by David Chung | Mar 10, 2023 | Leadership Blog
Recently, I learned a profoundly important leadership principle known as The 5-Second Rule. Mel Robbins, who identified and popularized this concept, not only used it to save her marriage but also went on to become one of the most widely recognized leadership coaches...
by David Chung | Mar 10, 2023 | Leadership Blog
Recently, an online MK sports news article, titled “”, breathlessly chronicled the Republic of Korea’s dramatic qualification for the Round of 16 in the Doha World Cup as the second-place team in Group H. Literally, this process was the most...
by David Chung | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletter
Dear Friends, Sri Lanka’s economy recently collapsed. I’m sure you can imagine the political and social chaos this beautiful country is going through. It is heartbreaking to see how the people of Sri Lanka have endured one hardship after another for decades. Through...
by David Chung | Mar 3, 2023 | Leadership Blog
The heart of the Book of Exodus lies in chapters 19–24, where God and Israel enter into a covenant in the wilderness of Sinai. Immediately before this pivotal moment, in Exodus 18, Moses reorganized Israel by appointing leaders over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and...
by David Chung | Nov 4, 2022 | Newsletter
One of the most difficult English words to translate into Korean is accountability. The Naver Dictionary of Educational Terms renders accountability as chaekmuseong (責務性), a Chinese-Korean term related to duty or obligation. When asked about the difference between...
by David Chung | Nov 3, 2022 | Leadership Blog
There is a Korean expression, dokbul-janggun (獨不將軍). It is often mistakenly interpreted as “a general with only one testicle,” but its true meaning is quite different. Literally, it means “alone, one is not a general.” To be called a general, one must have soldiers...
by David Chung | Nov 3, 2022 | Leadership Blog
“Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year, Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught many people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch” (Acts 11:25–26). When asked...
by David Chung | Nov 3, 2022 | Leadership Blog
There is a familiar saying: “Teamwork makes the dream work.” It means that working together as a team can produce extraordinary results. However, this saying does not imply that teamwork is easy. In fact, the easiest way to work is to work alone. Yet the scope of what...
by David Chung | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletter
Dear Friends, My leadership development ministry in Ivory Coast last week went really well. The student-pastors I had the privilege of developing told me that the training I offered opened their eyes to see the difference between the problems of African church...
by David Chung | May 30, 2022 | Leadership Blog
https://youtu.be/BYpzVW3HETI(Pastors coming before the Lord in prayer and praise for 30 minutes every day before lectures begin) About forty pastors from the Ivory Coast and Chad gathered to discuss the leadership challenges currently facing pastoral ministry in...
