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Joseph Handley / 25-August-2022

Polycentric Leadership for Kingdom Movements (Part II)

Joseph W. Handley, Jr. Published in Global Missiology, www.globalmissiology.org, April 2022 Abstract One of the simplest definitions for a Kingdom Movement is that proposed by David Garrison in looking at Church Planting Movements: “a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment” (Garrison 2004, 21). Over the […]

Polycentric Leadership / 21-July-2022

Decentralising leadership: from monolithic to modular and polycentric

Daniel Ospina Original article at RnDAO Why talk about leadership? Let’s bring it back to the people. If you’ve ever been in an executive position, been an influential DAO member, or founded a new organisation, you’ll likely viscerally know the weight of responsibility. There can be so much work, so much uncertainty and yet such […]

Joseph Handley / 13-March-2022

BMS World Mission: A Case Study toward Polycentric Mission Leadership

Rev. Joseph W. Handley, Jr., Ph.D. and Rev. Kang-San Tan, D.Min. Ph.D. The British Baptist Missionary Society (BMS World Mission) holds a treasured place in the history of the modern mission movement. It was William Carey, often called the father of modern missions, who catalyzed the work with his famous An Enquiry into the Obligation […]

Polycentric Leadership / 13-March-2022

A Case Study in Polycentric Mission [AR1] Asian Access – SIM: Strategic Partnership[AR2]

Robert Adair From 2011 to now, Asian Access missionaries (A2m) have made two transitions that have placed them under polycentric governance. This case study will attempt to explain the context and challenges of the current structure.  Background In 2011, A2 formed a strategic partnership with SIM to deploy missionaries to Japan. SIM provided operational support […]

Polycentric Leadership / 11-October-2021

Case Study: USA Unites

Noel Becchetti Vision:  To inspire, connect, and equip youth to transform global societies through movements that promote hope, non-violence, and reconciliation Mission:  To work alongside local leaders and transform conflict by hosting international summits, national conferences, specialized workshops, and strategic trainings to empower youth as agents of sustainable change “You want your leadership to look […]

Rachel Handley / 4-September-2021

A Case Study in Polycentric Mission

Mary T. Lederleitner This case study is an excerpt from the journal article titled “Navigating Leadership Challenges in a Polycentric World” written by Mary T. Lederleitner, PhD. The article helps people understand this leadership paradigm and learn how to become a more effective polycentric mission leader. It was written for the academic journal Transformation with […]

Polycentric Leadership / 1-September-2021

A Case Study in Polycentric Leadership Structure for a Movement

R. Elliott Snuggs This case study is taken from an article titled “How Movements Organize” written by R. Elliott Snuggs. The article helps modalities and sodalities understand themselves as movements rather than organizations. It was written for the Asian Access movement and is adapted here to understand movement structure in relationship to polycentric leadership Core-Network-Cloud: […]

Joseph Handley / 28-April-2021

Asian Access

Case Study: A non-profit mission organization in Japan becomes a global leader development movement THE CORE–NETWORK–CLOUD MOVEMENT MODEL Placeholder Article Over the past eight years I have been researching various aspects of leadership to gain a deeper understanding of how to lead mission movements within the globalized ecosystem in which we now live. This article […]

Joseph Handley / 2-April-2021

Leading Mission Movements

Published in Evangelical Missions Quarterly; used by permission from Missio Nexus by Joseph W. Handley, Jr., Ph.D. Over the past eight years I have been researching various aspects of leadership to gain a deeper understanding of how to lead mission movements within the globalized ecosystem in which we now live. This article presents a new theory […]

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