Thanks for cruising the site and introducing yourself. Sounds like we have lots in common …Virgina, Fuller, similar sense of calling, etc … Sorry our paths never crossed when you were in Pasadena.

Enjoyed looking over your website. Would be interested in learning more about what you have in mind with Cause2Impact International.

Thanks for the references to Joiner and Josephs …am not familiar with it but will check it out. Am familiar with Alan Roxburgh and have met with him.

Sam

I love the title! I enjoyed perusing your blog and I plan to bookmark it in order to keep my eyes on the International scene. My wife is from Poland (we met at Christ For the Nations Institute) so I like to keep abreast of what is happening in Eastern Europe. Also, I noted that you are a fellow Virginian! My wife and I spent two semesters at Fuller Theological Seminary in ’02 in the Intercultural program that was working in conjunction with Victory Campus Ministries. Yet, we decided to move to Virginia to be closer to my family.

I love your legacy statement: “Leaders of a movement embodied in an apostolic organization.” That also resonates in my heart. I have to agree that one of the primary keys of an exceptional leader is the ability to create a context for the emergence of high caliber leaders. Check out a “secular” book called Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change by William Joiner & Stephen Josephs. Although they are greatly influenced by Buddhist thought, I think they provide some frameworks that you might find useful, especially their Agility Compass. One of the agility that they identify as necessary for success is the “context-setting” agility. Also check out The Missional Leader by Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk, which also has some great insights on the notion of context.

Continue the great work! I’ll be checking out your blog.

Blessings,

Brian Francis Hume