Canoeing the Mountains – Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

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Guder’s charge: “If western societies have become post-Christian mission fields, how can traditional churches become then missionary churches? First, in “Understanding Uncharted Territory,” Bolsinger emphasizes that good leaders in this age recognize that the world in front of them is nothing like the world behind them. Barna Group, “One in Three Practicing Christians Has Stopped Attending Church During COVID-19,” July 8, 2020, https://www. Perhaps most alarming, Bolsinger notes that whenever a leader is not leading in this way, the organization is moving back towards the status quo. Bolsinger challenges leaders in the Christian community to recognize the unsettling reality of being 'off the map.

Tod's retelling of the story of Lewis and Clark provides concrete stepping stones to a fluid journey and repackages these concepts in a way that is digestible, inspiring and thought provoking. Generally, just dipping an oar in the water to steer is about as much effort as you’ll need to muster. In May 2022, he completed his Master of Sacred Theology degree from Trinity, where his thesis explored positive and negative missiological practices used by Anglican missionaries to the Samburu tribe in northwest Kenya, particularly surrounding inculturation, gender, and indigenous leadership.However, to their dismay, they eventually reach the mouth of the river in Montana and can no longer continue by boat. A frequent speaker, consultant and blogger, he serves as an executive coach for corporate, nonprofit, educational and church organisations in transformational leadership. See Ronald Heifetz, Leadership Without Easy Answers (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994); Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2002); and Ronald Heifetz, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009).

Using an analogy from the famous eighteenth-century expedition of the vast Louisiana territory by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Bolsinger urges Christian leaders to get off the beaten path and set out on uncharted territory as the Church faces considerable new realities.Good for instructors and those who like to teach themselves, this book is an important resource for those who like to paddle or want to start. Our servicemen and women also train independently of our training centres across the globe from the Arctic to the Himalayas.