Ken Kemp, Senior Associate for Strategic Advancement

Carolyn and I are pleased to announce that I have officially joined the Arrow team.  As of August 1^st, I am Senior Associate for Strategic Advancement for Arrow Leadership International Ministries.

Many of you have prayed with us as we open a new chapter in following that calling that you’ve heard about.  God stirred up a powerful desire to devote our full time to serving his kingdom.  Thanks to your prayers and encouragement and God’s clear leading, we’ve opened a new chapter and become a part of a dynamic leadership development organization that has a remarkable track record.  I’m excited about sharing the Arrow story.

After much study, prayer and consideration, President Carson Pue and the Board of Directors have launched an ambitious plan to fulfill a grand vision for growth. 

A God-sized Vision

I’ve been asked by the President and the Board to work closely with Carson and the Arrow Team to develop the resources we need to double our capacity over the next three to five years.  It’s a God-sized vision.  We’ll only accomplish it with his help.  Arrow has graduated over one thousand two hundred alumni who are serving kingdom organizations all over North America and beyond.  There are one hundred leaders in the program each year – but for the past several years, over sixteen hundred candidates per year have inquired.  The demand far exceeds our capacity. 

I learned about Arrow Leadership four years ago.  Dr. Carson Pue, Arrow’s President since 1999, helped me as a friend and counselor as I transitioned from my years in business to a renewed career in vocational ministry. Carson proved to be a wise encourager, full of fresh insight and invaluable advice.

Ken and Carson on the Annalong off Vancouver

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In the last few months, he’s once again proven to be the same. I know better now where it comes from. Carson is a world-class expert in developing leaders. He wrote the book.

What is Arrow? – A Clear Focus: Emerging Leaders

You may already be familiar with Arrow’s history. In 1994, Leighton Ford celebrated the graduation of his first Arrow class. It was the direct result of his firm commitment to emerging leaders. In 1998, he asked Carson, one of those first graduates, to assume the role of director of the organization now called Arrow Leadership. The baton was passed. In the years since, as I noted earlier, some twelve hundred Arrow alumni have re-emerged as energetic, focused leaders in hundreds of major churches, para-church ministries and in the marketplace. Over more than a decade, Arrow has identified top emerging leaders from all over North America and invested considerable resources to equip and encourage them through a highly intentional two year process.

I could easily get carried away.  This note is long enough.  Here are some links for more information -

• Why Arrow?
• How did Arrow get started?
• What sets Arrow apart?
• What are the core components of the two year program?
  • Personalized, comprehensive assessment
  • 360 Degree Assessment Feedback
  • Residential seminars
  • Practical leadership learning
  • Personalized development plan
  • Intensive mentoring/coaching
• On-going academic education – accreditation towards advanced degrees
• What we believe
• Arrow International – The Arrow Alliance

Download the Arrow Brochure (pdf) to learn more.

There is a place for you…

Please pray with us as we begin our work at Arrow.  We are actively seeking partners who understand the need for leadership development as we move into a whole new era of Christian ministry.

We appreciate you, our good friends, who have been so supportive through the years.  God is faithful.  He’s done great things.  And this is only the beginning.

Most sincerely yours,

Ken