Samuel D. Rima

Sam has dedicated the last 25 years to passionately promoting the need for both holistic leadership and spiritual capital. Believing the two are inextricably linked, Dr. Rima's focus has been on assisting organizations to leverage both in an effort to foster individual, organizational and societal transformation. He has written books in both the fields of leadership and spiritual capital and taught or spoken on six continents. His most recent book, Spiritual Capital: A Moral Core for Social and Economic Justice, is based on his most recent research. He has worked in national politics (U.S.), the church and academia. Additionally, Sam has worked with the Sekem Group in Cairo, Egypt, helping to launch the Social Innovation Research Center at Heliopolis University and currently serves as a board member and research associate with the TRANS4M Center for Integral Development in Geneva, Switzerland and as Associate with the Spiritual Capital and Moral Leadership Institute (SCMLi) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sam has earned to doctoral degrees; a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership (Talbot School of Theology) and a Ph.D. in socioeconomics (University of Buckingham, UK) as well as a Master of Divinity and a Bachelors degree in political science and government (Eastern Washington University). Currently serving as the Executive Pastor at Tenth Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sam was born and raised in northeast Washington State in the U.S. and is of Native American heritage (Inland Salish). With his wife, Sue, Sam has four children and three grandchildren. Sam enjoys playing tennis, working out at his local gym, speaking on leadership, writing, reading good biographies, and international travel.