Lecture: Nicole Massie Martin

Evening Lecture from Nicole Massie Martin, Chief Operating Officer at Christianity Today and founder and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries.  She is also the author of: Nailing It, Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender (Intervarsity Press, 2025)

Nicole Massie Martin

Rev. Dr. Nicole Massie Martin holds degrees from Vanderbilt University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is the Chief Operating Officer at Christianity Today and founder and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries. She is an accomplished writer and author, serves on various boards and councils, and leads the Grow Ministry at Kingdom Fellowship AME Church in Maryland. She and her husband, Mark, are proud parents to two amazing daughters.

Nailing It, Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender (2025)

Nailing Outdated Leadership Practices to the Cross

Traditional leadership teachings and styles haven't changed much in years. But the world is changing and so are Christian leaders—women need room for their natural gifts to shine and people of color needed space to elevate the values they bring into their roles. Even seasoned leaders are growing weary of the status quo, craving innovative ways to lean into new ways of thinking for the good of their organizations and the emerging generations they serve.

In this transformative resource for leaders of all ages, Nicole Massie Martin inspires us to crucify our ministry idols and nail our outdated leadership practices to the cross. Sharing leadership principles and case studies wrapped in biblical precepts and pastoral wisdom, she leads us through seven areas of traditional leadership that need to be reframed:

• Power

• Ego

• Speed

• Performance

• Perfection

• Loyalty

• Scale

Get ready to take the leap of faith into new leadership realities and discover how crucified living can lead you to nail it.