Books by Quentin P. Kinnison
The inevitability of death in our broken world means that grief and mourning are a normal part of... more The inevitability of death in our broken world means that grief and mourning are a normal part of the human experience. Too often, though, this normal journey of grief is cut short by a culture intent on pretending bad things don’t really happen. In A Road Too Short for the Long Journey, readers are invited to consider how we might travel this road of mourning with those who grieve and how we might join them as partners in a reorientation of the world experienced through loss.
For many congregations, change creates discomfort. Pastoral leaders are often expected to be expe... more For many congregations, change creates discomfort. Pastoral leaders are often expected to be experts who manage and control realities beyond their expertise, experience, and ability. That expectation, a product of modern approaches to leadership, views the pastor as responsible for maintaining the status quo. Transforming Pastoral Leadership responds to this context by challenging readers to rediscover key biblical themes around the shepherding metaphor as well as key theological themes steeped in our historical faith narratives. Readers are challenged to consider the origins of our dominant leadership practices and to reconsider how Christ’s preeminence as the leader of his church requires us to reconstruct leadership practices that are faithful to his preeminence. To assist congregations, Transforming Pastoral Leadership suggests processes that might help congregations discern God’s missional promptings as they move forward into God’s future and experience conflict as opportunities for transformation.
Welcoming Children with Special Needs: Empowering Christian Special Education with Purspose, Policies, and Procedures
This book seeks to support Christian school educators, parents of children with special needs, an... more This book seeks to support Christian school educators, parents of children with special needs, and disability ministries servants in their quests to transform an under-equipped, private educational institution into the indefatigable arms of Jesus that welcome. This book provides guidance to individuals who have and those who intend to develop a special needs program. Special education professors and researchers will find this text vital for working with pre-service Christian educators who wish to serve children with special needs. Christian schools—especially those that may have attempted and failed, or continue to struggle with developing their programs—will find this text an oasis for frustrated spirits. The past applications of these principles have achieved remarkable success. Now, with this text, leaders and innovators have a succinct, well-ordered guide for expediting their successes.
Articles by Quentin P. Kinnison
Loving through Grief
Christian Leader Magazine, May 1, 2020
This is a ministry article looking at how we can care well for people who griev.
God is at Work in Us: How Churches can Adapt Ministry to COVID-19
Christian Leader, Mar 16, 2020
A ministry article addressing the adaptive moment the US church finds itself in amidst the COVID-... more A ministry article addressing the adaptive moment the US church finds itself in amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fresno Pacific University: An E/evangelical University?
Pacific Journal, 2019
An invited essay looking at the E/evangelical nature of Fresno Pacific University on the celebrat... more An invited essay looking at the E/evangelical nature of Fresno Pacific University on the celebration of its 75th Anniversary. In it I consider what kind of E/evangelical institution Fresno Pacific has been and should be in light of its commitment to being an Anabaptist, evangelical & ecumenical institution. Pacific Journal 14 (fall 2019): 159-73.
Creating Inclusive and Hospitable Christian Schools: Three Case Studies
Journal for Disability & Religion, 2019
A co-written article investigating the best practices of three Christian Schools (K-12) toward in... more A co-written article investigating the best practices of three Christian Schools (K-12) toward inclusion of Special Needs students.
Hearing from God in the Discord
Christian Leader, Sep 4, 2018
Dissent can be an opportunity for leaders to experience the Holy Spirit’s leading.
Didaktikos, 2018
Hospitality can be a source of excellent pedagogy.
Making Dissent Meaningful
Connections: FPU Blog, 2017
Dissent can be an opportunity for listening to the Holy Spirit and the formation of community as ... more Dissent can be an opportunity for listening to the Holy Spirit and the formation of community as a listening people.
Contemporary church leadership has largely been developed through historically shaped cultural fo... more Contemporary church leadership has largely been developed through historically shaped cultural forces stemming from modernity’s rationalism. As the dissonance of this shaping has become more pronounced with the movement toward what has been called “postmodernity” or “hyper-modernity,” it has become important again to understand how we have arrived at our current state for the purpose of understanding how God might be reshaping his church once again. Acknowledging that our current practices of leadership have been largely shaped by historical cultural values can give us freedom to let go of those practices which no longer serve God’s mission and adapt to the context into which God is drawing us.
Celebrating Parents, Mourning Losses
Christian Leader, Apr 1, 2014
Father's Day and Mother’s Day are not times of celebration for everyone. How can we mourn with th... more Father's Day and Mother’s Day are not times of celebration for everyone. How can we mourn with those who weep?
The stories we tell, our narratives, are shaped and shape the social context into which the Gospe... more The stories we tell, our narratives, are shaped and shape the social context into which the Gospel breaks. However, the inability to recognize how these narratives function can make our transmission of the Gospel message more difficult. This article investigates some of the more notable narratives of the Hispanic/Latino community in the Southwestern United States with the hopes that understanding these will help the church find a common message toward intercultural life.
Misinterpreted Scripture Protects Domestic Abusers
ETHICSDAILY.com, Oct 4, 2010
"This article investigates the shepherding metaphor as used throughout the biblical narrative in ... more "This article investigates the shepherding metaphor as used throughout the biblical narrative in contrast to how that metaphor is used in the modern church. In particular, it implies that our current approach to modern church leadership may actually hinder the kind of leadership necessary in changing situations and times. By investigating Old and New Testament usages, this article demonstrates that much of the modern tendency toward expert, professionalized leadership, as exemplified by the office of pastor, may be out of touch with the main metaphor used to describe
pastoral leadership. Suggestions are made as to how revisiting the dangerous memories of the biblical understanding of shepherd leadership can benefit the church and its leaders, toward a more holistic and integrated form of leadership that will encourage reliance on the church’s one Shepherd during times of transition and difficult change."
Abusers Distort Bible to Justify Domestic Violence
ETHICSDAILY.com, Oct 1, 2009
Regarding Race: The Opportunities and Challenges of the Obama Presidency
Scholar Speak Series, Feb 4, 2009
Recapture Values That Reflect God
ETHICSDAILY.com, Oct 22, 2008
The Social Trinity and the Southwest: Toward a Local Theology in the Borderlands
Perspective in Religious Studies, 2008
Considering the major social Trinitarian theologians of the twentieth century, this article inves... more Considering the major social Trinitarian theologians of the twentieth century, this article investigates how themes of social Trinitarianism might encourage and challenge churches in the Southwestern U.S. toward revision of theological and ethical praxis. Specifically, it investigates the themes of perichoresis, mutuality, egalitarianism, openness to other, and love. Promoting that since human beings are created in God’s image to be socially interconnected, these Trinitarian concepts make both prophetic and ethical demands upon churches in this region regarding cultural diversity and the embracing of “the other.”
Pastoral Leadership in Transitioning Communities: Congregational Praxis as Interpretive Leadership
UMI-ProQuest, Mar 2008
While numerous authors have described the need for intercultural church life and others have desc... more While numerous authors have described the need for intercultural church life and others have described the role of leadership within multicultural congregations, relatively few, if any have addressed how to help homogenous churches move toward intercultural church life. How can pastors lead homogeneous congregations to embrace intercultural life in the midst of a multicultural community? Why do pastors seem to be unable to successfully lead cultural change in congregations? Investigating expert systems and cultural influences on the church in the Southwestern U.S., specifically focusing on Southern Baptist churches, this dissertation develop a practical theological approach to pastoral leadership that embraces communal leadership. This approach utilizes conflict as an opportunity for engaging positive change through communal praxis informed by active reflection and conscientization (Friere), Appreciative Inquiry, and missional exploration of God's reign.
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Books by Quentin P. Kinnison
Articles by Quentin P. Kinnison
pastoral leadership. Suggestions are made as to how revisiting the dangerous memories of the biblical understanding of shepherd leadership can benefit the church and its leaders, toward a more holistic and integrated form of leadership that will encourage reliance on the church’s one Shepherd during times of transition and difficult change."
pastoral leadership. Suggestions are made as to how revisiting the dangerous memories of the biblical understanding of shepherd leadership can benefit the church and its leaders, toward a more holistic and integrated form of leadership that will encourage reliance on the church’s one Shepherd during times of transition and difficult change."