Preparing Leaders Asthdleadtorofthis co llege, President l'aulDuconcouldOOl ha,·echow:nabeuer topictobethefocus ofh,~;Mondaychapel messages for the 1999-2000 .sehool year. With the influences of leaders such as former president james T Jeremiah,Dr.Don Scwell,and theprcsidem ofOi~on'salma mater.Trn~Temple,Dr. Lee RobeQOfl, Dr. Dixon's path toh•s po$Ltion oflead· enhip ..·asaclearone. Duringtheycar,hewastheone inlluencmgandencouraging the students to walk along the same path and to adopt thesamcmissioninlife. He waspassingthctorch. Combining his own per· i!Onalcxperi cncnwithBiblical principles, Dr. Dixon pour«! out his kno..·ledge of leadershiponthesmdembody. He feh dmt there "'OUid alwaysbeagreatneedforOuisuan~rshipmallven~of life. Htsdesirewas that the miunem robecomingO.ristianleaden inthet"'emyfir.;tcen!Ury. Hism~'tincludrd topiawch~MWhoa LeOOer ls,~challengingthutudenu rotahgreatp;~insrobuild 1heir character 10 1h~t 11 TT>OdeledChrist. Humilit y, i:enuineconc.,m.aservam's 1--=-,...,,..... spirit,agenuinelovefOf people, intelligence, vision, imegrity.andapo5itiveattitude"·cr~just:ofcwofthc trniu ();~on 1ouchW upoo. asvital roalca<kr'smakcup. la!crmlhe)·e~r.during spring quarter. Or. Dixon madcMWhlnal...eaderDoes~ the focus of hts chapel messagcs,challrngmgev· eryone 10 adopt a purpose or mission in life and to look tojcsusasthemodcl mis.sion mahr(John\7:4, Lukel9:10). As an ove rview of his l"ear-longchapd~ rieson preparingChristianleadeOOip, Dr. Dixon$3od, ~BeingaChnslianleadcrhas always been a dofficull rask. but by God's gr.:acr, we can be.~
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