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In some ways, the theme for this relaunch of Leadership Journal <\/em>came together quickly. But it\u2019s actually been decades in the making. Ages, really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years, pastors\u2014likely some of you reading this\u2014have told us how much they miss Leadership Journal. At the same time, we\u2019ve heard story after story from the ministry field about the growing complexities of church leadership today. Divisive politics. Pandemic fallout. Prominent leadership failures. Institutional distrust. Ministry has never felt more fragile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastors and church leaders today are asking, What now? How do we lead well after all this\u2014reengaging our communities, rebuilding trust, and renewing our mission to reach our neighbors and the nations for Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turns out, a previous generation asked the same question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After choosing this issue\u2019s theme, we discovered that the inaugural issue of Leadership Journal<\/em> (Winter 1980) tackled the very same topic: the challenges of power and authority in the church. We briefly mused over whether this was just a coincidence\u2014but quickly realized it wasn\u2019t. It bears witness to something deeper: this leadership challenge is timeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billy Graham had pastors in mind when he originally launched Christianity Today in 1956. In his 1997 autobiography, Just As I Am<\/em>, he recalled how the idea first took shape:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy idea that night was [a publication] \u2026 aimed primarily at ministers, that would restore intellectual respectability and spiritual impact to evangelical Christianity [and] reaffirm the power of the Word of God to redeem and transform men and women.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Over the past year, we\u2019ve leaned into that legacy. Our flagship Christianity Today magazine underwent a redesign with historic elements from the original publication and re-engaged the pursuit of evangelical scholarship on the topics of our day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now Leadership Journal<\/em> returns, once again addressing how to lead with clarity and conviction in the face of cultural headwinds and lovingly shepherding people from this shore to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems much has changed in our world. But, as Billy Graham once (famously) said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe message I preach hasn’t changed. Circumstances have changed. Problems have changed, but deep inside man has not changed, and the gospel hasn’t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back to Leadership Journal<\/em>. Let\u2019s turn the page\u2014together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joy Allmond<\/strong>, Executive Director of Resources, <\/em>Christianity Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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