Leadership Clinic/Glass and PEACE

Rev. Dr. Margie Bryce coaches and consults for individuals/groups desiring better Kingdom Impact through enhanced and practical leadership skills which empowers innovative disciple making. Her most recent endeavor is the launch of the Leadership Clinic, online asynchronous course(s) to help leaders develop a kenotic style of leadership amid the practical aspects of ministry. Margie served in various capacities. She is Instructor of Practical Theology for Ashland Theological Seminary in the M.Div. program (Detroit campus) and in the Doctoral program offered at the main campus in Ohio. She serves as a coach and consultant for churches, pastors, and individuals. In addition, Margie works heavily in the areas of revitalization with more than eight years working with various programs to stimulate churches into a missional lifestyle. Margie is also teaching a pilot program after becoming a trained facilitator of Church Unique. Education: Her undergraduate degree is in Communication Arts from Oakland University which enabled a first career owning a marketing/communications agency serving clients in the business, government and health care sectors. Then, came the call into ministry. She earned a Master’s of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership from Ashland Theological Seminary. Her dissertation explored kenosis in the life of the leader, the act of surrendering to God’s purposes to lead others to do the same. She became interested in church planting and a kingdom-oriented emphasis in seminary and further studied how to lead change that is transformational. She prefers thinking out-of-the-box. She served as lead pastor for three churches, and associate for two others for a total of 17 years of pastoral experience. The most recent was as founding pastor of DownRiver United Methodist, a ¬¬Vital Merger of 4.5 congregations who came together to do a new thing. All congregations left their buildings, pooled their assets, worshipped in a school setting for 4 years before purchasing and renovating a 13,000 square foot building on 10 acres southwest of Detroit. Prior to that, and while working on her doctorate, she served at Attica UMC, a small membership church that experienced 30 percent growth in membership during her time there. She led the church to develop outward focused ministries which still operate today. She is a wife, a mom to three grown sons, and is fur-Mom to two rescues (a bouncy Pomeranian and cat) and a miniature schnauzer. Her hobbies include cycling and creating stained glass.