Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because they want to do it.” He was right on several counts. Leadership is an art. Leaders facilitate the work or action of others. Leaders should be visionaries who are able to see things that need to …
Category Archives: Leadership
Planting Mission Churches: Understanding the Process
Christians can rejoice in the increasing emphasis on planting or establishing new churches, especially in mission areas. New churches generally grow more rapidly than older churches; they are more open to new members and that openness makes them attractive to seekers. New churches also have a greater potential to escape traditions that tend to anchor …
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Spiritual Leadership
Christian leadership is essential. The church must have effective spiritual leaders–not only elders or pastors, but also servants, ministers, deacons, teachers, evangelists, preachers. The family suffers without effective spiritual leadership. Our nation needs spiritual leaders in touch with biblical foundations and principles, those who reflect those principles in their value systems and in their lives. …
Effective Leaders
My former colleague at Ohio Valley University, Becky Mathis-Stump, now works with Ethos Leadership Group and writes a regular blog on leadership. Her blog of May 16 cited notes from a discussion in which I shared some concepts concerning effective leadership. You can read her blog at Effective Leaders. If you are interested in leadership, …
Church Leadership…Again
Today I present another leadership workshop. I share bits and pieces in this morning’s blog. Leaders must focus on developing people (transformational) more than getting the work done (transactional). Managers may organize and run an organization (or a church), but ministry builds people. Leaders must be more concerned with ministry than management. The effectiveness of …
Principle-Based Leadership
For two weekends in October, I am presenting seminars on the general topic of leadership. Leadership is intriguing. My doctoral research dealt with leadership cohesion, especially focused on leadership teams. I have worked with church leaders, e.g. elders, deacons, and teachers, for over 40 years. As a local minister, I served as a leader in …
The Challenge of Leadership
Over the next two weekends, I will present two leadership seminars. The first will be focused for the church. The church must understand and come to grips with leadership. Biblical leaders are pastoral shepherds who share responsibility for the well-being of the spiritual flock. Biblical leaders are accountable to God, and should be willing to …
On Being Educated….
I am thinking today about what it means to be educated. J. K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) spoke at the spring graduation at Harvard earlier this month. Some of the graduates were appalled. “She just writes children’s books. She can hardly have anything to say to a Harvard grad.” Some applauded the decision to …
Walls
[Note: the following is not original with me. Unfortunately I do not know the source.] Ten reasons we don’t need new walls! 1. We’ve gotten by fine without them for 100 years. 2. They’ll cost too much. 3. We tried to build them once and it didn’t work. 4. Nobody will help. 5. Some of …