S7E20 - Why Do So Many Christian Leaders Fall? With Joel Taylor

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Ken Fish and Joel Taylor discuss the importance of character formation in Christian leadership amidst recent moral failures and scandals.

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People in this episode

Host: Ken Fish

Guest: Joel Taylor

Topics covered

• Christian leadership
• character formation
• moral failures
• burnout
• narcissism
• public scandals
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• Christian leaders
• character
• leadership
• spirituality
• moral failure
• teachability
• humility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orbis Prayer Ministry Network, Orbis Ministries

Books & works: God Is Not a Theory

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