Leadership Development, Student Culture, Trends & Issues, Student Leaders

Open Source Leadership

Student leaders are back and training is in full swing. There is a mix of nerves and excitement, anxiety and anticipation in the air as we pray and prepare for new and returning students to populate campus.

As the planning season of our ministry preparation for the upcoming year is coming to a close, my thoughts are focused on how we do what we’ve been called to do — better than we’ve ever done it before.

Increasingly, those of us in ministry leadership are being pulled away from the old, top-down, style of leadership in order to be effective and meet the needs of this generation.

Students want in.

On every level of the process and experience.

And they won’t stand for it any other way.

Leadership Development, Student Leaders

Don’t Count Me Out

The fall is by no means the best time to be looking to fill leadership positions — BUT, if we still find ourselves with needs to fill, there can be some fantastic leaders that present themselves in the fall who have the potential to make a serious impact on our teams and ministry efforts.

Four ‘kinds’ of students that come to mind are: the transformed, the transfer, the freshman and the wounded.

Leadership Development, Student Leaders

Giving Student Leaders An Out

It’s that time of the year again — student leaders are starting to make their way back to campus for a few days of training before the new year begins.

This is a group that, six months ago, thought they wanted to serve their peers as a part of our ministry team. They were in a place, spiritually speaking, where they sensed God leading them to offer their talents and passions to the work God is doing on our campus.

That was six months ago.