A Manifesto for Leaders Who Won’t Back Down in the Face of Challenge

When you see poverty, conflict, and injustice—you don’t turn away.

Something in you stirs—your heart breaks for what breaks God’s heart. 

Others may say change is impossible, but you turn toward possibility. 

Why? Because despite your fear of failure, you know a servant leader doesn’t back down from the “impossible.”

Your calling asks you to reveal God’s heart for restoration, relationship, and healing that leads to transformation. 

Like a seed, your calling grows into a vision—a vision to serve the least of these.

Nurture that seed, and your vision grows into a tree, providing hope to the lost. 

But starve it, and your vision may never have the opportunity to thrive.

A vision like yours requires responsibility, perseverance, and initiative.  

If the fate of your vision for the least of these is at stake—it’s time to prune, nourish, and restore—it’s time to make a change with dignity and honor.

While others might abandon doing what’s necessary to restore their vision, you step up.

While others might run from the truth behind their decline, your initiative changes the game.

You embrace challenges. 

You identify what’s broken. 

You face the difficult truths. 

You make the tough decisions. 

You have the hard conversations. 

You change what’s no longer working.

You do everything you must to realign your strategy to your vision.

Because you know, despite how difficult the path ahead may be—change is possible. And on the other side of the journey, your vision has the opportunity to thrive. 

When you decide to seek wisdom and guidance and lean into change, your influence reverberates through your organization and impacts every life your mission touches. 

When there’s conflict, your team depends on you to lean in.

When growth becomes stagnant, your strategy requires your attention. 

When the going gets tough, your organization needs your best leadership and care. 

Now is the time to identify the issues holding you back and navigate the complexity of change within your organization so you can make wise decisions for the future of your mission. It’s time to turn toward possibility.