Episode: Capable vs. Called: Forming Leaders Who Last
Episode Summary
Bishop Jeff sits down to discuss four decades of ministry leadership with the Rev. Dr. Tammy Dunahoo, recently retired executive dean of Portland Seminary and a priest at Christ the King NWA. Tammy shares how a lifelong hunger for rootedness led her into the Great Tradition, and what she’s learned about culture, formation and raising up women leaders.
Quote to Ponder
“I don’t need novelty. I don’t need relevance. I need the centrality of faith in the gospel of Jesus.”
Episode Highlights
- What turned Tammy from medical school toward ministry
- How Tammy found her leadership vision after nearly 20 years in a support role
- Why character and soul issues, not doctrine, derail most ministers
- How to weave scholarship, holistic formation and practical leadership into every seminary student
- How grassroots cohorts in Foursquare grew from 12 women to a gathering of 500
- What’s so special about rootedness, the sacraments, and the gift of C4SO’s three streams
Resources Mentioned
- Portland Seminary
- Leader Breakthru (Focused Living)
- Fr. Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart
About Our Guest
The Rev. Dr. Tammy Dunahoo serves as a C4SO priest at Christ the King Anglican Church near Fayetteville, Arkansas. She recently retired as executive dean of Portland Seminary at George Fox University. Before that, she was vice president and general supervisor of the Foursquare Church in the U.S., and was the first woman in an executive role there since its founder, Aimee Semple McPherson.