Emily Beth Hill

Emily Beth Hill is a theologian, writer, and the Assistant National Director of Theological Formation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. After working in the marketing research industry, she earned an MA in Social Justice and a PhD in Theological Ethics. She is the author of Marketing and Christian Proclamation in Theological Perspective and co-host of the Theology & podcast. She lives with her family in Winston-Salem, NC.

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Emily Beth Hill

Jesus As Entrepreneur (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

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MaryKate Morse

Does Character Matter in Our President?

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Emily Beth Hill

Jesus as CEO (and Other Unhelpful Leadership Metaphors)

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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 2)

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MaryKate Morse

The Essential Need for Integrity in Leaders and Systems (Part 1)

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MaryKate Morse

Missio Alliance

Q&A with Dr. MaryKate Morse: On Hierarchy, Authority, and Stewarding Power Well

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MaryKate Morse

Hierarchy: A Word Christian Leaders Can Confuse with the Dark and Love to Hate

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MaryKate Morse

Why Go to Seminary?

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JR Woodward

Fallen Leaders Pursue the Imitation of Powers for Their Own Agenda (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part II)

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JR Woodward

The Rush of a Crowd: A Root Issue in Domineering Leaders (‘The Scandal of Leadership,’ Part I)

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Mandy Smith

We’re All Pioneers Now: Skills for the Unchartered Landscape of the 21st-Century Church

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Emily Beth Hill

What’s the Matter with Church Branding? (Captive to Capitalism, Part 3)

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MaryKate Morse

Prayer of Examen for a Reluctant Leader

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April Fiet

Rob Dixon

Making the Shift: Moving to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part Two)

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Rob Dixon

April Fiet

Making the Shift: A Roadmap to Full Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership (Part One)

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Tara Beth Leach

A Call for Pastor-Medics to Help Heal the Church

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David Fitch

The Different Kind of Leaders Needed for the Future of the Church

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Michelle Reyes

Calling for Culturally-Competent Leaders

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Corey Widmer

Commemorating the Uncommon Humility of John Stott

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Tod Bolsinger

Surviving the Heat of the Crucible of Leadership

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MaryKate Morse

Another One Bites the Dust: Three Changes the Church Needs to Make

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sarah.j.warnock

Navigating Anxiety and Leading Others To Do the Same

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David Swanson

Enid Almanzar

Resilience, Race, and Resistance: Plenary Highlights, Part 2

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Christine Lee

Tod Bolsinger

Resilience, Race, and Resistance: Plenary Highlights, Part 1

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Chuck Armstrong

Pastoring When Whiteness Prevails: A Conversation with Jemar Tisby

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David Fitch

Challenging Trumpism: Lessons from Beth Moore on Leadership

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Dorothy Littell Greco

An Essential Ingredient for Ministry Leaders

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Jonny Morrison

The Colonization of Christian Leadership

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Fred Liggin

Five Steps to Marathon Together in Peacemaking and Justice Seeking

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Nikki Toyama-Szeto

What’s In a Name? From “Evangelicals” to “Christians” for the CSA

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Mandy Smith

Repenting of our Scapegoating

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Wes Telyea

The Post-COVID Church: Four Crucial Lessons from the ‘None-Zone’

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MaryKate Morse

The Formational Power of Reading: A Requirement for all Leaders

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Steve Cuss

Stopping the Spread of Anxiety as a Contagion

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David Swanson

On Leading During a Pandemic

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 2)

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David Fitch

How to Be a Reconciling Presence in a Vitriolic World (Part 1)

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Andrea Summers

The Gender Chasm

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Mandy Smith

Dismantling the Bombshell Lie that Beauty is Power

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Mandy Smith

The Gift of Cross-Gender Leadership

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Tracey Bianchi

Shared Leadership in Sacred Spaces

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Stephanie O'Brien

5 Myths of Men and Women Leading Together

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Ryan Post

Seeing Jesus with Clarity

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Dennis R. Edwards

Avoiding Leadership Inferiority Complex

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Sahr Mbriwa

Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership

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Leeann Younger

Your Church Might Be a 501c3 but Your 501c3 Might Not Always Be the Church

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John Johnson

Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need

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David Swanson

Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

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David Fitch

3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World

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Seth Richardson

Want Some Leadership Advice? Lead Like a Woman.

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Juliet Liu

Sexual Abuse: 12 Resources for Church Leaders Committed to Preventing It

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Josh Sweeden

Seminary for the Rest of Us: Theological Education Isn’t Just for Pastors

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Mandy Smith

What If the Pain Women Experience in the Church Better Equips Them to Lead?

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Kyuboem Lee

The Dominant Approach to Leadership in the Church and Why Jesus Means to Upend It

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Kris Beckert

Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It—and What to Do About It

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Matt Ingalls

Classism Exists in the Church—and It’s Hurting All of Us

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Mandy Smith

I Don’t Have Time to Talk About “Women’s Issues”

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Mandy Smith

The Emotional Issue that Gets in the Way of Women’s Leadership

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David Fitch

Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree

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Mandy Smith

The Surprising Solution When Gender Dynamics Seem to Be Destroying the Church