A Hub for Leadership, Management and Ministry

MODEM Matters

The newsletter for members. Regular items include:

  • A word from MODEM’s Chair
  • Update from MODEM’s secretary
  • What's New? Books and other resources on leadership, management and ministry
  • Book reviews
  • Pause for Thought, Chris Hill
  • News from MODEM members
  • News of forthcoming events

You can contact the editor, Sue Howard, here.

Latest issues

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Issue 11, May 2010.

  • Report on Church of Scotland Leadership Forums
  • Tributes to Raymond Clarke and Hereward Cooke
  • Announcements: Grove Leadership Series launch and Winchester conference
  • Book review: By One Spirit: Reconciliation and Renewal in Anglican Life
  • Introducing MODEM's new Treasurer and Membership Administrator

Issue 10, January 2010.

  • Church of Scotland leadership initiative
  • Jewish perspectives on leadership and ethics
  • Using Your Strengths in Leadership 2, Keith Williams
  • Tribute to Norman Todd
  • Transform Work UK conference, Does God Work Here?, Tom Stevens
  • Wheaton Declaration on Business as an Integral Calling
  • Stories from CPAS, John Lounguet-Higgins
  • MODEM network member, Fr Christopher Calascione
  • Book review: Mentoring for Spiritual Growth

Other past issues

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Issue 9, October 2009.

  • Providing Resources: CPAS, James Lawrence
  • Bold Leadership: Taking Steps to Bring Back 'Body Ministry', Arno Andreasen
  • Book reviews: The Missional Leader and Incarnate Leadership

Issue 8, June 2009:

  • Using Your Strengths in Leadership 1, Keith Williams
  • Purpose Fuels Performance, Jill Garrett (CABE)
  • Book reviews: Coaching in Church, The Leadership Pocket Companion and Nick Stacey and Kent Social Services

Issue 7, February 2009:

  • Creative Church Leadership, Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon
  • The Changing Church: Tools for the Task, Michael Lofthouse
  • Telos and MODEM's Cardiff book launch
  • Book review: Growing Women Leaders

Issue 6, October 2008:

  • MODEM’s London Book Launch and 2008 Annual Meeting of Members
  • Christianity and Work: news from the General Synod
  • MODEM network member: ‘Making Room for Church Leadership’, David Brown
  • Book review, How to Become a Creative Church Leader

Issue 5, July 2008:

  • News from the Foundation for Church Leadership, Malcolm Grundy
  • MODEM network member: ‘The U Detector’, Steve Hoggar
  • ‘And it’s goodbye from him’ – a parting rant from editor Anton Muller!

Issue 4. April 2008:

  • Book reviews, How to Become a Creative Church Leader
  • MODEM network member: ‘Service and Leadership: A new module in a new course’, Revd Judy Hunt, Diocese of Chester.

Issue 3, January 2008:

  • 'Mountains and Molehills', Revd Elizabeth Welch’s talk at 2007 Annual Meeting of Members
  • MODEM network member: Viv Thomas
  • MODEM launches new website

Issue 2, July 2007:

  • An Ecology for Sustainable Church Leadership, Malcolm Grundy
  • MODEM network member: All change! Humphrey Bowen
  • ‘Leave it to the vicar!’ sound (and not so sound) bites from the Christian Resources Exhibition
  • Book review, Trinity in Human Community, Peter Holmes

Issue 1, January 2007:

  • Leadership - the Challenge for All, Mary Chapman, Chartered Management Institute
  • Playing to Your Strengths, Tim Harle

Earlier issues

Issue 29. Summer 2006.

Issue 28.

Issue 27. January 2005.

Issue 26. September 2004.

Issue 25. April 2004.

Issue 24. December 2003.