Collective Leadership

As leaders and churches, we're living in challenging and uncharted territory with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. How can the church thrive in these challenging times and respond with pastoral care and service to our communities as they navigate great fear and uncertainty now and in the times ahead? How can the church prepare to respond to this unique moment? Where can we turn for reli...

How can leaders make room for others to use their gifts, to serve, and to lead? How can they do that for women, specifically? Why is empowering women important? How does the Empower program do it effectively? What do women need in order to step into the roles they are called to play in the family, the church, and the world? What can women themselves do? What can men do to empower them? Hosts Kim V...

How can leaders craft an environment where courageous change is encouraged? How can we discern what change really needs to happen? How does the makeup of our church, ministry, or organization impact our ability to evaluate where we are and where we are going? Serving as the Vice President for Development of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Tim Meier has done some significant thinking about h...

How does a church's mission, leadership, worship/environment, and governance impact it's ability to grow? Host Kim Valenzuela and District Superintendent Kelvin Walker are joined by Dr. Warren Bird and Brian McMillan to discuss 4 primary factors impacting church growth. It is healthy to fear compromise for the sake of church growth, but also critical to get past discomfort in order to di...

Dr. David Hearn, President of C&MA in Canada brings a dynamic message of Soaring in the Spirit to Session 4 of the Metro District Conference: In the Spirit. 

In the closing message of the Metro District Conference: In the Spirit, Rev. Kelvin Walker paints a picture for the immeasurably more that the Holy Spirit desires to do in us and through us. 

Session 3 of the Metro District Conference, In the Spirit is delivered by Dr. Ingrid Davis. 

Kelvin and Kim talk with Omar Niebles, Engage Team Lead for the Metro District, and Jen Schepens, Director of Envision at the national CMA office, about lessons to learn from the missionary heritage of the CMA, how the work is changing today, and the missional life God has called all of His church to live. Jen shares from her experience with Envision around the world, developing missional leaders,...

"You become what you behold." Pastor Rich Villodas of New Life Fellowship in Queens, NY delivers a powerful message on dwelling and beholding God for the Metro District Conference, In the Spirit. 

Rev. Kelvin Walker delivers the opening address to the Metro District Conference, In the Spirit. 

In this episode, Kelvin and Kim talk with Dr. Ingrid Davis, founder of Leadership Coaching International, about how leaders can care for their souls and develop as healthy leaders. Ingrid shares from her own story and identifies key indicators of an unhealthy soul. She unpacks the difference between self introspection and Holy Spirit inspection, while offering practical steps to cultivate a health...

In this episode, Kelvin and Kim talk with Rev. Charles Galbreath, lead pastor at Clarendon Road Church in Brooklyn, NY about the role of the church in matters of social justice and mercy. Kelvin describes the Metro District's core value: Kingdom Justice and Mercy and explains why it is critical to Alliance DNA. Charles unpacks how justice is not just social or political, it is biblical. He de...