The Challenge of Leadership in a Changing Church
The Symposium on: The Challenge of Leadership in a Changing
Church
Tuesday 4 October 2011
York St John University
Participants from the symposium: (left
to right) Professor Sebastian Kim, Canon Malcolm Grundy, Rev
Prebendary Norman Wallwork, Vice Chancellor professor David
Fleming, Rt Rev & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop
of York, Professor Julian Stern and Professor Pauline
Kollontai.
An exploration of understandings of leadership and
oversight in the Yorkshire Churches placed in a national and
international context.
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2.00
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Welcome: Professor Julian Stern, Dean of the Faculty of
Education & Theology
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2.05
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Introduction and Chair: Professor Pauline Kollontai, Deputy
Dean, Faculty of Education & Theology
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2.10
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Canon Malcolm Grundy, Former Director of the Foundation for
Church Leadership
Leadership and Oversight as observed in the Yorkshire
Churches
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2.50
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Revd Prebendary Norman Wallwork, Methodist
Church
Leadership and Oversight in the Methodist Church
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3.30
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Refreshments
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4.00
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Introduction of speaker by Professor David Fleming, Vice
Chancellor York St John University.
Rt Rev & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
What kind of leadership do the churches need?
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5.15
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Professor Sebastian C.H.Kim, Professor in Theology and Public
Life, York St John University
Authentic Leadership in the context of Global Christianity:
Pandita Ramabai Saraswati (India), Archbishop Óscar Romero (El
Salvador) and Revd Han Kyung-Chik (South Korea)
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6.00
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Closing Remarks, Professor Pauline Kollontai
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Reflections
The Archbishop of York was one of the speakers at
the Symposium: ‘The Challenge of Leadership in a Changing
Church’ that was held at York St John on 4 October 2011. The
event was organised by the Faculty of Education & Theology’s
Centre for Religion in Society. The first keynote speaker was Canon
Malcolm Grundy, founding Director of the Foundation for Church
Leadership and a PhD student at York St John. His address focused
on Leadership and oversight as observed in the Yorkshire
churches’.
Malcolm commented, “I am doing this PhD research because, at the
time of my retirement from being a senior church leader, it seemed
to me that many men and women appointed to senior jobs in the
churches were unprepared and Participants from the symposium:
(left-right) Professor Sebastian Kim, Canon Malcolm Grundy, Rev
Prebendary Norman Wallwork, Vice Chancellor Professor David
Fleming, the Archbishop of York,
Professor Julian Stern and Professor Pauline Kollontai.
unsupported. I wanted to research the history of leadership in the
churches and to be able to produce some models or concepts which
would be important for
present and future leaders.” He is exploring understandings of
leadership and oversight in the five Yorkshire Dioceses and, as
well as his wider research, he has interviewed 8 church
leaders in the county and surveyed 138 others. His findings, based
on their responses, include the prevalence of independent activity,
poor communication, in-built conservatism and dominant
personalities.
He published the first part of his research as a book,
Leadership and Oversight: new models for episcopal leadership, with
Continuum in January. He asserts that episkope – the shared
responsibility which all members of episcopal churches have for one
another – is the trust-building ingredient which is currently
missing: “There is one immediate urgent and fundamental task
required. This is for all those committed to church membership to
regain a sense of ownership. A change of attitude and understanding
is needed.
This change can only come as a result of teaching and example lived
out by those who have caught the vision.”