Any leader who hasn't come across the work of Jack Miller, the World Harvest Mission and the Sonship Course needs to.
Sonship
was developed some years back as a course to help Christian leaders
live and lead from the core of knowing and enjoying the grace of God.
God used it to transform my own life and ministry, showing me just how
legalistic I could be in my desire for extreme theological accuracy.
Theological accuracy is -obviously - very important, but not when it
replaces Christ as the goal of your work, which it was often in danger
of doing with me.
Jack Miller died several years back. Some of
his letters to believers, leaders and missionaries have been published
in a posthumous collection called "The Heart of a Servant Leader". It
is a brilliant read, short sections, biblically heart-warming and wise.
Here are a few section headings to whet your appetite:
- Persevering in serving
- Persevering through conflict
- Encouragement for sinners
- Encouragement for sufferers
- Motivation for serving - the glory of God
- The basics of serving - faith, humility and prayer