Easum, William

Bill is the President and Senior Managing Partner of Easum, Bandy and Associates (formerly 21st Century Strategies) Before founding 21st Century Strategies, Bill had a very successful 28 year tenure of ministry in three churches. During his 24 years at Colonial Hills United Methodist Church in San Antonio, the church grew from 35 in worship to over 1,000 ... with 2,200 members. Bill specializes in consulting with local churches, conducting major seminars, small group work, and mentoring leaders for the ministries of the future. Topics of special interest include: futuring, disciple making, multiple staffing, permission giving structures, indigenous worship, lay mobilization, small groups, large churches, church planting, relocation, organizational mergers, and denominational reorganization.

Dancing with Dinosaurs: Ministry in a Hostile and Hurting World, Abingdon Press, 1993.
Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers: Ministry Anytime, Anywhere by Anyone, Abingdon Press, 1995. A challenge to develop permission-giving leadership.
Growing Spiritual Redwoods, Abingdon Press, 1997 (with Thomas Bandy)
The Complete Ministry Audit: How to Measure 20 Principles for Growth, Abingdon Press, 1997
Leadership on the Other Side: No Rules, Just Clues, Abingdon Press, 2000
Unfreezing Moves: Following Jesus into the Mission Field, Abingdon Press, 2001

Ford, Leighton

Ford heads Leighton Ford Ministries, which seeks to help young leaders worldwide to lead more like Jesus and more to Jesus. For many years, Ford communicated Christ around the globe through speaking, writing and media outreach. He describes his current mission to be "an artist of the soul and a friend on the journey."

Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values & Empowering Change, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1991

Foster, Charles

Charles Foster is the senior scholar directing the Carnegie Foundation's Study on the Clergy as part of the Preparation for the Professions Program.  He is an ordained United Methodist minister in the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference and served on staff at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. His research explores cultural diversity and the theory and practice of religious education in theological schools and congregations.

Embracing Diversity: Leadership in Multicultural Congregations, Alban Institute, 1997
We Are the Church Together: Cultural Diversity in Congregational Life, Trinity Press, Valley Forge, PA, 1996 – with Theodore Brelsford.
 

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