Canadian named president of international ministry
Arrow Leadership Ministries moves to Vancouver
VANCOUVER–Arrow Leadership Ministries of North Carolina has hired Canadian Carson Pue as the organization’s new international president. Arrow has also relocated its international head office from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Vancouver, where Pue is based.
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"It
is wonderfully fitting that in an organization
committed to leadership development, one of our
own graduates, a man I have mentored, has been
selected," comments evangelist Leighton
Ford, Arrow’s founder. "Carson was
selected because he had shown through starting
Arrow Canada that he was gifted, and because he
and his wife, Brenda, have such a passion for
developing other leaders." For the past four years, Pue has been executive director for the Canadian office of Chuck Swindoll’s Insight for Living Ministries. He made the transition to being full-time president of the international Arrow program in September. "Leighton has been a mentor to me since 1993," says Pue, 43. "I caught the vision for this ministry from Leighton while I was a student in the Arrow Leadership Program." Pue plans to expand the Arrow program into Europe, Africa and Asia, and to develop a special program aimed at Christian leaders who are in the business world. |
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file Canadian connection: Carson Pue takes over Arrow’s leadership ministry, and moves its headquarters to Vancouver. |
Arrow was started in 1992 with the goal of developing young Christian leaders between the ages of 25 and 40. Specifically, it was created to help young leaders to "lead more like Jesus Christ, and lead more to Jesus Christ."
"A dozen years ago, I realized there was a whole new group of young leaders (of whom Carson was one) who were emerging under 40 all over the world," says Ford. "They had great visions, but were hungry for mentoring and affirmation from senior leaders. I had received mentoring from senior leaders, like Billy Graham, and I wanted to pass that on."
After the Pues had run an interior design business, Carson Pue felt called to ministry and studied at the University of Calgary, Regent College, and Carey Theological College in Vancouver. He was ordained in 1989 into the Baptist Union of Western Canada.
Pue served with the denomination for several years as youth leadership coordinator, and held several pastoral positions in Baptist churches.
The Arrow program is grounded in the understanding that young leaders mature in their leadership skills and attributes as they are exposed to older leaders who mentor them, and to their peers who are experiencing the same challenges. The program combines mentors, peer clusters, structured leadership experiences, and evangelism training into a two-year on-the-job program.
The Charlotte-based office for Arrow Leadership Ministries was officially closed as the ministry moved to Vancouver.
