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The Center forTransformationalLeadershipChildren’s and Family MinistryCommunity MinistryDiscipleship in CommunityGlobal Evangelization andContextual MinistryMinistry LeadershipPreaching and Communicationere is a saying you may trust:“H‘To aspire to leadership is anhonorable ambition’” (I Timothy 3:1).The Oxford Study Bible, Revised English.Focus. Those who aspire to spiritualleadership for the sake of Christ andHis kingdom seek an “honorable ambition.”The church of Jesus Christ is indesperate need of men and women whowill rise to the challenges and opportunitiesof leading in the 21st century.A growing cadre of spiritual leaderswho share a common commitment toJesus Christ and a deep concern for thePhotos by Scott Streblewelfare of His church, our world, andthe next generation must be identified,equipped, and sent to minister.The Center for TransformationalLeadership seeks to develop men andwomen who in their years at BethelSeminary are experiencing transformationin their personal and spirituallives, and are growing in their abilityto lead others to experience a similartransformation. We aim to developleaders who are catalysts for healthy,substantive, and lasting kingdomchange, first in themselves, then inothers, in the churches and organizationsthey lead, in their communities,and ultimately in the world for whomChrist died. The test of transformationalleadership is not the development offollowers but the reproduction of a newgeneration of transformational leaders.Biblical Diversity. We affirm that biblicaldiversity is a hallmark of healthy,community-building leadership.Monocultural models of leadership areinadequate for the global, multiculturalmission of Christ’s church. The worldfor whom Christ died is ethnically and