Quote by Dick Brogden
“We Get the Leaders We Deserve. This unheralded principle of leadership holds true for countries as well as for churches and mission teams. Followers tend to complain and compare their leadership to others. They fail to see that honest people elect or are granted honest leaders and vice versa. Leaders almost invariably represent the culture and context from which they emerge. When we are unhappy with those who lead us, we must first examine ourselves. Men and women of integrity are ultimately rewarded with faithful and capable leaders. One of God’s miracles is to reward good followers by shaping raw leaders into men and women who represent Him well to those they serve.”
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I was born in rural East Africa, just north of Lake Victoria. My dad and mom are my heroes (still missionaries on the field, they went out in 1966) and taught me to love Jesus and love his passions in the earth. I married my best friend, Jennifer, and she is stronger and wiser than anyone will ever know. I have two joys in life—my sons, Luke and Zack. Together we have treasured Jesus among Muslims since 1992, first in Mauritania, then Kenya, then Sudan for the past 15 years. The next treasure stop is Cairo, Egypt.Jennifer and I love to pioneer, we love working among unreached Muslim people, we love taking the gospel where it has not yet gone. The picture Jenn has had for our lives is that of a team on an obstacle course. We run to the wall first and get down on our hands and knees so others can spring over the wall. We do believe the great opportunity of our age is to engage the world of Islam with our magnificent, divine Jesus. We do consider the Arab world to be the heart of Islam. As Jesus is enthroned in the Arab world, we will be that much closer to every tribe, tongue, and people in worship, that much closer to Jesus coming back to take us all home. Whatever that costs us, Jesus is worth it.