sport, culture or the church, one need not scratch very deep to find a view that leadership is either the cause or the solution to whatever challenge faces the particular organisation. There are many writers on the topic, and many theories about how leadership works, ...

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From the kitchen to the pulpit

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:33 +0000

Pacific Island women are challenging a culture which excludes them from leadership in church and society. Dianne Jensen talks to education advocate Lisa Meo. Fijian-Australian Lisa Meo has been knocking on the doors of the male-dominated Pacific Island churches for a long time. The retired educator and academic has been a leading voice in challenging ...

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Less talking, more leading

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:00:23 +0000

Christian leadership isn’t about becoming a household name. Rev Ralph Mayhew looks at the need to develop new leaders in the Uniting Church. Christian leadership is always about minimising ourselves while seeking to maximise Christ. It stands in contrast to other models of leadership, where leadership is about becoming known in order to change the ...

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In whatever you do, be a leader

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 22:00:24 +0000

Greetings for the new year; I trust and pray that you will know God’s leading and blessing in it. There are some articles on leadership in this month’s Journey. Leadership is one of those constant, big buzzwords. It seems, in the West, everyone is crying out for it, yet those who are in positions of ...

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