WEBINAR SUMMARY MissioNexus recently held a webinar on Polycentric Mission Leadership. The following summary of the webinar gives a snapshot of the learning… To see the full webinar, click here on MissioNexus site: https://missionexus.org/webinar-a-journey-towards-polycentric-missions-leadership/ Embracing Polycentric Leadership: A Paradigm Shift in Mission – Part I In the landscape of leadership, the concept of polycentricity is […]
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Missions in the Network Society
EMQ » January–April 2024 » Volume 60 Issue 1 https://missionexus.org/missions-in-the-network-society/ Summary: The world is more interconnected than ever before, and the way we do missions is being redefined as a result. Individuals are connecting in collaborative networks which is impacting the way we lead. This, in turn, is changing the role of Western mission sending […]
Navigating the Seas of Change
Navigating the Seas of Change: Learning from changing paradigms and internationalization today. In 2003 Samuel Escobar wrote about global mission as being from everywhere to everyone (Escobar, The New Global Mission). Well over a decade later, Allen Yeh while assessing the centenary celebrations from Edinburgh 1910, reframed the idea as from everyone to everywhere. (Yeh, Polycentric […]
Author Interview by MissioNexus
Author Interview: Joseph W. Handley, Jr. Missio Nexus • July 25, 2023 Missio Nexus’ leadership thoughtfully summarize books, giving you the Leader’s Edge to help inform, stimulate and provoke profitable discussion. The Author Interview is an informal conversation with the author to to give you more insight to the book. Author Interview Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward […]
Leader’s Edge: Polycentric Leadership Book Review
Leader’s Edge: Leadership MissioNexus Book Review • December 5, 2022 Polycentric Mission Leadership: Toward A New Theoretical Model for Global Leadership By Joseph W. Handley Jr. Regnum Books International, 2022 (191 pages)Find it on Amazon (kindle) • (paperback) Summary This book, by an author who has devoted his adult life to Christian missions, offers a “new” model […]