Dr. Bob Whitesel shares a leadership lesson about leadership foresight. Leadership foresight includes understanding the strengths of denominational affiliations, but also understanding why recent research shows that fewer pastors are joining denominations. Here are the reasons he found as to why they’re not joining our denominations, and why he believes they should. Here’s what you can do to help.

“Leadership Foresight: How to pivot and engage what’s next” is a new DMin (Doctor of Ministry) cohort at Fuller Theological Seminary that will launch in the spring of 2024. A limited number of students will be admitted, but applicants are being accepted now. For more info email: dmin@fuller.edu

It will prepare Christian leaders to meet needs in a world of …

· Artificial intelligence,

· Virtual/augmented realities,

· New expressions of the church,

· Micro-churches and maxi-churches,

· Healthy small congregations,

· Multicultural reconciliation,

· Unity in diversity,

· Social-economic disparity

· Deep reconciliation and

· Rising unfriendliness towards the church.

For more info email: dmin@fuller.edu

For more than 30 years, Dr. Bob Whitesel‘s mission has been to help church leaders reach their full missional potential. He has coached hundreds of church boards and pastors toward greater health and growth, often working at the denominational and adjudicatory levels. His educational background includes two doctorates from Fuller Theological Seminary, as well as many years of teaching seminary students and training other consultants. He has spoken at numerous conferences and regularly posts articles at www.Leadership.church and BiblicalLeadership.com. An author of 14 books, Bob’s most recent titles include Growing the Post-pandemic Church: A Leadership.church Guide (2020), Enthusiast!: Finding a Faith That Fills (Wesleyan Publishing House, 2018), and re:MIX: Transitioning Your Church to Living Color (co-authored with Mark DeYmaz, Abingdon Press, 2016).