Without power no one listens to you. Without serving few follow you. Servant leadership and power are necessary for influencing Christ like change, and yet both are often misunderstood and misused. Leadership and relationship failures, apathy, power struggles, injustice, and disgruntled and quarreling faith communities tell us we have much to learn. A fresh look at Jesus, and his presence and posture, will help us "see" how power and service really do go together and how that partnership can radically change our lives and communities.
 

Plenary Session, 34 mins.
Building Biblical Community: Transforming Sex, Power, and Prejudice
CBE 2011 International Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA

MaryKate Morse (PhD) is professor of leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, the director of strategic planning for the University, and author of Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence. Morse is a recorded Quaker minister and a trained spiritual director. She has planted two churches with pastoral teams in Portland and also participates in conference retreat ministries. Morse is married to Randy and has three adult children and two grandchildren.