leadership
Five lessons recent church leadership failures can teach us
By Jennifer R. Farmer — April 15, 2022
(RNS) — There are clear reasons why our leadership is not performing to the standards we should expect.
What evangelical men can learn from Amy Grant and Annie F. Downs
By Maina Mwaura — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — It's past time for evangelical men like me to learn from Christian women about leadership.
To prevent the next Christian scandal, shrink the integrity gap
By Jeff Mattson and Terra Mattson — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s current crisis shows how leaders often choose to ignore the expanding distance between what they preach and how they live.
How new role models are inspiring young Muslim women to reimagine their lives
By Liz Bucar and Amanda Randone — March 29, 2019
(RNS) — Reasserting an earlier tradition of strong female voices, Muslim high school and college students are dedicated to making change inside and outside Islam.
What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
By Christopher Beem — April 24, 2018
(The Conversation) — Reviewers have noted the influence of one particular 20th-century American Christian philosopher in James' Comey's new book: Reinhold Niebuhr.
Black clergy: NAACP on a ‘path toward irrelevancy’
By Adelle M. Banks — July 14, 2017
(RNS) — The bishops cited their concerns about the future of the NAACP while acknowledging both historically black organizations are 'old' and need to revamp.
Religious groups react to Boy Scouts’ vote to drop ban on gay adults
By Adelle M. Banks — July 28, 2015
(RNS) A sampling of religious response to the Boys Scouts of America’s drop of its ban on gay adult leaders.
Boy Scouts drop ban on adult gay leaders
By Adelle M. Banks — July 27, 2015
(RNS) The policy change represents the end of a long and bitter struggle over whether to accept gay members that began more than two years ago when it allowed gay youths to participate, but not adults.
Mark Driscoll speaks for first time after resigning Seattle megachurch
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 21, 2014
(RNS) "There are a lot of things I could say that would make me feel better. I don't know if it would make me look better, but I don't think it would make Jesus look better," former megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll said.
Episcopal Church’s Katharine Jefferts Schori will not seek re-election
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — September 23, 2014
(RNS) Katharine Jefferts Schori’s time as presiding bishop has been lauded by theological liberals and bemoaned by conservatives.
Churches must provide a space where people are free to be themselves (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 26, 2014
(RNS) People need safe places, and church has provided that safety to many.
The two Jacks: Contrasting takes on C.S. Lewis and JFK’s public and private faiths
By Justin Taylor — November 18, 2013
(RNS) Given that both men had to navigate the tension between private faith and the public square, it is fitting on the 50th anniversary of their deaths, which falls Friday (Nov. 22), to compare and contrast their approaches.
Vision Forum shuts down after patriarchy proponent’s ‘serious sins’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 13, 2013
(RNS) Vision Forum Ministries was geared for a segment of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who profess a traditionalist understanding of Scripture, sexuality and gender roles.
Patriarchy proponent Doug Phillips resigns after extramarital relationship
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) Home schooling advocate Doug Phillips preaches a message of "biblical patriarchy," in which a man is called to "rule over his household" and "the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household."
COMMENTARY: Mindless metrics
By Tom Ehrich — June 4, 2013
(RNS) Many congregations stick to counting people in the pews and shun the harder work of measuring outcomes and impact.
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