{"id":3680,"date":"2015-12-28T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2015\/12\/28\/next-life-of-leadership\/"},"modified":"2015-12-28T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T18:10:00","slug":"next-life-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/next-life-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Life of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em> was first published in 1980. Its last issue is the one you&#39;re holding in your hand (viewable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2016\/winter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). Over 36 years and 145 issues, the journal has championed faithfulness and effectiveness in church leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI joined the journal in 1982, and since then, I&#39;ve gotten quite an education in all things leadership. I was shaped by the wisdom the journal gleaned, including Max Depree&#39;s now-famous description: &quot;The first task of a leader is to define reality.&quot; I&#39;ve requoted that regularly and pondered it often.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBeing able to print articles (and cartoons) about leadership and telling the stories of ministry failures and successes has been a joy. I always came away from my conversations with church leaders impressed and amazed at the courage and calling of so many, in so many different situations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOur readers benefited, and so did our writers, at least according to one. Columnist Mark Buchanan recently penned this note: &quot;I want to thank my friends at LJ for their skill, heart, and dedication. You were the first to make a home for me as a writer, and have nourished and encouraged me in that role now for nearly 20 years, and have walked alongside me in ministry for nearly 30. I will dearly miss your companionship and wisdom.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile we will miss the joie de vivre of compiling a quarterly journal, and including so many of you in that process, our commitment to the ministry of encouraging and equipping church leaders continues.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn 2016, instead of publishing a print journal, our parent company, Christianity Today, will be launching two new initiatives to engage and equip church leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFirst, we will present a special section in <em class=\"citation\">Christianity Today<\/em> called &quot;The Local Church.&quot; <em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em>&#39;s Richard Clark will be heading that up, and you can read his description of the coming attractions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2016\/winter\/new-in-ct-local-church.html?share=9L%2b1uwgYRULuvXi6Dq1V9K0GZvDFH4vo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a> All current subscribers of <em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em> will automatically receive <em class=\"citation\">Christianity Today<\/em>, with this new feature, starting in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSecond, we&#39;re crafting a new website, CTPastors.com, which will offer tested wisdom on the practical skills required to do ministry in today&#39;s world. It will be launched soon, featuring all your favorite articles from <em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em> as well as fresh content (and new <em class=\"citation\">Leadership<\/em> cartoons!). Heading this up will be Kevin Miller, who has served both as editor of <em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em> and as a pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Wheaton, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn striking the colors on this last issue of <em class=\"citation\">Leadership Journal<\/em>, the words of our first editor, Paul Robbins, in the first year of the journal come to mind: &quot;Whenever I think of [ministry difficulties], I&#39;m reminded of a word picture a friend shared with me: &#39;The next time you&#39;re down&mdash;hurt, discouraged, depressed&mdash;try to imagine God with a very worried look on his face, pacing back and forth through heaven, wringing his hands and saying, &quot;My goodness, what are we doing to do with Paul Robbins&#39; problem?&quot;&#39; My friend&#39;s picture has never failed to ease a smile across my face, strike a tune in my soul, and help me face another day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd it&#39;s true. I look forward to working with Richard and Kevin to make the future even better than the past as we serve the servants who lead the church.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership Journal was first published in 1980. Its last issue is the one you&#39;re holding in your hand (viewable here). Over 36 years and 145 issues, the journal has championed faithfulness and effectiveness in church leaders. I joined the journal in 1982, and since then, I&#39;ve gotten quite an education in all things leadership. 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