The Serving Leader’s Guide to Effective Meetings
About Merle Herr
Merle Herr and his wife Amy have been married for thirty-one years and have five children and one grandchild. Merle resides in northwestern Pennsylvania and is a member of an Anabaptist church, Meadville Mennonite Chapel. He founded AgSalt Processing and has served as its CEO since 1989. He co-founded Anabaptist Financial and served as its executive officer for twelve years. He currently leads business consultants, seminar, and workshops serving thoughsands of clients accross the U.S. In addition, Merle is the co-founder of various nonprofits such as Open Hands (2009), Anabaptish Savings and Loans International (2018), and most recently, Anabaptist Brotherhood (2021). He has served on various boards, including chairman at Faith Builders Educational Programs.
Learn more about Merle Herr via his website.
Serving Leader
The mission of Serving Leader is to help Christian leaders through practical guides and tools so they can fulfill their leadership call in the Kingdom of God.
Relationship with Dr. John Stahl-Wert
Merle has been a student and friend of Dr. Stahl-Wert’s for over fifteen years. He has helped facilitate cohorts and Dr. Stahl-Wert has collaborated deeply with Serving Leader resources. Dr. Stahl-Wert ensures the language of all resources aligns with Center for Serving Leadership’s core message and serves as an advisor to the author for Serving Leader.
The Serving Leader’s Guide to Effective Meetings
A how-to guide detailing what you need to know about running meetings with a servant’s heart. Whether leading in the for-profit or nonprofit sector, this guide will illuminate the next steps to take your leadership to the next level. This guide offers: Biblical perspectives on meetings with examples of serving leaders in the Bible, stories from Anabaptist (Amish, Mennonite, German Baptist) businesses, a meeting model that will help you custom design a meeting system (no matter your company size), five steps to develop and implement critical skills, and step-by-step guides detailing everything you need to know about two of the most important meeting types.
