
Leadership for a Thriving Church
February 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join leadership experts Dr. Derry Long and Rev. Mike Gammill for the following brief presentations related to principles critical for leading healthy churches [Download Event Flyer]:
‘How to Help Those You Care About Thrive’
Dr. Derry Long will explore four areas—all with biblical roots—that are present in any organization (including churches!) and how leaders can help their people thrive in these areas. Topics include:
- The four common arenas of any nearly any enterprise.
- The surprising biblical source of these four arenas.
- The second level to a goal that gives motivation and provides identification.
- Why entrepreneurial leaders struggle with the success they have created.
- Two primary connectors that, when absent, can thwart any individual common arena.
Presenter: Dr. Derry Long
Dr. Derry Long is Professor of Christian Leadership at YTI and has served in ministry for over 45 years in many roles – pastor, church planter, pastoral coach, regional overseer, and international teacher. He was a lead pastor at Evangelical Churches for 27 years in metro and rural areas, in addition to serving as superintendent of the Western Conference of the Evangelical Church from 1994-2000 with oversight of 30 churches. From 2006-2017 he was chief strategy officer for Journey Church in Bozeman and pastoral coach for Harvest Church and its five campuses in Montana and Wyoming. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, England, and started a consulting company.
‘Managing the Tension Between Growth and Mission’
Leading the church as a sacred organization in modern secular society requires more from pastors than disciple-making through sermons, mentoring, and pastoral counseling. From recruiting boards to raising funds to resource the vision, pastoral leaders face a number of organizational responsibilities that can help, distract, or even hurt the church’s mission to make disciples. In this LCLI, Rev. Mike Gammill explores how the moral philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre illuminates how the traditional Christian virtues can protect Christian leaders against corrosive influences.
Presenter: Rev. Mike Gammill
Rev. Mike Gammill is Senior Lead Navigator with Auxano Consulting and serves as Lecturer in Leadership Studies at YTI. As a leadership consultant, Mike helps church teams across the country create breakthrough clarity to realize their vision, and he is passionate about helping leaders show and model the way of Jesus. In addition to facilitating collaborative conversations that lead to strategic clarity and action, Mike is Auxano’s Team Building Specialist and has helped churches ranging from 50 to over 15,000 in weekend worship attendance to optimize their ministry teams and organizational leadership. Mike is an Ordained Elder in The Evangelical Church, and is currently working on his Ph.D. through Wesley House Cambridge.
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