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August
23, 2005 | Issue #9 |
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Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson--consultants,
trainers and second-chair leaders themselves--give
helpful insights for senior executives and their
vital seconds-in-command. They are authors of
Leading from the Second Chair, one of
the newest books in the Leadership Network Publications
series, produced with Jossey-Bass.
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ADVANCE:
What motivated you to address the topic of second-chair
leadership?
AUTHORS: No organization can thrive if it is
operating with the model of a single "superstar"
leader at the top. While there is plenty of agreement
with this in theory, many second-chair leaders continue
to be frustrated in their roles.
Most leaders in the local church are not the senior
leader of the organization. Yet most of the leadership
resources produced for the local church are written
for the senior leader. We wanted to begin a conversation
about what leadership looks like when you are a subordinate
and also a leader.
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ADVANCE:
What new learning will we find in this book?
AUTHORS: In a sense, almost everything we say
is new because there is such a dearth of material
on this subject. We describe the opportunities
and challenges that are specifically unique to
those in second-chair roles. Our contention is
that every second-chair leader deals with the
tensions of three apparent paradoxes: 1) subordinate-leader;
2) deep-wide; and 3) contentment-dreaming. The
successful ones learn to embrace both ends of
each.
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Conference
to Explore Church Generosity
Andy Stanley, Bob Coy, Michael Easley, Charles
Stanley and pastors of other innovative churches
are the featured speakers for Exponential '05:
Unleashing Generosity in Your Church to be
held September 13, 2005 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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Divorce
Down, But Marriage Also Taking a Hit
Couples who once might have wed and then divorced
now aren't marrying at all, reports The State
of Our Unions 2005, an annual report issued
by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University.
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Intersection:
Where Profession and God's Purpose Connect
Christian professionals will discover how their
profession can produce Kingdom impact, church
leaders will explore turning a congregation's
professional capacity into Kingdom resources and
mission pastors will learn how to mobilize people
for world evangelization at this year's Intersection
Conference, scheduled for October 20-22 at
Overlake Christian Church in the Seattle area.
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East
Coast Multi-Site Practicum
New
Thing Network, sponsored by Community Christian
Church of Naperville, IL, is sponsoring a Multi-Site
Practicum on Sept. 15-16, 2005, at Coastal Community
Church, Virginia Beach, VA.
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Find
these and other past Advance articles at our archives:
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The
Leadership Community has GREATLY helped our efforts
to become externally focused. We formally began our
new shift to serve the city about a year before the
community was formed. Being in our infancy, the Leadership
Community gave us two things: access to the best leaders
in the nation in this area, and focused discussion in
solving three to five of our biggest problems.
Adam Kane
Grace Brethren Church
Long Beach, CA
www.gracelb.org
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Tiger
Dawson Joins Leadership Network
Tiger Dawson, a 22-year veteran of Young Life,
has joined Leadership Network as Executive Vice
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Leadership
Network's Halftime initiative.
CCN
Presents Left Behind Event
The best-selling Christian literature in the world
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the
Bible--the Left Behind book series--has sparked
a renewed interest in end-times discussions and will
be the backdrop for a special pay-per-view, community
outreach presentation by the Christian
Communication Network (CCN).
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How to Start Several Churches Every Year
What are the best practices from churches that do high-yield
church planting? A small number of congregations have
made a shift from planting one or two churches a year
to successfully multiplying themselves through four,
eight or even 15 new church starts a year. Their lessons
learned are summarized in a recently written special
report, Church
Multiplication Centers. Key factors for becoming
a high-yield multiplier include aligning values, creating
a "farm system" and readiness assessment,
mentoring church planters, and coaching the new churches.
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