As I conclude my reflections over the past 25 years of missional leadership, I want to finally focus on a subject that I have become more and more convinced is essential in our desire to be Church with mission at its heart. It is the subject of communication. When I...
Southern Counties Baptist Association Regional Minister Joth Hunt shares a series of articles about missional leadership in which he reflects on over 25 years of ministry.
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Finding the Best Road Map
I was due to write this article back in April of this year but then we were in lockdown. All of a sudden what I thought I was going to share was thrown up in the air and I was asking myself, “who would even read it in the unique circumstances that we now find...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Embracing the Wider Family
In my last article entitled “Herding Cats” I wrote about the potential of the missional impact of teams and each local congregation. In this article I want to reflect on a wider larger team, that of the wider Church, and the potential of interdenominational...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Herding Cats
I love that saying, “It’s like herding cats!” It makes me smile and it reminds me of when I was a child going on church walks known as ‘rambles’. I think they must have been called ‘rambles’ because the title described the nature of the walk, i.e. you rambled (to walk...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: What’s Written Through The Rock?
“If you cut me in half you’ll find ‘Baptist’ written through me.” What a silly statement! I think if you cut me in half you’ll find a mess! However, if I was a stick of rock, I hope that you would find ‘mission’ written inside me. It’s important to know what your...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Step Out Of The Door
The is the third article of eight that reflect on the past 25 years of ministry in my attempt to be a missional leader. The first article considered the motivation of a missional leader (Take a Look in the Mirror) and the second was about trying to gain a good...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Take A Look Out Of The Window
This is the 2nd article of 8 which reflect back over the last 25 years of my ministry and asks what lessons I have learnt over this period of time about leading a church in mission. The first article, entitled ‘Take a Look in the Mirror’, considered the motivation of...
A Journey in Missional Leadership: Take a Look in the Mirror
About six months ago while reflecting with my mentor he suggested that I began to write down some of the lessons I had learnt about my experience of missional leadership. He encouraged me to put down on paper some of the mistakes, the successes and some of the reasons...