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Christian Excellence

Ted Engstrom | posted 11/02/2007
This article provided by the Engstrom Institute

Editor's Note: The systems we build in Christian organizations need to reflect excellence. Here are some thoughts on the topic by Dr. Ted Engstrom, who served as president and president emeritus of World Vision International and was former president of Youth for Christ International. This article with timeless wisdom is adapted from an issue of Christian Leadership Letter that Ted Engstrom along with Ed Dayton wrote during their time in leadership at World Vision.

In 1961 Johns Gardner, who was then head of the Carnegie Corporation and was subsequently to move on to prominent roles of leadership in the Department of HEW and Common Cause, wrote a book with the simple title, Excellence.

The book was subtitled, "Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too?" In this book, Gardner was attacking the idea that it is almost undemocratic to excel at something over your fellow man.

Gardner was on the right track. We need to excel. And yet, Christians also fall into this same trap of believing that no one should ...

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