Integration: Sustaining and Strengthening Mission

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To be a faithful Christian leader is to commit oneself to 'a long obedience in the same direction,' to borrow Nietzsche's phrase. The practice of faithful Christian leadership is thus more like running a marathon than competing in a sprint. Often Christian leaders or institutions are able to experience short periods of intense activity and heroic achievement, only to then watch the artificial bubble burst as leadership burns out or bows out. Far fewer are the examples of Christian leaders and institutions who stay the course and who 'finish well': who, by God's grace, grow steadily in faithfulness and fruitfulness in a way that is sustainable and lasting