Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19, ESV). What makes a great leader? One of my favorite books on leadership is entitled Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within by Robert Quinn. I love the following quote from this book… The leader can transform from separate individuals into cohesive […]
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We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians 4:8-9, ESV). I believe the role and job of a pastor is very difficult. Through the years many commented about my ministry—some positive and some negative—but rarely did anyone mention the difficulty
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Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else (Galatians 6:4, NLT). Early in my career as a pastor, someone told me that I was disorganized. I immediately went home to tell my wife so
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If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously (Romans 12:8, NLT). The title of this Interruption is from a Harvard Business Review article entitled (as mentioned) What Leaders Really Do by John Kotter. HBR (Harvard Business Review) is a website/magazine in existence for years with thousands of articles on all things related
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A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:12, NLT). We will all need to work with or lead a team sometime. I consider a team to be at least three people. The group
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That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him (Ephesians 1:17, ESV). Success depends on making the right decision. Assuming that we are all leaders, we want to lead effectively. But how? The Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 1:17
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The leader’s responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the church, the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12, OGV). Recently, I looked at a Facebook post from a former member of Fellowship who had left thirty years ago to build a church in Africa. This church now has thousands in
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I’ve heard this principle of organizational development for years … Get the right people on the bus. It’s a key principle of leadership for success in business and church growth. Basically, we should get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus. John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard church
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I beg you, live the way people should live who have been called by God (Ephesians 4:1, WE). All of us have been called to salvation, and all of us have a specific calling in which to serve Jesus. There are two opposite reactions after receiving our calling – the reluctant response and the over-eager
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Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” (Matthew 4:19, NLT) Some leaders inspire leaders, while other leaders organize leaders. Leaders who inspire through vision and calling get “into” the soul of others, challenging them to follow Jesus. Organizational leaders develop a vision statement, make plans,
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