Posts Tagged ‘Christian Leadership Alliance’
3 Leadership Lessons from Lent by R. Scott Rodin Ph.D.
By R. Scott Rodin Ph.D. This blog post falls one week before an important day in the Christian church calendar, Ash Wednesday. This day marks the beginning of a forty day preparation time leading up to holy week and the culminating celebration of Easter Sunday. This time of preparation is referred to as Lent and…
Read MoreThe Many Faces of a Steward Leader by Kent R. Wilson, Ph.D.
By Kent R. Wilson, Ph.D. Steward leaders are not just confined to the nonprofit sector. It can be safely said that virtually 99.9% of people who work in education, civil service, politics, and the military are stewards of resources they do not own. Therefore, there are many faces to steward leaders. Here are just…
Read MoreA New Paradigm: An Interview with Roland C. Warren
CLA president and CEO Tami Heim recently interviewed Care Net President and CEO Roland C. Warren. CLA member organization Care Net is a Christ-centered ministry that promotes a culture of life within society in order to serve people facing unplanned pregnancies and related sexual issues. Prior to his tenure at Care Net, Warren served as…
Read MoreStewardship of Your Words by Mark L. Vincent
By Mark L. Vincent A sermon I heard recently focused on the five Hebrew words that Jonah preached to Nineveh: Forty-Days-More-Nineveh-Will be Destroyed. It takes more words in English, as Jonah’s Hebrew requires just one word to indicate verb tense. The preacher pointed out that these harsh yet necessary words were not great words to hear,…
Read MoreOn This Eternity Depends
God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends. – Jeremy Taylor At the Outcomes Conference, CLA Dallas 2015, Christian Leadership Alliance brings leaders a focus on “time.” God has called you into leadership for such a time as this. The goal of this national leadership…
Read MoreIn A Time Such As This by Steve Douglass
By Steve Douglass I became involved full-time in Christian work in 1969. In the next several years I learned what God was doing not just through our ministry but others as well. It was good then, but it was much less than what God is doing today. Consider some amazing facts: The church in China…
Read MoreThe Humble Leader's Legacy by Jonathan Pitts
By Jonathan Pitts Everything I’ve learned about leadership I’ve learned from people. Don’t get me wrong. I love reading books, listening to podcasts and going to seminars, but God has hard-wired me to respond to people. I guess it began with my father. Years before I was born, my father latched onto the good news…
Read More4 Tips on How To Eliminate Distractions by Jeremy Kingsley
By Jeremy Kingsley Not that long ago, most professionals went about their jobs cloistered in a private office with a desk, some files and papers, and a phone. These days, we’re far more likely to be working in a semi-private or open office environment, a Starbucks, or even from home. Focusing on work often involves…
Read More8 Postures of a Steward Leader by Mark L. Vincent
Faithfulness is one of the foundations for an effective resource-raising program. I’ve often summarized the faithful life of the steward as Generous God, Generous Life. On more than one occasion, when speaking on the subject, I’ve created a picture of how this is lived by kneeling with raised arms. This posture of the steward…
Read More2014 Compensation Survey Findings for Christian Organizations
Compensation Resources, Inc. (CRI) and Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) have released their 2014 Compensation Survey Report for Christian Organizations. This year’s survey continues to report on salary and bonus data for 114 jobs, along with compensation and benefit information including insurance coverage, paid time off, retirement plans, turnover, work – life, etc. The data is…
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