35 min
The Pursuit of Diversity in Leadership (with Trevor Archer and Yannick Christos-Wahab) In:Dependence
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Why is diversity in church leadership a good goal to pursue? How can we genuinely develop diversity in leadership without tokenism?
In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) is joined by Trevor Archer (Director for London) and Yannick Christos-Wahab (pastor, Stockwell Baptist Church) to discuss developing diversity in leadership and what needs to be considered to pursue this end in a genuine and healthy way.
00:00 - Introduction02:14 - Why is diversity in leadership good?07:29 - Diversity in pastoral ministry10:08 - Diversity for complementarians13:06 - Why do we default to appointing leaders like us?14:28 - Team players in leadership19:40 - Does diversity work top-down or bottom-up?26:54 - Relationships as a foundation for diversity30:31 - The fruit of the Spirit in relational leadership
You can watch a video of this podcast and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Women's Ministry in Smaller Churches (fiec.org.uk)
Distinctives for Women in Ministry (fiec.org.uk)
Embracing Complementarianism (Book Review) (fiec.org.uk)
About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC.
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Why is diversity in church leadership a good goal to pursue? How can we genuinely develop diversity in leadership without tokenism?
In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) is joined by Trevor Archer (Director for London) and Yannick Christos-Wahab (pastor, Stockwell Baptist Church) to discuss developing diversity in leadership and what needs to be considered to pursue this end in a genuine and healthy way.
00:00 - Introduction02:14 - Why is diversity in leadership good?07:29 - Diversity in pastoral ministry10:08 - Diversity for complementarians13:06 - Why do we default to appointing leaders like us?14:28 - Team players in leadership19:40 - Does diversity work top-down or bottom-up?26:54 - Relationships as a foundation for diversity30:31 - The fruit of the Spirit in relational leadership
You can watch a video of this podcast and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Women's Ministry in Smaller Churches (fiec.org.uk)
Distinctives for Women in Ministry (fiec.org.uk)
Embracing Complementarianism (Book Review) (fiec.org.uk)
About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel.
About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC.
Follow FIEC on social media:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
35 min