For over 20 years, Vickie Winkler has served HEART as its Founder and Executive Director. In 2020, she strongly felt God’s leading to begin a process of transition to find her replacement in 2021.

In this podcast, Vickie invites Pastor Phil Sparling, who serves as both HEART’s U.S. Board Chairman and Vickie’s personal pastor from Auburn, CA. Sparling was invited by Vickie to visit Kenya and spend time with the Kenyan staff to help them prepare and navigate through a huge change that will take HEART from a founder-lead ministry to a board-lead ministry.

Sparling’s topic, “HEART Ministry in the Midst of Unprecedented Times,” is a conversation that includes many personal reflections, as well as clips from Pastor Phil’s transition training workshop at HEART Lodge in Nairobi in April 2021. In his experience with previous boards, Sparling has helped provide leadership to various ministry transitions over the years. He brings a wealth of knowledge and sees transition significantly influenced by dynamics of individual commitment to Leadership, Mission, and Benefits, or some variation of all three. Good listening with lots of wisdom to impart!

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