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man in bright red polo shirt and sneakers:

“Looking for a new direction? Give

traffic ministry a try!”

I’m searching for the open-air bookstore,

where I’ll be meeting Adam

McHugh, a local evangelical pastor

with whom I’ve been corresponding.

McHugh is an avowed introvert, and

we’ve been having a cross-country conversation

about what it feels like to be

a quiet and cerebral type in the evangelical

movement—especially as a leader.

Like HBS, evangelical churches often

make extroversion a prerequisite for

leadership, sometimes explicitly. “The

priest must be … an extrovert who enthusiastically

engages members and

newcomers, a team player,” reads an ad

for a position as associate rector of a

1,400-member parish. A senior priest at

another church confesses online that he

has advised parishes recruiting a new

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