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Leading while in the Muddled Middle: Lessons from International Development Leadership
January 5, 2015
Written by Matthew Will. This post was originally found on LinkedIn and is reposted with the author’s permission. International development leadership is a mix of creating movements, managing people and budgets, and casting a constant vision of what a new reality could be. It is a world of emergence. The development leader is in what Michael […]
Continue ReadingLeaning In
December 8, 2014
The following article was written by Mike Sohm for Alliance Life magazine. Read the original article here. These are difficult times. It once seemed that a major change happened in the world every three to five years, but now upheaval appears to be continual: religious extremists commit brutal crimes in their march across Iraq and Syria. […]
Continue ReadingA Light from City on a Hill
December 1, 2014
Severe flooding hit the city of Warren in southeastern Michigan in August 2014, damaging roughly 18,000 homes. Warren has the most senior citizens of any area in the state, and many were unable to take on the task of cleaning up their homes. The churches of Warren stepped in to serve hundreds of families. One […]
Continue ReadingIraqi Response
October 27, 2014
Under bridges, alongside busy roadways, crowded into semi-finished buildings—they have come, running from one life or death situation to what might become another. Tens of thousands have come on foot and by car or truck, walking many hours and traveling many miles to escape their oppressors, arriving only with what they could carry or hastily […]
Continue ReadingImportant Information Regarding Workers in Guinea and a Call to Prayer
October 21, 2014
The following letter was sent by Stephen and Lori Albright, CAMA workers who partner with other Alliance family workers in Conakry, Guinea through Envision, the short-term missions branch of The Alliance. We are writing to let you know about an important decision that was made by the Alliance International Ministries leadership. They are asking our […]
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