Discover the Leadership Code Hidden Inside You
Every Christian leader eventually feels it. The internal tension between conviction and compromise, between faith and results, between doing what’s right and doing what works. The Missionary and the Mercenary (M&M) names that tension and exposes it for what it is: two competing mindsets living inside every leader.
The Missionary is driven by purpose, calling, and eternal impact. The Mercenary is driven by execution, outcomes, and survival in a broken world. Ignore either one, and leadership collapses. Lean too hard into one, and the fallout is costly.
This book doesn’t shame you for that struggle. It arms you for it. It acknowledges the uncomfortable truth that building God’s Kingdom in business is not clean or simple. Decisions are messy. Stakes are high. Time is short.
M&M gives language to what most leaders feel but rarely articulate, helping you recognize when you’re drifting toward paralysis or compromise, and how to regain balance before the damage is done. This is the starting point for leaders who refuse to choose between faithfulness and effectiveness.
From Confusion to Clarity. Together
The myth of leadership is that great leaders have all the answers. The truth is far more demanding: great leaders ask the right questions, at the right time, with the right people.
The authors of M&M, Arik and Derek Johnson, have spent decades discovering, testing, and refining those questions in real organizations, real crises, and real moments where values were on the line. This is not armchair philosophy. It is hard-won wisdom forged in the tension between idealism and reality.
That’s why this Book Club isn’t a passive reading experience. It’s a shared excavation of truth, where leaders challenge assumptions, confront blind spots, and wrestle honestly with what it means to lead in a divided world.
You’ll engage with others who are carrying similar burdens: executives, founders, and leaders who refuse shallow faith or shallow leadership. Together, you’ll sharpen discernment, restore momentum, and replace confusion with clarity that leads to decisive, faithful action.