The Pursuit of Diversity in Leadership
Why is diversity in church leadership a good goal to pursue? How can we genuinely develop diversity in leadership without tokenism?
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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 - Introduction
02:14 - Why is diversity in leadership good?
07:29 - Diversity in pastoral ministry
10:08 - Diversity for complementarians
13:06 - Why do we default to appointing leaders like us?
14:28 - Team players in leadership
19:40 - Does diversity work top-down or bottom-up?
26:54 - Relationships as a foundation for diversity
30:31 - The fruit of the Spirit in relational leadership
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)
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