Sheri and Keith Onishi

Sheri and Keith have served for 38 years with an international Christian mission organization, 17 of those years living in Latin America. They have 3 grown children and currently live in Dallas, Texas. Their current roles are to develop leaders globally, with an emphasis on spiritual leadership, self-leadership, strategic leadership and shared leadership. One of their focuses is to create safe spaces for teams to discuss the challenges and barriers that are unique to women who desire to lead organizationally, in order to uncover the often un acknowledged root issues.

CBE’s 2025 International Conference Speaking Session

Redeeming the Culture of the Fall in Your Church/Ministry Context

Desiring to see more women in leadership in your organization/church is not enough. Secular for profit and non-profit companies have discovered that no matter how many “bias trainings” and policy changes they make, they are still not seeing significant advancement in women thriving in leadership positions. As believers we need to understand that the root issues are spiritual and began at the Fall of humankind. Redeeming the Culture of the Fall in your church/ministry context and creating an environment of flourishing women leaders and male/female partnerships begins with surfacing the root issues as you understand biblical and historical teachings, and learn to listen to one another, especially to the women in your organizaion.