Leadership for a Bold Church

Welcome to Leadership for a Bold Church

wmckinney — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:48:55 -0800

Up to now I have resisted developing my own blog. During 14 years as a seminary president there was too little time for the things I needed to do.

Spring Reading: Mask of Sanity by Mark Henry Miller

wmckinney — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:30:35 -0700

I want to give a plug to a new book by an old friend. Mark Henry Miller is a retired United Church of Christ minister I have known for over 30 years.

Spring Reading: Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches by Omri Elisha

wmckinney — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:20:36 -0700

In the early pages of the book Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches, Omri Elisha lets the reader know that he is a native New Yorker, who is Jewish a

Spring Reading: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray

wmckinney — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:08:04 -0700

Political scientist Charles Murray has written a lot of books. All of them have been provocative. Some have been downright nasty.

Spring Reading: The Real Romney by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman

wmckinney — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:56:35 -0700

Few people have read The Real Romney by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, which I found one day on the shelves of my local library.

Spring Reading: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

wmckinney — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:48:46 -0700

The pile of recently-read-but not-yet-reviewed books in the living room has grown in the past couple of months and the text messages from amazon.com remind me there are new books coming later this

Important New Study Released: 2010 Religion Census: Religious Congregations and Membership

wmckinney — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:18:48 -0700

On May 2, 2010 a new study was released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. This may not excite a lot of people, but it should!

Teaching Organizational Leadership Course at Hartford Seminary

wmckinney — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:22:53 -0700

I will be returning to Hartford Seminary to teach a course, Organizational Leadership for Ministries of Compassion and Justice, which will combine face-to-face and online learning opportunities.

Keynoting Craigville Colloquy in July 2012

wmckinney — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:15:30 -0700

I'll be keynoting the annual Craigville Colloquy on Cape Cod July 16-19 with two presentations on the future of Mainline Religion.

Two Weeks in China with Bill & Linda McKinney

wmckinney — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:10:51 -0700

Linda and I recently returned from our first trip to China. See a collection of our photos and some reflections on the trip.