December 30, 2006
Jon Sharpe talks about the Center for Global Urban Leadership
A Friends New Year Report
The last few months I have been working with several key leaders to develop a Center for Global Urban Leadership. We are standing at rare time in history where the world and the church are changing rapidly and Christian leaders need to be developed, encouraged, and strengthened for the challenges. Our mission statement simply reads: “Connecting and cultivating leaders who will bring positive change to the cities of the world.”
What do leaders need to learn?
The world is going urban at warp speed! In China alone 30 Million rural inhabitants are annually migrating to the urban centers of China. To put our arms around this in practical terms would be to envision the entire population of Canada moving every year! Urban building is taking place at a pace unheard of in times past. The demand for building steel in China is driving global building costs out of sight and squeezing the global economy. Major cities of the world are also growing in complexity as competing forces, cultures, and systems seek to gain positions of power. To be a leader in today’s cities requires thinking and acting on multiple levels at the same time. Static leadership of yesterday will not keep pace.
Global issues where leadership is desperately needed:
Children at Risk-Sexual exploitation, child soldiers, AIDS victims, and street kids represent the new chaos of this global growth. Key ministries and networks are being raised up to address this global epidemic of abuse but the growing need is beyond comprehension.
India’s Caste System- This ancient system of slavery still holds India’s masses in captivity. 52% of India’s population continues to suffer under this cruel system. Recent developments in the Indian landscape promise a new day for India and the world. Leaders are being raised up who repudiate the evil tyranny of the Caste system but the need for the right kind of leadership must be raised up with increasing speed to meet the demand.
Reconciliation: Wherever humans interact the need for reconciliation is necessary. Wars and rumors of war fill the news. We rarely hear about reconciliation taking place but we constantly hear about horrific struggles between people and cultures. Shiite against Sunni, American against insurgents in Iraq, Hamas against Fatah in Palestine, Lebanese Christians against Hezbollah in Lebanon, all vying for rights and power. With global strife increasing, new leaders are needed who will seek wisdom and peace.
Minority Leadership in the Muslim World: Christians have been the minority in many countries of the world for centuries. The need for innovative leadership chiseled out of systems cast in stone is urgent. Business and educationonal leaders have the best opportunity to support emerging leaders who will be able to establish new systems addressing the harrowing tyranny of the past.
Why the Center?
The Center for Global Urban Leadership is responding to this need by providing international learning communities where leaders will explore Incarnational leadership (the kind of leadership that brings transformation) within the largest cities of the world. Leaders will learn from each other as they explore models of effective ministry within the urban context. We believe that as followers of Jesus, we are to be led by his Spirit and we are to pursue the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. We believe this is the path to transformation of people, places, and systems.
What will the Center do?
We will intentionally recruit leaders who are in mid-career and post-career to strengthen emerging international leaders in pursuit of mission. We will also recruit North American and international educators, pastors, mission and business leaders to learn in community.
We will provide the following:
Experiential Learning Communities that will work together online, travel to international cities together, and engage an ongoing commitment to mission for transformation of people, places, and systems.
Assessment of learning needs for emerging leaders and find means and resources to meet the needs.
Curriculum and experiential learning communities focused on global urban leadership for seminaries, colleges, universities, Bible schools, and training institutes.
Access to educational resources for emerging leaders who might otherwise find themselves locked out of the educational process.
Access to a growing global urban network for global urban leaders.
Ongoing relationship building and development of global urban leadership resources.
Learning Community Destinations 2007
January 20-31: Delhi, India— “The Social Spiritual Movement” (with Truth Seekers and Global Spectrum)
i. Learning Community start date: January 5, 2007
June (dates to be determined): Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda— “Children-at-Risk & Leadership Models”- (Viva Network)
i. Learning Community start date: April 5, 2007
July-August (dates to be determined): Amsterdam, Netherlands and London, UK—Sep “Youth-at-Risk- and the African Diaspora” (with New Horizons and INNERChange) (Ron Ruthruff of New Horizons)
i. Learning Community start date: June 5, 2007
September (dates to be determined): Belfast, Ireland-September—“Reconciliation” (with Belfast Ministries and Bob Lupton)
i. Learning Community start date: July 5, 2007
If you have an interest in participating in one of these learning communities please let me know asap so we can plan with you.
What has been done up to this point?
Five leaders have committed to working together on the development and operation of the Center.
Educational Consultant
Wayne Clugston, a pioneer in curriculum licensing in American higher education, co-founded an educational company that owns a regionally accredited university in the United States with global outreach in undergraduate and graduate programs. He has consulted in the development of entrepreneurial educational networks in several countries. Presently Wayne is Senior Vice President, Academic Development and Innovation at Ashford University.
Co-Director Leadership, Technology and Systems
Casey Cerretani, a creative developer, has built sustainable processes and systems for multi-national corporations, regional businesses, start-ups and non-profit organizations. This work has taken him across the United States and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Casey is a gifted communicator who holds advanced degrees in engineering and applied science.
Co-Director, Human Relationships and Development
Fred Choy is a leader in a faith based community and brings incarnational leadership and community building skills to the Center. Fred seeks to work with leaders through a life process of discovering one's passion and gifts. He has worked for many years in the multiethnic community and is gifted in interpreting cultures and systems. Fred has been a part of several national multiethnic think tanks and brings challenging insight and analysis. Fred has also led and helped many organizations through times of transition and visioning.
Director of Encore for Mid-Career or Post Career Leaders
Pastor, teacher and author, Dr. Ward Tanneberg believes that discovering renewed life purpose, demonstrating personal worth and value, and fueling one’s spirit are keys to a long, happy and fulfilling life. Life and ministry are every day celebrations of the grace of God. It is a message he lives and shares with pastors and other leaders in churches, retreats, and conferences throughout America, focusing on the midlife and beyond age significance of 21st century Christians.
Executive Director
Jon Sharpe, a pioneer in higher education in the area of global urban leadership, co-founder of a graduate university, served as Academic Dean, and a Professor of Global Urban Studies. He lectures internationally and has co-authored Street Signs with Ray Bakke, addressing how to consult a city. He has been instrumental in forming several organizations, a think tank, and facilitating city-wide consultations. His work takes him to major cities in Africa, China, India, Europe, and the Philippines as well as cities in the United States.
Signs of Hope for the Center
An attorney has donated his time to form the legal piece of the Center for Global Urban Leadership.
A building contractor has committed to paying for the costs of the Center organizational formation.
We are in conversation with a university to let us represent their programs online and at learning centers in India.
We are in conversation with a college in the United Kingdom to partner with us so we can offer a PhD and a DMin for students seeking post graduate degrees in global urban leadership.
We are in conversation with two seminaries and one university about partnering together on global urban leadership curriculum and field experiences.
A key mission leader and educator in India has been a part of developing the curriculum for online learning and will be involved in developing learning centers in India with the Center.
A key political activist and Christian leader in India has agreed to partner with us developing learning centers committed to educating those traditionally excluded from education within the Indian context.
Curriculum has been developed and delivered to a university for online learning with a focus on Global Urban Leadership.
Curriculum has been developed for seminaries and other educational institutions with a focus on Global Urban Leadership.
The first Pilot Experiential Learning Community trip is scheduled for January in India.
A strategic partnership with a network addressing children at risk is in process.
Be a Leader, Follow Jesus
Over the last decade I’ve learned a great deal about leadership. I’ve had the opportunity to be with leaders from many walks of life and from many parts of the world. I’ve been able to assess their strengths and weaknesses and I’ve learned that good leadership not only moves people toward a goal but it also helps grow people in character and gifting. Poor leadership can often accomplish organizational objectives but usually leaves shattered people and broken community in its wake. My years in the trenches of ministry have taught me that we need to spend more time developing and encouraging good leaders… leaders who know how to follow.
This summer I had the privilege of speaking at a commencement service in Amsterdam made up of African immigrants.. As I looked out at the audience and graduates that warm summer afternoon, I remember being impressed to share that effective leadership is leadership committed to following Jesus. Jesus is our model and our method. I concluded my comments that day with these few words, “Be a leader, follow Jesus.”
What can you do?
Over the next six months I will be working with our team to put the Center for Global Urban Leadership on a good foundation. It is hard work and it will require a great deal of sacrifice. I’m wondering if you would be willing to be a part of this Center and its development. There are three ways you can do that:
Join a pilot experiential learning community and go to a major city with us this year to strengthen leaders globally.
Give a gift for this six month startup phase for the Center of $250, $500, $1000, or more.
Pray that the Lord will give us the right people to serve in the right places at the right time.
If you plan on sending a check, at this point it can be sent to: Antioch Ministries, PO Box 273, Issaquah, WA 98207.
Within a few months the Center for Global Urban Leadership will be fully approved as a 501-C3 organization.
If you wish to be removed from this email list, please type reply and write, “remove”
Jon L. Sharpe,
Center for Global Urban Leadership
206.295.8343
jonlsharpe@gmail.com
http://www.globalurbanleaders.org/
January 5, 2007 Five leaders comment on the global future
http://www.outreachmagazine.com/library/features/JF07ftrLongRangeForecast.asp
Jon Sharpe talks about the Center for Global Urban Leadership
A Friends New Year Report
The last few months I have been working with several key leaders to develop a Center for Global Urban Leadership. We are standing at rare time in history where the world and the church are changing rapidly and Christian leaders need to be developed, encouraged, and strengthened for the challenges. Our mission statement simply reads: “Connecting and cultivating leaders who will bring positive change to the cities of the world.”
What do leaders need to learn?
The world is going urban at warp speed! In China alone 30 Million rural inhabitants are annually migrating to the urban centers of China. To put our arms around this in practical terms would be to envision the entire population of Canada moving every year! Urban building is taking place at a pace unheard of in times past. The demand for building steel in China is driving global building costs out of sight and squeezing the global economy. Major cities of the world are also growing in complexity as competing forces, cultures, and systems seek to gain positions of power. To be a leader in today’s cities requires thinking and acting on multiple levels at the same time. Static leadership of yesterday will not keep pace.
Global issues where leadership is desperately needed:
Children at Risk-Sexual exploitation, child soldiers, AIDS victims, and street kids represent the new chaos of this global growth. Key ministries and networks are being raised up to address this global epidemic of abuse but the growing need is beyond comprehension.
India’s Caste System- This ancient system of slavery still holds India’s masses in captivity. 52% of India’s population continues to suffer under this cruel system. Recent developments in the Indian landscape promise a new day for India and the world. Leaders are being raised up who repudiate the evil tyranny of the Caste system but the need for the right kind of leadership must be raised up with increasing speed to meet the demand.
Reconciliation: Wherever humans interact the need for reconciliation is necessary. Wars and rumors of war fill the news. We rarely hear about reconciliation taking place but we constantly hear about horrific struggles between people and cultures. Shiite against Sunni, American against insurgents in Iraq, Hamas against Fatah in Palestine, Lebanese Christians against Hezbollah in Lebanon, all vying for rights and power. With global strife increasing, new leaders are needed who will seek wisdom and peace.
Minority Leadership in the Muslim World: Christians have been the minority in many countries of the world for centuries. The need for innovative leadership chiseled out of systems cast in stone is urgent. Business and educationonal leaders have the best opportunity to support emerging leaders who will be able to establish new systems addressing the harrowing tyranny of the past.
Why the Center?
The Center for Global Urban Leadership is responding to this need by providing international learning communities where leaders will explore Incarnational leadership (the kind of leadership that brings transformation) within the largest cities of the world. Leaders will learn from each other as they explore models of effective ministry within the urban context. We believe that as followers of Jesus, we are to be led by his Spirit and we are to pursue the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. We believe this is the path to transformation of people, places, and systems.
What will the Center do?
We will intentionally recruit leaders who are in mid-career and post-career to strengthen emerging international leaders in pursuit of mission. We will also recruit North American and international educators, pastors, mission and business leaders to learn in community.
We will provide the following:
Experiential Learning Communities that will work together online, travel to international cities together, and engage an ongoing commitment to mission for transformation of people, places, and systems.
Assessment of learning needs for emerging leaders and find means and resources to meet the needs.
Curriculum and experiential learning communities focused on global urban leadership for seminaries, colleges, universities, Bible schools, and training institutes.
Access to educational resources for emerging leaders who might otherwise find themselves locked out of the educational process.
Access to a growing global urban network for global urban leaders.
Ongoing relationship building and development of global urban leadership resources.
Learning Community Destinations 2007
January 20-31: Delhi, India— “The Social Spiritual Movement” (with Truth Seekers and Global Spectrum)
i. Learning Community start date: January 5, 2007
June (dates to be determined): Nairobi, Kenya and Kampala, Uganda— “Children-at-Risk & Leadership Models”- (Viva Network)
i. Learning Community start date: April 5, 2007
July-August (dates to be determined): Amsterdam, Netherlands and London, UK—Sep “Youth-at-Risk- and the African Diaspora” (with New Horizons and INNERChange) (Ron Ruthruff of New Horizons)
i. Learning Community start date: June 5, 2007
September (dates to be determined): Belfast, Ireland-September—“Reconciliation” (with Belfast Ministries and Bob Lupton)
i. Learning Community start date: July 5, 2007
If you have an interest in participating in one of these learning communities please let me know asap so we can plan with you.
What has been done up to this point?
Five leaders have committed to working together on the development and operation of the Center.
Educational Consultant
Wayne Clugston, a pioneer in curriculum licensing in American higher education, co-founded an educational company that owns a regionally accredited university in the United States with global outreach in undergraduate and graduate programs. He has consulted in the development of entrepreneurial educational networks in several countries. Presently Wayne is Senior Vice President, Academic Development and Innovation at Ashford University.
Co-Director Leadership, Technology and Systems
Casey Cerretani, a creative developer, has built sustainable processes and systems for multi-national corporations, regional businesses, start-ups and non-profit organizations. This work has taken him across the United States and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Casey is a gifted communicator who holds advanced degrees in engineering and applied science.
Co-Director, Human Relationships and Development
Fred Choy is a leader in a faith based community and brings incarnational leadership and community building skills to the Center. Fred seeks to work with leaders through a life process of discovering one's passion and gifts. He has worked for many years in the multiethnic community and is gifted in interpreting cultures and systems. Fred has been a part of several national multiethnic think tanks and brings challenging insight and analysis. Fred has also led and helped many organizations through times of transition and visioning.
Director of Encore for Mid-Career or Post Career Leaders
Pastor, teacher and author, Dr. Ward Tanneberg believes that discovering renewed life purpose, demonstrating personal worth and value, and fueling one’s spirit are keys to a long, happy and fulfilling life. Life and ministry are every day celebrations of the grace of God. It is a message he lives and shares with pastors and other leaders in churches, retreats, and conferences throughout America, focusing on the midlife and beyond age significance of 21st century Christians.
Executive Director
Jon Sharpe, a pioneer in higher education in the area of global urban leadership, co-founder of a graduate university, served as Academic Dean, and a Professor of Global Urban Studies. He lectures internationally and has co-authored Street Signs with Ray Bakke, addressing how to consult a city. He has been instrumental in forming several organizations, a think tank, and facilitating city-wide consultations. His work takes him to major cities in Africa, China, India, Europe, and the Philippines as well as cities in the United States.
Signs of Hope for the Center
An attorney has donated his time to form the legal piece of the Center for Global Urban Leadership.
A building contractor has committed to paying for the costs of the Center organizational formation.
We are in conversation with a university to let us represent their programs online and at learning centers in India.
We are in conversation with a college in the United Kingdom to partner with us so we can offer a PhD and a DMin for students seeking post graduate degrees in global urban leadership.
We are in conversation with two seminaries and one university about partnering together on global urban leadership curriculum and field experiences.
A key mission leader and educator in India has been a part of developing the curriculum for online learning and will be involved in developing learning centers in India with the Center.
A key political activist and Christian leader in India has agreed to partner with us developing learning centers committed to educating those traditionally excluded from education within the Indian context.
Curriculum has been developed and delivered to a university for online learning with a focus on Global Urban Leadership.
Curriculum has been developed for seminaries and other educational institutions with a focus on Global Urban Leadership.
The first Pilot Experiential Learning Community trip is scheduled for January in India.
A strategic partnership with a network addressing children at risk is in process.
Be a Leader, Follow Jesus
Over the last decade I’ve learned a great deal about leadership. I’ve had the opportunity to be with leaders from many walks of life and from many parts of the world. I’ve been able to assess their strengths and weaknesses and I’ve learned that good leadership not only moves people toward a goal but it also helps grow people in character and gifting. Poor leadership can often accomplish organizational objectives but usually leaves shattered people and broken community in its wake. My years in the trenches of ministry have taught me that we need to spend more time developing and encouraging good leaders… leaders who know how to follow.
This summer I had the privilege of speaking at a commencement service in Amsterdam made up of African immigrants.. As I looked out at the audience and graduates that warm summer afternoon, I remember being impressed to share that effective leadership is leadership committed to following Jesus. Jesus is our model and our method. I concluded my comments that day with these few words, “Be a leader, follow Jesus.”
What can you do?
Over the next six months I will be working with our team to put the Center for Global Urban Leadership on a good foundation. It is hard work and it will require a great deal of sacrifice. I’m wondering if you would be willing to be a part of this Center and its development. There are three ways you can do that:
Join a pilot experiential learning community and go to a major city with us this year to strengthen leaders globally.
Give a gift for this six month startup phase for the Center of $250, $500, $1000, or more.
Pray that the Lord will give us the right people to serve in the right places at the right time.
If you plan on sending a check, at this point it can be sent to: Antioch Ministries, PO Box 273, Issaquah, WA 98207.
Within a few months the Center for Global Urban Leadership will be fully approved as a 501-C3 organization.
If you wish to be removed from this email list, please type reply and write, “remove”
Jon L. Sharpe,
Center for Global Urban Leadership
206.295.8343
jonlsharpe@gmail.com
http://www.globalurbanleaders.org/
January 5, 2007 Five leaders comment on the global future
http://www.outreachmagazine.com/library/features/JF07ftrLongRangeForecast.asp
