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Maestro-Level Leaders Launch By Mark L. Vincent

It is Maestro-Level Leader Cohort Launch Week for CLA! This week Maestro-level leaders and Christian Leadership Alliance launch a cohort of accomplished executives in the Third Turn of the leadership. This cohort experience has been a long time in development, and we couldn’t be more excited. Future Focus Maestro-level leaders who are facing into the future and…

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Called to Advance Freedom: An Interview with Ryan Tucker

Ryan Tucker from Alliance Defending Freedom Shares His Insights Christian Leadership Alliance President and CEO Tami Heim recently interviewed Ryan Tucker, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Christian Ministries at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). In this role, Ryan Tucker oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches,…

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Why Budgeting is Important By Greg Henson

Budgeting is Important for Christians If you want a snapshot of where you are in your walk with Christ, look at your budgeting and walk through it with a spiritual director, your pastor, and a fellow Christian who is not part of your family — together, at the same time, in the same room. SELF-ASSESSMENT…

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An Invitation to Community, Belonging, and Learning By Tami Heim

The Community Where a Christian Leader Like You, BELONGS! From September 1 – October 31, 2022, the Christian Leaders Alliance (CLA) is equipping and uniting Christian leaders worldwide through an online learning community experience.  It is called the Outcomes Conference Global Digital Experience and the theme of this year’s experience is, “I Belong.”  If you…

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Credentialed Christian Nonprofit Leader – Fall Term is Almost Here!

Fall Term CCNL Courses are Ready for You! This Fall term, Christian Leadership Alliance offers 10-week courses that enable nonprofit leaders the opportunity to earn credits for the Credential Christian Nonprofit Leader (CCNL) Program. This term we offer a required course and an online elective to help you achieve the CCNL distinction. Hosted on the…

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Don’t Look Back By Dr. Bob Snyder

In what direction are you prone to look? Whatever direction you look, is where you are prone to go. Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God. ~ Luke 9:62, NIV Contemporary farmers with state-of-the-art tractors plow the fields with GPS and sensing devices.…

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New Context for Old Challenges By Jon Lewis

A Slightly Different View of New and Old I hear a lot of talk about learning how to live in the “new normal.” Many leaders accept the fact that many of the dramatic impacts on their organizations or ministries simply are not going to go away any time soon. Instead, the discussion is centered around…

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Prevent Employee Burnout By John Staub

3 Steps to Prevent Employee Burnout Awareness of employee burnout has grown by 689% over the last two decades. Much of this is because of increased study and greater resources. But in our post-pandemic world, we have moved beyond mere awareness of burnout to now actually experiencing it. Fact About What’s Happened 2020 and beyond…

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Discover If You Are a Steward Leader By R. Scott Rodin

Now There is a Way to Know And Grow as a Steward Leader Christian Leadership Alliance focuses every Wednesday on thoughtful blog posts on the life and work of the steward leader. My colleagues and I have been filling this space with our best thoughts and ideas for a good number of years now. We…

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It’s Simple, Not Complex By Dr. Bob Snyder

Resist Making It So Complex Sometimes I make following Jesus more complex than necessary.  The Apostle Peter suggested that it involves a proactive positive step and a proactive boundary-setting. “So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any…

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