An interesting article from the Harvard Business Review came across my Facebook feed last week. The provocative title, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?” worked, and I clicked. The author, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, begins the article with these words:...
Mary F. Foskett is the Wake Forest Kahle Professor, Albritton Fellow, and Associate Chair in the Department for the Study of Religions at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She teaches in the area of New Testament Studies and has been a core...
I grew up as the sister of a brother who is four years older than I am and as the only girl in a neighborhood full of boys around my age. I learned early on how to become “one of the guys.” Sometimes I played with my dolls by myself, but often I played outside with...
Kasey Jones serves as the associate coordinator of strategic operations and outreach of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Decatur, Georgia. She previously was senior pastor for ten years of National Baptist Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., Kasey was the...
This year, through Baptist Women in Ministry, I had the privilege of mentoring four first call female senior pastors. In my tribe, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, only 6.5% of churches have female pastors. Unfortunately, once women break through the stain-glassed...
Paula Dempsey is director of partner relations of the Alliance of Baptists. Paula, tell us about your early years. How has your family background influenced the way that you lead? Growing up the only daughter of a farming family provided me a grounding and a beginning...
