By Dr Graham Pratt - Thornleigh Community Baptist Church Leadership is both hard and lonely. The conflicting demands of multiple stakeholders must be at least partially reconciled and satisfied and leadership approaches adapted to changing situations. It is also stressful, with leaders having to make decisions using other people’s resources when the outcomes are frequently … [Read more...]

by Dr Graham Pratt, Thornleigh Community Baptist Church Part 1 of this series noted a deficit of leadership at the local church level. Even more extensive was the blunting of witness by Christians employed as leaders in secular work organisations. Research findings were summarised in relation to perceived differences between Christian and secular leadership approaches. For … [Read more...]

by Dr Graham Pratt - Thornleigh Community Baptist Church There has been increasing concern expressed regarding a deficit of individuals with the gift and competencies as leaders able to grow churches and build Christian ministries throughout Australia. A major finding in the Research Project of Directions 2012 for Baptist Churches in NSW and ACT was that church leadership was … [Read more...]