Roy M. King
Seminary & School of Missions(Resident Faculty)Director of Alumni Ministries
Leadership
Administration
Director of Alumni Ministries
Roy serves Christ by serving leaders. His passion engages him in helping leaders connect their hearts to the transforming power of God, catch God's perspective for his church, and develop the essential skills of effective leadership. This passion is at the center of his teaching and mentoring of Master's and Doctoral students, consulting with congregational leaders and coaching pastoral and parachurch leaders.
After obtaining his bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University in 1975, Dr. King worked as a church youth pastor and then as associate staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, where he helped to establish a campus ministry at Appalachian State University. He was director of stewardship and director of the Ben Lippen Conference at Columbia International University from 1978 until 1983, when he was named assistant director of the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, Asheville, North Carolina. Responsible for planning, developing and promoting the training center, Dr. King led retreats and seminars and was a consultant on church effectiveness. Roy then moved into pastoral leadership by serving as Pastor of Mission at Bent Creek Baptist Church in Asheville from 1986 to 1991. He assisted this rapidly growing congregation by providing direction and development of small groups, missions and evangelism ministries. From 1991 to 1997 he served the people in Boone North Carolina as Pastor of Alliance Bible Fellowship. He joined the CIU Seminary faculty in July 1997.
In his spare time he enjoys racquetball, hiking and auto repair. He and his wife, Pandora, have two grown children: Mary, an elementary teacher is married to David Rumsey, and Mark is a worship and youth leader. Pandora teaches autistic children and has thirty years of experience in special education.
Education and Experience:
B.S., 1975, East Tennessee State University (majors: Speech & History); M.A., 1985, Columbia Biblical Seminary (Biblical studies); D.Phil., 1992, Oxford Graduate School (Discipline: Society & Religion); D.Min., 2006, Fuller Theological Seminary (Focus: Leadership).
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Articles and Other Resources
- A Letter from a Member to the Leaders God Places Over Me An imaginary letter sent from a church member to his leaders. It captures this members vision for responding to conflict within the church. By Roy King.
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Articles on a Biblical Perspective for Coaching & Consulting Leaders
These 16 Word documents will soon be chapters in a book. Feel free to download them and customize them for leadership development in your ministry context.
- Church Heart Treasures By Roy King
- Church is Web not Chain Roy King discusses how Jesus built His church
- Coaching vs. Micro-managing By Roy King
- Connecting and Context By Roy King
- Enhancing Your Prayer Life Five things that revitalize your prayer life. By Roy King.
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Four Part Audio Series from a Church Weekend Conference on Roy’s Life Message: God’s Work in Our Hea
God is sovereign so every person, event or circumstance he allows to touch the life of one of his children he redeems to replace fear with faith, despair with hope and a taking consuming heart with joyful sacrificial love.
- Good Summer Reading Ideas Dr. Roy King presents a reading list for anyone in leadership or ministry. Featured are books on leadership, counseling issues, and finding renewal in your prayer life.
- Healthy Church and Time By Roy King
- Knowing God: The Relationship Between Yielding and Trusting In this article, Roy King writes about the twin responses of yielding and trusting in the life of a believer. Together, they open up our hearts in surrender to allow Christ to work fully in and through us.
- Leaders Need Rest Too! Roy King discusses the importance of reflection, refocusing, and refreshment
- Leadership Proverbs By Roy M. King - a collection of leadership proverbs
- Leading in a Changing Landscape By Roy King
- Living in the Unhurried Place In this article on "Being in a Place of Transformation" Roy King presents a perspective on how transformation can occur more effectively than many churches are seeing take place.
- Making Disciples of Jesus The church exists to make followers of Jesus who then make other followers. By Roy King.
- Never Walk Alone It is not good for someone to be alone. I am not speaking of the spiritual exercise of "solitude". I am speaking of walking out life without having your heart thrown wide open to a small safe group of fellow pilgrims sharing our journey. By Roy King.
- New LIfe: The Importance of Leadership Development Similar to parenting, developing leaders gives the opportunity to watch people grow into maturity. Roy King looks at the importance of participating in this process.
- Proverbs 14:4 Leaders Risk Living With the Ox!
- Responding to Loss By Roy King, April 2001
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Time Management Is Really Life Management
Book & Free videos to support training church and ministry leaders.
- Waiting Part 1 - Waiting on Christmas Dr. Roy King presents the idea that a great deal of the Christian’s life is invested in waiting. Waiting well means looking in faith at God’s promises.
- Waiting Part 2 - Waiting in a New Year Dr. Roy King describes waiting as a revisiting of the past by remembering what God has done and a longing look at the future as we anticipate what God will do.
- Waiting Part 3 - Waiting and Loving Dr. Roy King reminds us that God not only creates the space of waiting to strengthen faith and hope, it also the place where there is great opportunity for loving God and others.
- What is a Healthy Church? By Roy King
