The Journal

Presidential Address and Introduction to Autumn 2022. Connection and Community: Leadership in an Age of Alienation and Isolation by Sandra Selby

Leading for Belonging: The Organic Intellectual as Alternative to Evangelical Megachurch Leadership by Phil Allen Jr.

Developing Young Adult Leaders for 48 the Church and the World by Emily A. Dykman

Courageous and Connected: Hospitality Leads the Way in the Digital Age by Laura Murray

Opportunities in Liminal Space for Co-creating Connection and Community in a VUC A World by Lisa R. Withrow

Engaging White Leaders in Racial Justice Work in an Era of Alienation and Isolation by Susan L. Maros, Jessica Vaughan Lower, and Christopher Brooks

How Can We Learn Across Difference? A Conversation ab out Ethical Research and Writing vis-à-vis Identity and Positionality by Robert K. Martin,  Kristina I. Lizardy-Hajbi, Susan J. Dunlap Dale L. Lemke, and Jason A. Miller

Book Reviews

Leading With The Sermon: Preaching As Leadership

By:William H. Willimon

Reviewed by Neil Dougall

Faithful Leaders And The Things That Matter Most

By: Rico Tice

Reviewed by Ricardo P. Moore

Managing The Unexpected: Sustained Performance In A Complex World, 3rd. Ed.

By: Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Reviewed by Thomas F. Tumblin

Understanding Christian Leadership

By: Ian Parkinson
Reviewed by Alan Wilson

Introduction by Robert K. Martin, editor

Gospel Leadership: Roman Catholic Women Priests by Sharon Henderson Callahan and Jeanette Rodriguez

A Classroom on Water: Experiential Leadership Development Through Sailing by Timothy D. Foster

Hardships, Growth, and Hope: The Experience of Black Pastoral Leaders During a Season of Social Unrest and COVIDovid-19  Quarantine by  Jason A. Miller and Dale L. Lemke

A Contemplative Response to Pastoral Dread by R. Patrick Moore

Mestizo Leadership: Relational Cross-Cultural Leadership for the Borderlands by Martin Rodriguez

Book Reviews

Ten Commandments for Church Reform: Memoirs of a Catholic Priest
By: John Wijnaards
Reviewed by Sharon Henderson Callahan

Sustaining Grace: Innovative Ecosystems for New Faith Communities
By: Scott J. Hagley, Karen Rohrer, and Michael Gehrling, editors.
Reviewed by Kevin Long

The Art and Science of Leadership (7th Edition)
By: Afsaneh Nahavandi
Reviewed by David Penno

The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life.
By: Andrew Root
Reviewed by Scott Szabo

Leadership, God’s Agency & Disrupt ions: Confronting Modernity’s Wager.
By: Mark Lau Branson and Alan J. Roxburgh
Reviewed by Michael Wilson

Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in Complexity
By: Jennifer Garvey Berger
Reviewed by Lisa Withrow

Living at the Next Level: Leader’s Edition
By: Courtney McBath
Reviewed by Michael D. Young

Presidential Address by Scott J. Hagley

Making America Possible Again: Toward a New Social Gospel in the Twenty-First Century by Juan M. Floyd-Thomas

Production for the Common Good: A Case for Christian Cooperatives by Jamin Hubner

Clicks and Community: Reimagining Connection Through Design Thinking by Ryan M. Panzer

Liderazgo Mestizo/Mestizo Leadership: Relational Cross-Cultural Leadership from the Borderlands bv Martin Rodriguez

New Directions in Parish Disaster Ministry by Richard Yale

Introduction by Rev. Dr. Robert K. Martin, Editor

Vocational Holiness And The Christian Practice Of Governance by Scott Cormode

Attitudes And Behaviors That Enable Leaders In Evangelical Protestant Seminaries To Engage In Adaptive Work by Amy Drennan and Michelle Louis

Implicit, Intersubjective Practices: Attachment Theory As A Resources For Adaptive Leadership by Jessica Handy Duisberg

A Splinter, Then A Crack: Leadership In The Aftermath Of Divisive Conflict by Leanna K. Fuller

Leading Change: Is Tghe Who More Important Than The What? by Russ Linden and David Forney

Process Toward Post/Decolonial Pastoral Leaders by Kristina I. Lizardy-Hajbi

Introduction by Robert Martin

Presidential Address: Engaging the Prophetic Dimension of Christian Leadership by Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr.

Next [Wo]-Man Up: Examining Prophetic Leadership Transition in Moses and Martin Luther King, Jr. by Phillip Allen, Jr.

Voices from the Margins: A Renaissance of Black Prophetic Preaching and Leadership in Problematic Times by The Rt. Rev. Edward Donalson III

Prophetic Leadership: What Is It and Does It Matter? by Neil J. Dougall

Frameworks Toward Post/Decolonial Pastoral Leaderships by Kristina I. Lizardy-Hajbi

Introduction by Robert Martin

A Theology of Power in Shared Leadership Teams by Zachariah C. Ellis

White Followership as Prophetic Witness: A Conversation on Culturally Constructed Power by Craig Hendrickson, Author, Rev. Rose Lee-Norman, Contributor, Christopher Brooks

Overcoming Digital Division: Digital Sacramentality as a Source of Healing by Ryan Panzer

Fostering Curiosity, Asking Powerful Questions: Lessons of a Leadership Coach by Lisa R. Withrow

Introduction: Engaging Power by Susan L. Moros

Power-Full Black Bodily Resistance: Reimagining Kaepernick’s Prot6est Through King’s Nonviolent Direct Action by Phil Allen, Jr.

Making the Invisible Visible: Prophetic Drama as a Tactic for Social Change by Andrew Henry

Power, Affect, and Meaning as Domains of Communication by William M. Kondrath

Latinx Missiology and Faith-Rooted Organizing: Poder Espiritual Y Justicia Social by Alexia Salvatierra

Addressing Unchecked Power: Lessons Learned from Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing to Counter Extraordinary and Ordinary Violence by Sandra Selby

Introduction by Robert K. Martin

Flat World, Flat Leadership: The Philosophical and Theological Ideals that Inform a Paradigm for Twenty-First Century Leadership by Lee Beach and Andrew Rutledge

Ambivalence About Leadership: Leadership and Ministry in the Church of Scotland by Neil Dougall

Prophetic Leadership: Making Present the Truth of Ecclesial Hope by Chloe Lynch

Sanctifying Space and Creating Liminal Bridges by Lisa Withrow

Cultivating Creative Leadership: Art-Making as a Pedagogical Tool for Training Spiritual Leaders by Thea Mirabella Maeve Wyatt

Presidential Address, 2018 – The Formation and Teaching of Religious Leadership:
A Sacred and Complex Calling in Complex Times by Terri Martinson Elton

Adventures into Digital Teaching, Learning, and Formation: A Case Study from Wartburg Theological Seminaryby Kristine Stache and Craig L. Nessan

Surfacing Emotions to Teach Leadership by Rob Muthiah

“I’m Just American”: Facilitating Seminary Students’ Reflections Regarding the Impact of Whiteness on Vocational Formation by Susan L. Maros

Faltering Steps: Imagining Our Way Across the Seminary-Church Divide by Mark Miller-McLemore

Coming off the Tracks: Identifying (and Avoiding) Derailing Behaviors by John L. Bennett and Julie M. Gawle

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Introduction Carson E. Reed and Stephen V. Sprinkle

Earth Stewardship and the Missio Dei: The Leadership of Integrating Congregations by David M. Carlson

The Growing Church: A Case Study in Leadership for Change by Courtny B. Davis Olds

Leadership in a Changing Transnational Context: With a Case Study of Korean-Speaking Young Adults in Korean Immigrant Churches by Jinna Sil Lo Jin

Augmenting Practical Theology Methods: Developing Competencies and Capacities in Aid Enactment by Drew Poppleton

Real Ministry: Leading Church Change by Turning to the Reign of God  by Jean Halligan Vandergrift

Leading Different Small Groups Differently in the Missional Church by David Werner

Introduction by Sharon Henderson Callahan

Leadership Amidst Institutional Pain by Sarah B. Drummond

Obstacles to Change: Overcoming the Hurdles of the State Apparatus in Higher Education by Jamin Hübner

Teaching Religious Leadership in the LGBTQ Community: An Exercise in Theological Formation for Ministry by Stephen V. Sprinkle

Anthropological Telos and Leadership Goals in Theological Anthropology by Michael Wilburn

Manuscript or Notes? Author, Audience, and Spirit in Writing for Preaching by Anne Elrod Whitney

Leading from Abundance by Theresa F. Latini

Academy of Religious Leadership Presidential Address: Engaging Sacred Texts for Religious Leadership by Kyle A. J. Small

Reading Both Books: Revisiting Augustine as a Model for Teaching Religious Leadership by David Forney

Matthew and Learning Communities by Mark Lau Branson

Holy Dissent: Teaching Religious Leaders to Preach AGAINST the Text by Erica L. Martin

Cultivating Response-able Leadership Postures: Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic Phenomenology and the Biblical Text by Scott Hagley

Introduction: Light and Leadership by William M. Kondrath

Emergent Fault Lines: Clergy Attitudes toward the Emergent Church Movement  by Ryan P. Burge and Paul A. Djupe

Toxicity in Clergy Leadership: An Emerging Phenomenon of Leaders’ Personal Power in the Pentecostal Charismatic Church by Lim Siew Pik

Becoming McChurch: A Case Study of a Black Church Organization’s Transition from Leading in the Local Community to Creating a Global Brand by Richard M. Smith

The In-Ministry MDiv by Sarah B. Drummond

Opposability: Unearthing Christianity’s Opposable Inner Logic and Its Capacity to Form Leaders for Adaptive Leadership in Contemporary Society

Introduction by Karen Dalton

Disruptive Innovations and the Deinstitutionalization of Religion by Dwight Zscheile

Fostering Space for Creativity in Religious Organizations  by Michaela O’Donnell-Long

Church Leadership as Adaptive Identity Construction in a Changing Social Context by Jack Barentsen

Innovation that Honors Tradition: The Meaning of Christian Innovation by Scott Cormode

Song, Poetry, and Movement–Creative Exploration of Religious Leadership: A Reference Handbook  by Sharon Henderson Callahan

Spiritual Formation: Retrieving Perichoresis as a Model for Shared Leadership in the Marketplace by Michael L. Davis

Quaker Contributions to an Integration of Spirituality and Leadership by Jay W. Marshall

Transformative Potentials of Liminal Leadership by Andrew J. Orton and Lisa R. Withrow

Lift Up the Lowly and Bring Down the Exalted: Gender Studies, Organizations, and the Ethiopian Eunich by Aaron Perry

Congregations as “Multivocal” Mentoring Environments: Comparative Research Among Three Protestant Denominations by Charles E. Stokes and Penny Long Marler

Anxiety, Emotions, and Encounters with Difference: Exploring the Roots of Conflict in Congregations by Leanna K. Fuller

Developing Effective Competence Through Spiritual Practice by Sara Shisler Goff

2014 Fall Introduction by William M. Kondrath

Motive and Movement: Affective Leadership Through the Work of Preaching by Carson E. Reed

Hope in the Wilderness: Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Professionals Who Work with Individuals in Crisis by Sandra F. Selby

Feelings in the Bible: Tools for Religious Leadership Education by Lynda Z. Tyson

Preaching as Christian Leadership: The Story, The Sermon, and the Prophetic Imagination by Truls Akerlund

A Missional Church Processes: Post-Intervention Research by Mark Lau Branson

The Pastor as Expert and the Challenge of Being a Saltwater Fish in a Freshwater Tank by Quentin Kinnison

Discerning the Signs of the Times in American Catholicism: Parish Pastoral Councils and Parish Pastoral Research by Craig T. Maier

A Grain of Wheat: Toward a Theological Anthropology for Leading Change in Ministry by Brad Eirik Hallesby Norheim

Pastoral Role Modeling as an Antecedent to Corporate Spirituality by Clinton Parker III

Becoming a Built to Change Congregation by Robert Stephen Reid

2013 Fall Introduction by Sharon Henderson Callahan.

Ministry as Spiritual Practice: How Pastors Learn to See and Respond to the ‘More’ of a Situation by Eileen R. Campbell-Reed and Christian Scharen

Be Opened: Social Connected Within and Beyond the Deaf Community by Nancy Anne Marie Delich

A Hermeutic of Appreciation: Cultivating Encounters of Spiritual Experience Within Congregational Ministry by David Forney and Stuart Higginbotham

Liturgical Hospitality Within Deeply Rooted Leadership: Possibilities and Pitfalls in “Eucharistic Indwelling Engagement” by Lisa M. Hess

Integrative Decision-Making for Christian Leadership: Prudence, Organizational Theory, and Discernment Practices by Paul Kaak, Gary Lemaster, and Rob Muthiah

Pastoral Spirituality in Everyday Life, in Ministry, and Beyond: Three Locations for a Pastoral Spirituality by Tone Strangleland Kaufman

Umunthu and the Spirituality of Leadership: Leadership Lessons from Malawi by Harvey C. Kwiyani

Ecology of the Learning Environment: Creating the Context for Spiritual Formation by Shelley Trebesch.

Pastoral Leadership for Police in Crisis in Crisis by Alex Evans

Mapping Interfaith Leadership in Richmond, VA by Douglas A. Hicks and Rachel Templeton

Leadership in Effective and Growing Australian Congregations: A Study of Three Cases by Ian Hussey

The Theorist, The Tactician, and The Translator: Faith-Based Peacemaking and Leadership by Peter M. Sensenig

A Theology for Transcending Culture in Leadership: The Mission of God in Conversation with the Cultural Dimension of Power Distance by Shelley Trebesch

The Ecology of Vocation by Scott Cormode, Emily Click, Terri Elton, Theresa Latini, Susan Macos, and Lisa Withrow

The Teaching of Leadership by Norma Cook Everist

Learning Religious Leadership In Situ by Will Houts and David R. Sawyer

2012 Fall Introduction by Kristine Stache

Insisto Rector: Provocative Play for Serious Leadership Learning by Russell W. West and Robert K. Martin

Identity God-Talk, and Self-Critical Reflection in Religious Leadership: Contributions from a Latino/a Perspective by Isabel N. Docampo

Leadership: A Calling of Courage and Imagination by Sally Dyck

Not My Fathers Seminary: Leadership Lessons for a New President by Katharine Rhodes Henderson

2012 Spring Introduction by Deborah Kapp and Lisa Withrow

Presence, Disjunction, and Intention: A Woman’s Reflection on Leadership by Ruth Anne Reese

Religious Leaders as Facilitators of Meaning Making by Sandra F. Selby

It Takes So Much Energy: Female Tempered Radicals in Christian Congregations by Diane Zemke

A Practical Theology of Leadership with International Voices by Mark Lau Branson and Juan Francisco Martinez

What Does it Take to Learn Leadership Across Cultural and Religious Boundaries? Perspectives, Observations, and Suggestions from a Cross-Cultural Location by Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi

Embracing the Other: Toward an Ethic of Gospel Neighborliness by Kyle W. Herron

Spiritual Leadership and Transformational Change Across Cultures: The SLI Leadership Incubator by Bryan D. Sims and J. Paulo Lopes

Religious Leadership in Global Perspective: Learning Leadership from Our International Neighbors by Thomas Tumblin

Prophetic Leadership: Engagement in Counter-Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

Participants with God: A Perichoretic Theology of Leadership by Jim Horsthuis

Revaluing “Self-Care” as a Practice of Ministry by Mark Miller-McLemore

Role Negotiation and Congregational Leadership by Raymond A. Reddicliffe

Successful Leadership in the Early Years of Ministry: Reflections for Leadership Formation in Theological Education by Kyle J. A. Small

Using Charisma to Shape Interpretive Communities in Multiethnic Congregations by Craig Hendrickson.

Introduction: Charisma and Religious Leadership by Douglas A. Hicks.

Transitioning from Charismatic Founder to the Next Generation by William M. Kondrath.

Charismatic Leadership in the Church: What the Apostle Paul Has to Say to Max Weber by Rob Muthiah.

Charismatic Leaders as Team Leaders: An Evaluation Focused on Pastoral Leadership by Douglas A. Tilstra.

Learning, Changing, and Doing : A Model for Transformational Leadership Development in Religious and Non-Profit Organizations by Skip Bell

A Calm in the Tempest: Developing Resilience in Religious Leaders by David G. Forney

Improvisation and the Practice of Ministry by Deborah J. Kapp

Shepherd or One of the Sheep: Revisiting the Biblical Metaphor of the Pastorate by Quentin P. Kinnison

The Center/Margin of Leadership Dance: Integrating Experience in Education and Formation by Karen Dalton

Transformational/Servant Leadership: A Potential Synergism for an Inclusive Leadership Style by Steve Echols

A Mighty Fortress: Religious Commitment and Leading for the Common Good by D. Michael Lindsay

Via the Broken Ones: Towards a Phenomenological Theology of Ecclesial Leadership in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Elizabeth Petersen and Jannie Swart

A God at the Margins?: Marcella Althaus-Reid and the Marginality of LGBT People by Stephen V. Sprinkle

2009 Volume Introduction by Lisa Withrow

Interpretive Leadership During Social Dislocation: Jeremiah and Social Imaginary by Mark Lau Branson

The Integrity of Ministry: Communicative Theology and the Leadership of Congregations by Michael Jinkins

A Contemplative Empiricism: Methodological Musings for an Artisanal Theology in Religious Leadership Formation by Lisa M. Hess

Reframing the Economics of Pastoral Leadership by Douglas A. Hicks

Culture American Feudalism, and the Conundrum of Leadership by George B. Thompson, Jr.

Leading in the Midst of Change: A Theologically Grounded, Theoretically Informed Hermeneutic of Change by Terri Martinson Elton

Improv in the Streets: Missional Leadership as Public Improvisational Identity Formation by Scott J. Hagley

Christian Leadership as Communion Imagination in the Public Networking of Organizational Companionship by Jannie Swart

Gaining Perspective on the Theme of Change by Craig Van Gelder

Change: Exploring its Implications for Religious Leadership – A Pedagogical Inquiry by Lisa R. Withrow

Church Leadership in the New Testament and Today: An Interview with David L. Bartlett by David G. Forney

Speaking Grace, Making Space: The Art of Worship Leadership by Kimberly Bracken Long

Threats to the Formation of Pastoral Leaders in Theological Education: Insights from the Tavistock Model of Group Relations by Kenneth J. McFayden

First Love and Second Loves: Revisioning a Paradigm of Hope for Pastors by Michael McNichols

Betwixt and Between: The Power of Teaching from the Perspective of Immigrants by Alan Ka Lun Lai

In the Market of the Cupid Vendors: Foucauldian and Post-Foucauldian Critique of Ecclesial Power and Leadership by Stephen V. Sprinkle

The Trinity Applied: Creating Space for Changed Lives by Thomas F. Tumblin

Defining the Issues Related to Power and Authority in Religious Leadership by Craig Van Gelder

Success and the Prosperity Gospel: From Commodification to Transformation- A Wesleyan Perspective by Lisa R. Withrow

The Trinity, Leadership, and Power by Dwight J. Zscheile

Learning Leadership, and Rapid Change by Sarah Birmingham Drummond

Leading with Wounds: A Liability or Gift? by David Goodman

Theological Interdisciplinarity and Religious Leadership by Lisa M. Hess

The Secret of Marketplace Leadership Success: Constructing a Comprehensive Framework for the Effective Integration of Leadership, Faith, and Work by Mark L. Russell

Roman Catholic Polity and Leadership by Sharon Henderson Callahan and James Eblen

2006 Volume Introduction by David Forney and Craig Van Gelder

To the One Outside the Gate: A Missional Approach to Polity by David Forney

From Connection to Corporatization: Leadership Trends in United Methodism by Thomas Edward Frank

Doing the Unspeakable: Identifying, Developing, and Supporting Leadership among Quakers by Thomas H. Jeavons

Ordination Procedures in the Lutheran Church by Connie Kleingartner, Richard H. Warneck, and Richard N. Stewart

Understanding Polity in Relationship to the DNA of Denominations by Craig Van Gelder

A More True “Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society”: Toward a Missional Polity for the Episcopal Church by Dwight Zscheile

Leadership Studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary by Steve Echols & Joe Sherrer.

Integrative Church Leadership: Columbia Theological Seminary’s Approach by David Forney.

Teaching Leadership at Asbury Theological Seminary: The Master of Arts in Christian Leadership (MACL) by Rick Gray

A “Sense of Reality”: How Austin Theological Seminary Teaches Leadership by Michael Jinkins

Teaching and Learning Leadership at McCormick Theological Seminary by Deborah Kapp

The Teaching of Leadership at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union-PSCE) by Kenneth J. McFayden

Serving the Promise of Our Mission: Leadership at Luther Seminary by Sheila Strobel Smith

Teaching Leadership at the International Theological Center (ITC) by George B. Thompson, Jr.

Addressing the Question of Canon in the Teaching of Religious Leadership by Craig Van Gelder and Lovett H. Weems, Jr.

Theorizing Religiously-Based Organization Leadership: Mapping the Intersections by Russell W. West with John Stoeckle

Theological Curriculum at Methodist Theological School in Ohio by Lisa R. Withrow

Sensemaking, Discernment, and Religious Leadership by Lisa R. Berlinger and Thomas F. Tumblin

Constructing Faithful Action: Inculcating a Method for Reflective Ministry by Scott Cormode

Getting Our Bearings: A Schema for Three Ways of Knowing by David G. Forney

Dwelling in the Divine Life: The Transformational Dimension of Leadership and Practical Theology by Robert K. Martin

“Mind the Gap”: Closing the Distance Between Theological Method, Theological Education, and Practical Theology for Religious Leadership by Robert K. Martin

Method in Light of Scriptures and in Relation to Hermeutics by Craig Van Gelder

The Hermeneutics of Leading in Mission by Craig Van Gelder

A Reflex Model of Leadership Development- A Concept Paper by Russell W. West

The Behavioral Competency Approach to Effective Ecclesial Leadership by Lisa R. Berlinger

Leadership in Ecclesial Contexts: Integration of Art and Competence by Sharon Henderson Callahan

Writing Cases in Leadership: An Occasion for Pastoral Reflection by Thomas Edward Frank

Five Loaves for Five Thousand: Practices of Abundance for Religious Leaders in Situations of Conflict by David G. Forney

Leadership and Theory: A Practitioners Reflection by Michael Jinkins

Christian Practices, Congregational Leadership, and the Priesthood of All Believers by Robert Muthiah

Church-Based Theological Education by Russell W. West

Becoming a Leader of No Reputation by R. Scott Rodin

Chaos Theory and Paul’s Organizational Leadership Style by Richard S Ascough

Docents in the House of Wonder by Michael Jinkins

Gender, Power and Leadership by Norma Cool Everist

Multi-Layered Leadership by Scott Cormode

Discourse of Leadership and the Practice of Administration by Thomas Edward Frank

Encountering God in the Image of Christ by Robert K. Martin

Shifting Images of Church Invite New Leadership Frames by Sharon Henderson Callahan

The Practice of Christian Governance by L. Gregory Jones

Toward a Redemptive Organization by Thomas F. Tumblin