LEADERSHIP FOR CHURCH GROWTH IN THE 21st CENTURY

I Timothée 3.2

A leader must be free from blame (above reproach).

The father of many modern management principles.

« There may be "born leaders," but there surely are far too few to depend on them. Leadership must be learned and can be learned …»

Peter Drucker

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

1. HE IS A VISIONARY

Robert Kennedy

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask “why?” I dream of things that never were, and ask “why not?”

Hebrews 11.1

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

« He was constantly asking the question, what is God actually saying we should do next. »

« Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality »

Warren Bennis

6 000 m² de terrain

2. HE IS HUMBLE

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

« We are guilty of stealing because we ascribe to ourselves that which belongs to God alone. We are also guilty of lying because we pretend to be that which we are not. »

William Law

The Ponto Story

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17.9

THREE THINGS THAT KEEP ME HUMBLE

1. My failures and my sin

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. II Corinthians 12.8-9

I will use them (the nations) to put Israel to the test. I will see whether Israel will live the way I want them to. I will see whether they will follow my path, just as their people did long ago. The LORD had let those nations remain in the land. He didn't drive them out right away. He didn't hand them over to Joshua.

Judges 2.22-23

The LORD left some nations in the land. He left them there in order to put the people of Israel to the test. He did it for all those who hadn't lived through any of the wars in Canaan. He wanted to teach the men in Israel who had never been in battle before. He wanted them to learn how to fight. Judges 3.1-2

The LORD left those nations where they were in order to put Israel to the test. He wanted to see whether they would obey his commands.

Judges 3.4

« He who is afraid of recognising his weaknesses and his failures will never be a revolutionary. »

Lénine

Weakness + Humility

is better thanVictory + Pride

THREE THINGS THAT KEEP ME HUMBLE

1. My failures and my sin2. Clashes in relationships

THREE THINGS THAT KEEP ME HUMBLE

1.My failures and my sin2. Clashes in relationships3. My wife

3. HE IS A TEAM PLAYER

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

Philipians 1.1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons

Acts 14.23

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

I Timothy 3.1-2

If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer (episkopos) , he desires a noble task.Now the overseer (episkopos) must be above reproach…

Hebrews 13.17

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

4. HE IS A MOBILISER

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

« The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers. »

Peter Drucker

« If I wanted to discover whether I was a leader, I would look behind me to see who was following. »

Dixon Hoste

Nehemiah 3.1-2

Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place.The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.

Nehemiah 3.3-4

The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, (..) made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs.

Romain 16

Greet my dear friend Epenetus v6Greet Ampliatus, whom I love in the Lord v8Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. v13

« You will never make a good leader if you don’t like people. Businesses that look after their employees are those that succeed.»

Richard Branson

5. HE HAS THE GIFT OF FAITH

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

I Corinthians 12.9

To others the same Spirit gives faith(the special gift of faith)

“Paul proceeds to speak of things like healing and working of miracles, so that probably he has in mind a special faith which is associated with miraculous operations.”

Leon Morris

Hebrews 11.36-39

…who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength;

Hebrews 11.36-39

and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

Genesis 15.5-6, 8

The LORD took Abram outside and said, "Look up at the sky. Count the stars, if you can." Then he said to him, "That is how many children you will have." Abram believed the Lord. The LORD accepted Abram because he believed. So his faith made him right with the Lord.

Genesis 15.5-6, 8

But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"

“A stolid indifference to danger is not a sign of courage. The man who does not know fear cannot know courage. Paul knew fear.”

Oswald Sanders

FAITHBelieving that it will happen

COURAGEActing so that it will happen

6. HE IS PASSIONATE

LEADER FOR CHURCH GROWTH

But when I preach the good news, I can't brag. I have to preach it. How terrible it will be for me if I do not preach the good news!

I Corinthians 9.16

I wish my head were a spring of water! I wish my eyes were a fountain of tears! I would sob day and night over my people who have been killed.

Jeremiah 9.1

“ The giants all had one thing in common: neither victory nor success, but passion.”

Philip Yancey