These resources are listed under the six themes of polycentric leadership.
Abstract & Dissertation
Polycentric Mission Leadership (located here...)
- Author: Joseph W. Handley, Jr.
- Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author.
- Additional Information:
- Advisor: McConnell, Douglas
- Commitee: Bennett, David W., Yeh, Allen L.
- School: Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies
- Department: School of Intercultural Studies
- School Location: United States -- California
- Source: DAI 81/11(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
- Source Type: Dissertation
- Subjects: Religion
- Keywords: Global, Intercultural, Leadership, Mission, Polycentric, Polycentricism
- Publication Number: 27745033
- ISBN: 9798645468484
Polycentric Themes
Charismatic
"In leadership, I believe that charisma without character is chaos. That's why I appreciate Asian Access' commitment to character development. Their leadership model effectively balances the training of the heart as well as the hands and mind.” - Peter Kuzmic
- Vision:
- Vision Festa:
- Abide/Spiritual:
- Christlike Character
- Inspiration
Relational
- (A2) Two Relational Qualities of a Great Leader
- (A2) Mentoring: A Relationship that Empowers
- (A2) New Training in Japan is on the Uprise
- (A2) Connecting for Ministry in a Socially Distanced World
- (A2) https://www.asianaccess.org/mobile/18-community-section
Collaborative
- (A2) Collaboration and North American Missions
- (A2) Kärin Primuth on Critical Need for Partnership in Mission Today
- (A2) The Value of Partnership
- (A2) Missio Nexus 2018 ignites global collaboration
Communal
- (A2) Learning Community
- (A2) A Place of Authentic Community
- (A2) Leadership Meetings
Entrepreneurial
- (A2) How Good Leaders Tell the Time
- (A2) PALD - Pan Asia Leader Development
- (A2) A2.business - Asian Access leader development for the marketplace sector
- (A2) 7 Mountains or spheres of societal influence
Diverse
- (A2) Unity, not uniformity; Diversity, not division
- (A2) God is Uniting the Church
- (A2) Leadership Team
- (A2) Working Teams
- (A2) Vision Council
Resources from Partners
Lausanne Movement resources
- Charismatic
- Collaborative
- Communal
- Diverse
VisionSynergy resources
- Collaboration
- (visionSynergy) Why Collaborate?
- Want to Leverage the Power of Partnership? (visionSynergy) Mission Priorities
- (visionSynergy) What is Your Collaboration Quotient?
- Network: (visionSynergy) A Different Kind of Leader
- Communal/Community
- Mutual Vision
- Freedom
- Freedom of structure: https://visionsynergy.net/?s=Structure
Wycliffe resources
- Diverse
- Collaborative
- Communal
- Freedom
- Freedom to structure: (Wycliffe) A brief history of the Wycliffe Global Alliance
Seed Company resources
- Collaborative
SIL resources
- Collaborative
- Diverse
Church World Service resources
- Communal
- Relational-empowerment
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