3. Empower divers leadership

3. Empower divers leadership (70 – chapter 6)
Integrated pulpit established credibility (71)
From pulpit to nursery…this is the “put your money where your mouth is” commitment. (71)
Not “quotas” but intentional (72)
Requires finesse and longer term planning. Even grooming or planting seeds way ahead of time. (72)
Requires relational efforts ahead of time (for the staff search) (73)
Have you heard “Only white folks are interested in racial reconciliation. It’s part of the white man’s burden.”? It adds to the challenge of finding leaders willing to share pulpit as opposed to being the leader in their own.
On a smaller scale church start with diverse volunteers leaders (77)