Hello! I’m

SCOTT RODIN

Set Free to Lead is a nine-part cohort program I lead through the Center for Steward Leader Studies  also the title of one of my books. Over 50 days, participants walk a guided journey through four areas of life: our relationship with God, with ourselves, with our neighbor, and with creation. Cohorts are led by trained Cohort Leaders who’ve walked the journey themselves.

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Center for Steward Leader Studies/Senior Fellow

For over thirty years, I’ve walked alongside pastors, seminary presidents, and nonprofit leaders as they wrestle with one question: are we owners of what God has entrusted to us, or stewards of it? That question has shaped my writing, my consulting, and every board table I’ve sat at.

As founder of Rodin Consulting and author of eleven books translated into nine languages, I help Christian organisations build strategy, governance, and generosity on a biblical foundation — not borrowed corporate models. My work has taken me across five continents, but it always comes back to the same conviction: leadership is stewardship.

Services

  • Steward Leadership Coaching
  • Strategic Planning 
  • Board Development
  • Kingdom Fundraising Consulting 

Skills

  • Steward Leadership Theology
  • Nonprofit Strategic Planning
  • Board Governance
  • Kingdom Fundraising

Client

  • Seminaries & Theological
  • Christian Nonprofits
  • Church Boards
  • Global Ministries

Awards

  • Christian Stewardship Association 
  • Association of Biblical
  • ChinaSource 
  • The Alliance for Board 

WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH MY WORK

STEWARD LEADER COHORTS

Lead the nine-part "Set Free to Lead" cohort journey through the Center for Steward Leader Studies.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Keynotes, seminary lectures, and ministry retreats on stewardship and leadership across five continents.

BOOKS & WRITING

Author of 11 books on steward leadership and biblical fundraising, translated into nine languages worldwide.

WEBINARS & PODCASTS

Watch recent teachings and hear conversations on fundraising, generosity, and stewardship theology.

CONSULTING & COACHING

Strategic planning, board development, and executive coaching for churches, seminaries, and nonprofits.

CONSULTING & COACHING

Strategic planning, board development, and executive coaching for churches, seminaries, and nonprofits.

STEWARD LEADER COHORTS

Lead the nine-part "Set Free to Lead" cohort journey through the Center for Steward Leader Studies.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Keynotes, seminary lectures, and ministry retreats on stewardship and leadership across five continents.

BOOKS & WRITING

Author of 11 books on steward leadership and biblical fundraising, translated into nine languages worldwide.

LEADING LEADERS TOWARD FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP

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STEWARD LEADERSHIP COACHING

One-on-one and executive coaching for pastors, presidents, and nonprofit leaders learning to lead as stewards, not owners.
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STRATEGIC PLANNING

Biblically-grounded planning that aligns mission, board, and resources around a shared kingdom vision.
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BOARD DEVELOPMENT

Training boards to govern with clarity, accountability, and a steward-leader mindset.
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KINGDOM FUNDRAISING CONSULTING

Moving organizations beyond transactional fundraising toward generosity rooted in biblical stewardship.
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SPEAKING & TEACHING

Keynotes, lectures, and retreats on stewardship and transformational leadership — delivered across five continents.
FEATURED BOOKS
FEATURED BOOKS
FEATURED BOOKS
“A transformative guide that redefines leadership — moving readers from ownership to a life of faithful stewardship in every role they hold.”
“A story-driven look at fundraising as ministry — challenging development officers to see donors as fellow travelers, not targets.”
“An honest confrontation of manipulative fundraising tactics, replaced with a biblical model rooted in trust and generosity.”
“A practical rethinking of resource development — reframing the sower’s work as a sacred act of raising kingdom resources.”

MEET THE AUTHOR, SPEAKER & STEWARD LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT

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President
The Steward's Journey & Kingdom Life Publishing
2005 – 2010
Managing Principal / Senior Fellow
OneAccord NFP / Engstrom Institute
2010 – 2015
President
Eastern Baptist (Palmer) Theological Seminary
2005 – 2010
 President & Founder
Christian Stewardship Association / Rodin Consulting, Inc.
1995 – 2005
 PhD, Systematic Theology
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
1990 – 1995
/ RECOGNITION & AFFILIATIONS
Center for Steward Leader Studies
Association of Biblical Higher Education
ChinaSource
The Alliance for Board Effectiveness
Evangelical Environmental Network
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Rodin Consulting, Inc
Based in los angeles, california
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