Kingdom growth involves constant change by definition. A church that wants to be in exactly the same place in 10 years time is extremely complacent and will atrophy. Leaders are the people who mainly expect to receive and shape God-given vision and direction for where the church and its mission can and should be in the future. Change, however, is the biggest threat to stable organisational life so being able to lead through change is critical to church and kingdom growth. Whether leaders are allowed to lead for change, and how they do so, will determine whether a church develops for future gospel extension or concretises itself in a past reality.
Read moreLeadership Lessons: Discipling People in the Ways of the Lord
Think hard to day about discipling people in the ways of the Lord as well as in the truths of the Lord.
Read moreLeadership Lessons: Be Honest When Things Aren't Right
Ok, maybe this is a provocative one. Evangelicals (like me) can find it too easy to sweep under the carpet things that aren't right because we think we are doing and believing all the right things
Read moreLeadership Lessons: Don't Try to Reverse-Engineer Discipleship
Think of three things:
Growing disciples
Growing local church structures
Growing church activities
Which of these produces the most fruit for leaders' labours?
Read moreLeadership Lessons: How Did Paul Disciple Leaders?
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. (2 Tim. 3:10-11)
This is a key discipline verse. It teases apart how the older leader, Paul, nurtured and trained the younger leader Timothy
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