Leadership
Is it possible that a good leader and a good Christian leader are two seperate and distinct things...and even incompatible?Often times in the church, we talk about the need for "good leaders" to rise up and assume positions of leadership within the congregation. We have our nominating committees search for "good natural leaders" but, is that what the church really needs? Does a CEO of a Fortune 500 company automatically mean that they would be a good church leader? Does a self-employed business owner automatically mean that they would be a good church leader? Does it take a knowledge of finances? Does it take HR skills and experience? Must they have a professional degree?
What makes a good church leader?
More than ever, I am convicted that a good church leader is one who is passionate about being a disciple of Christ. A good church leader is active in their own spiritual growth, and cares about the lives and faith of others. A good church leader not only prays "forgive us..., as we forgive..." each day/week, but means it, and lives it out. A good church leader prays. Faithfully and often. A good church leader trusts and believes that God has great things in store, and responds to challenges accordingly. A good church leader is more interested in God's vision than in the budget. A good church leader is more interested in people than in process, yet recognizes the importance of process too. A good church leader listens more than speaks. And too often, we miss the good church leaders in our midst.
Every church needs good leaders to step up into positions of leadership. We just need to better understand what makes a leader "good".
posted by Unknown @ 11:00 AM
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Hi Johnny,
I am amazed at how many differant definitions I could find ,when looking up the word good.
(at least 36)
Is it possible that we have more
"good church leaders" in our midsts than we thought??...I think Yes!
As Christians could it be,that if we just pay more attention to Gods word for ourselves as well as encourage our fellow brothers/sisters to use there strenghs & weaknesses ,our outcome of a good leader in the church may be found.The only way for our weaknesses to become strong and used for good,is to allow God to work through us and get out of our own way.
For examlpe we tell our kids,in order to be a good reader,you need to learn your letters /sounds along with practicing reading daily ...and you can become a good reader.However for that child to even want to learn to read(especially if he is learned disabled) we have to encourage ,encourage encourage ,saying how well they are doing and how far they have come.This will encourage them to be that "good" reader.
I really think that goes for all of us.To be "good" at anything we have to dedicate ourselves to the cause.Christ is a pretty "good" cause!(The best)
So let's all encourage ,encourage, encourage each other,to be a "good church leader".
Why because "His Word" encourages us ,if we just take the time to read it and pay attention!
Grace
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