Legacy Leadership: Principles for Leaving a Spiritual Legacy

Legacy Leadership: Principles for Leaving a Spiritual Legacy is set for release May 15!
We are so excited to finally be ready to give birth to this collection of talks on spiritual leadership that we have been sharing with churches and youth groups for over five years. It has been a long process that I have jokingly compared to giving birth, but now our work is over and my baby is in the hands of the publisher.

Legacy Leadership will be available online with Amazon.com, ABEbooks.com, and Booksurge.com, through ABE Bookstores and Legacy Ministries. We will be working on making it available through other outlets after the initial release.

"Legacy Leaderhship" teaches us how to be what God created and called us to be and to lead, to influence, and to impact those who follow us so they in turn will be able to reflect Christ and pass on those principles to those who follow them.

Who is Legacy

What another exciting month it has been around the Legacy office. God has blessed the work of our hands in so many ways and we are thankful to the hundreds of people who support Legacy, both financially and prayerfully, that have become a part of that work. As I thought about what to write this month, God really began to focus my thoughts on how those people are a vital part of what God is doing through Legacy.
There are so many people who are a part of this ministry. Whenever I am talking to pastors or youth ministers about Legacy, I always talk about what we do and our vision. One of the things that they often ask is “who is we?”
We are a small ministry and most people understand that we do not have a big staff and nice offices. All most people ever see is me, out talking about the ministry, teaching and preaching. We are often limited in what we are able to do because our resources are limited and we do not have a large staff working behind the scenes to get me everywhere I need to be.
However, what we do is important and Legacy has gained a voice in the areas of Youth and Family Ministry. We have invested in the lives of hundreds of leaders and in turn thousands of students. When people ask who are we, I tell them that Legacy is made up of me, and my wife runs the office. We have a wonderful Board of Directors who help lead the ministry and we have several people who volunteer regularly to help us with our events. We have a great relationship with partners in ministry like Four Days Late who help promote the ministry and provide quality events. We are a network of partner churches who work together to develop leaders for the next generation. We are a team of partner churches who support the ministry with their prayers and resources. We are an army of prayer partners who go before the Father on Legacy’s behalf. We are a growing support team who are stewards of God’s provision of time and resources.
When I tell people all of this they are surprised and they understand why Legacy is committed to being a ministry of service and sacrifice.
We have been on this wonderful adventure with God for five years and it has been exceedingly humbling. God has given us a vision and passion to share with His people and He has caused many of them to become a part of that vision and passion for investing in the lives of young people.
I often say that we could not do what we do without those who support the work of the ministry. The truth is God has brought us together for such a time as this that He might work through us.

Legacy Youth Leaders Conference

We have had a busy and exciting month here at Legacy Ministries. Though we try to never mistake busyness for productivity, or productivity for spirituality for that matter, it is a blessing for God to open so many doors and for us to have so much going on.
Most of our efforts have been toward our Legacy Youth Leaders Conference, that will be held in Montgomery on August 9th. We are praying that it will be a meaningful event for hundreds of youth leaders and ultimately impact thousands of students throughout our region.
Our friends at Morningview Baptist Church in Montgomery will be the host for the event and we are working to network with many other churches in the area to plan and promote the event.
The theme of the conference is “Youth and Family Ministry,.” and we will discuss a biblical understanding of how the two primary institutions that God has established in the Bible, the family and the church, work together in the context of youth ministry. We are also excited to have two good friends, who also happen to be extremely qualified, to be our guests speakers for the conference.
Dr. Randy Stinson became Dean of the School of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in August 2006. Dr. Stinson also serves as the President for The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, where Rayanne worked for Randy while we were in Kentucky. Dr. Stinson is a renowned authority on the subject of biblical manhood and womanhood. He has served as a senior pastor as well as other church staff positions. Randy and his wife, Danna, worship at The Ninth and O Baptist Church with their five children: Gunnar, Georgia, Fisher, Eden and Payton.
Steve Wright is the author of reThink and Assistant Pastor of Student Ministries at Providence Baptist Church. Steve has served in student ministry since 1988 and joined the team at Providence in May of 1999. He received a Master of Arts degree in Christian education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN. Steve and his wife, Tina, were married in 1989. They are blessed with three children - Sara, William and Tyler.
This is a big event for us and it represents the center of our vision to develop leaders for the next generation by investing in the lives of the people who are investing in the lives of students. It will take unbelievable prayer and financial support to make this event a success. We ask that you join with us in the excitement of being part of something that God is doing and that only God can do.