READ FIRST - Additional resources required for this course

READ FIRST - Additional resources required for this course

This course will utilize the following texts:

1) Lead Like Jesus Revisited Six-Week Study Guide

  • In the USA:

    * For an English copy of the Lead Like Jesus Six-Week Study Guide, please go to https://leadlikejesus.givecloud.co/leadlikejesus6weekstudyguide AND use the coupon code below to receive 15% off.

    * For a Japanese copy of the Lead Like Jesus Six-Week Study Guide, please send the request to me at richardmc.sosintl@gmail.com (for the sake of time before the cohort starts), AND mail a $20 check written to "S.O.S. International" to Rich McLaughlin, 848 W. Lincoln Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187 [shipping costs will be covered by the $20 total]

  • In Japan:

    * For a Japanese copy of the Lead Like Jesus Six-Week Study Guide, please order through Inochi no Kotoba-sha at https://www.wlpm.or.jp/en/search_e/?kw=ken+blanchard

    * For an English copy of the Lead Like Jesus Six-Week Study Guide, please go to https://leadlikejesus.givecloud.co/leadlikejesus6weekstudyguide AND use the coupon code below to receive 15% off.

    [Of the above four options, unfortunately this last one does involve higher shipping costs, since shipping items from the USA to Japan are relatively costly these days]

For 15% discount, please use this promo code: RMclaughlin15

2) Operation Japan Prayer Guide ($5)

  • downloadable from The Academy (click on the "Products" menu at the top of the page, then choose the "More Products" tab. Next click on each of the resources individually for checkout and downloading.)

    • digital download available for both the English and Japanese versions

  • a paperback from Amazon ($9)

  • a greatly expanded, digital, web-based version with much more information. The digital version is available from Don Wright at donwrightjp1@gmail.com
    To purchase these books, click on each individually for checkout and downloading.


Lead Like Jesus - Spring 2026

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Before We Get Started

  • How this course is structured
  • READ FIRST - Additional resources required for this course1
  • Introduction2
  • Grow in your leadership by following Jesus2
  • Your cohort facilitator - Rich McLaughlin
  • How can you reap the greatest benefit from this study?
  • The priority of prayer
  • Please introduce yourself19

Section 1 - A Biblical Perspective on Leadership: The Heart of a Great Leader

  • Memory verse2
  • Assigned Study3
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - March 24, 7:00-8:30pm CST3
  • Pray4

Section 2 - The Habits of a Leader

  • Memory Verse1
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - April 28, 7:00-8:30pm CST2
  • Pray1

Section 3 - The Head of a Great Leader

  • Memory Verse2
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - May 26, 7:00-8:30pm CST1
  • Pray

Section 4 - The Hands of a Great Leader, Part 1

  • Memory Verse1
  • Assigned Study1
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - June 23, 7:00-8:30pm CST3
  • Pray

Section 5 - The Hands of a Great Leader, Part 2

  • Memory Verse2
  • Assigned Study2
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - July 28, 7:00-8:30pm CST5
  • Pray

Section 6 - The Doing Habits of a Great Leader

  • Memory Verse
  • Assigned Study1
  • Cohort Zoom Meeting - August 25, 7:00-8:30pm CST
  • Pray