Leadership Alliance

About

Leadership Alliance exists to promote lifelong self-care and spiritual formation among Christian leaders through networking local pastors and churches with leadership resources. Its vision is to equip and empower Christian leaders to accomplish God’s redemptive purposes through the work of the church.

Upcoming events

Upcoming

John Walton – Reading the Bible Better

October 14-15, 2024 – “Reading the Bible Better: Ancient Scripture for Post-Modern Readers” – John H. Walton (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College) is a Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Wheaton College and Graduate School where he taught for twenty-two years. Dr. Walton has published over 30 books, among them commentaries, reference works, textbooks, scholarly monographs, and popular academic works. He was the Old Testament general editor for the Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible (NIV, NKJV, NRSV), and is perhaps most widely known for the “Lost World” books (including The Lost World of Genesis One, The Lost World of Adam and Eve, and The Lost World of the Flood). His areas of expertise include the importance of the ancient Near East for

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Directions to Vermeer Pella Campus

Vermeer Global Pavilion

2110 Vermeer Rd
Pella, IA 50219

Past events

Since 2004, the Vermeer Charitable Foundation has hosted notable speakers in an effort to promote lifelong self-care and spiritual formation among Christian leaders through networking local pastors and churches with leadership resources.

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Dr. Matthew Kaemingk – Reconnecting Our Work With God’s

April 23, 2024 – Matthew Kaemingk is the Richard John Mouw Assistant Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary where he also serves as the Director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life. His research and teaching focus on marketplace theology, Islam and political ethics, and public theology.

Leonard Sweet – This is Our Story, This is Our Song

April 13, 2023 – Author of more than 200 articles, 1,500+ published sermons, hundreds of YouTube vlogs and over 70 books, Leonard Sweet’s recent publications include Rings of Fire (his successor book to the best-selling Soul Tsunami), Telos (with Len Wilson), Contextual Intelligence (with Michael Beck), Jesus Human (forthcoming 2023), and Designer Jesus (forthcoming 2023).

Richard Blackaby – Leading Out of the Overflow

March 2, 2022 – Richard grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been married to Lisa since 1983 and has three adult children. He is also the proud grandfather to five grandsons and one granddaughter. Richard earned a B.A. in history from the University of Saskatchewan. He has an M.Div and Ph.D. in church history from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an honorary doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.

“This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God.”
2 Corinthians 9:10-11 (The Message)

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