Leading With the Leader: Community, Character and Charisms

Speaker(s): David Taylor, Paul Williams, Rod Wilson, Ross Hastings
Date: May 3- 6, 2011
Length: 8hr 24min
Product ID: RGDL4106S

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These lectures are from the 2011 Regent College Pastors' Conference.
Leadership poses one of the greatest challenges to pastors today. Many congregations have expectations that their pastors be "leaders", sometimes in ways that uncritically reflect the wider culture. Many pastors in North America don't feel qualified to "lead", preferring to devote themselves to prayer, study, and teaching. Yet, the place of a strategic and missional visionary leadership in our post-Christendom age still remains in quesstion. What is the relationship of the leadership charisms in the New Testament to the life of contemplation and communion in Christ? How do we rescue the pastor from the "it-all-depends-on-me" syndrome? How do we help the leaders of churches avoid inordinate ownership of the ministry, selfish ambition, and pervasive burnout?
This conference presents the liberating understanding of leadership as participating in the life of the triune God, living out our union with Christ and his work in the world. While challenging the pastor to live contemplatively towards God, this understanding also invites the pastor into community with other leaders, and the body of Christ. These twin communal realities have profound repercussions for pastoral character formation. Lectures include:

Participating in Christ: The Allure of Leader Guru-Speak - Ross Hastings
Pursuing Character: The Allure of Information and Skill - Rod Wilson
Pursuing Passion: The Allure of Strategy - Paul Williams
Pursuing Community: The Allure of Professionalism and Privatization - Rod Wilson
The Formative Power of Artful Worship: The Allure of a Good Idea - David Taylor
Pursuing Truth: The Allure of Being Right - Paul Williams
Panel Discussion
Drawing Leadership Under the Cross - Ross Hastings

See All Audio by David Taylor Paul Williams Rod Wilson Ross Hastings

W. David O. Taylor was the Arts Minister at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, for 12 years. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he studied at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Wu00fcrzburg and Regent College in Canada, where he received degrees in theology (MCS) and biblical studies (ThM). He edited the book For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010). He has written for Books & Culture, CIVA Seen, Christianity Today, Q, The Living Church and The Christian Vision Project. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film. He and his wife Phaedra currently live in North Carolina, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at Duke University.

Paul Williams is Research Professor of Marketplace Theology & Leadershipnat Regent College. Previously, he was Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group headquartered in London, UK.

Rod Wilson is former President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community and How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?, as well as the co-author of Exploring Your Anger and Helping Angry People.

Ross Hastings is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Regent College. Previously, he served as the Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-evangelizing the West.