Enjoyed returning to the beautiful Southern Nazarene University campus recently to participate in a Pastors’ Forum at the Resource Center for Pastoral...
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A Ministry-focused Leader Review
For years I have taken seriously the discipline of a structured yearly review by my supervisor and/or a committee of the Board of Trustees to whom I reported....
Good questions for colleagues!
Recently I found some notes I prepared for a combined faculty and staff meeting while serving as president of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Though...
Seven Lessons My Father Taught Me about Fundraising
Throughout the past few months at conferences led by Jimmy LaRose, founder and 25 year CEO of the National Development Institute, I heard him remind...
Four Modes of Thinking about Board Governance
I have been thinking recently about healthy and maturing boards of governance for ministry organizations, including local church boards and college boards of...
Board Development Assessment Tool
Organizational development issues for nonprofit companies have been on my mind in recent weeks. Recently, I reflected again on the Nazarene Compassionate...