Recently I was asked to give a conference address on “Positive Leadership.” It got me thinking about how many different kinds of pastoral leadership I’d come across in my ministry. I came up with 10 leadership types:
- Mr Passive
- Mr Crisis
- Mr Dictator
- Mr Inconsistent
- Mr Fearful
- Mr Pessimist
- Mr Boastful
- Mr Academic
- Mr Sociable
- Mr Administrator
If you click on over to my monthly column at Christianity.com, I’ll introduce you to these 10 men.
Look forward to checking this out. Having not yet read your ‘introductions’, which one of these men would you most closely associate yourself with?
You definitely caught my attention, and I can’t wait to sit down and check out your full article later this evening. One a first glance, I would say that I’ve had moments as many of these “types” of leaders, mostly during my first couple of years as a youth minister. I can’t wait to check it out!
All of them! See my post.
Haven’t you ever wondered why Jesus taught His Disciples NOT to be called “Leaders?”
For you have “ONE” leader – the Christ. Mat 23:10 NASB – And NONE did…
Mat 23:10-12 NASB – New American Standard Bible
Do not be called leaders; for “ONE’ is your Leader, that is, Christ.
But the greatest among you shall be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled;
and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
The Message – Mat 23:10-12 –
And don’t let people maneuver you into taking charge of them.
There is only one Life-Leader for you and them—Christ.
**Do you want to stand out? – Then step down. – Be a servant.**
If you puff yourself up, you’ll get the wind knocked out of you.
But if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty.
Jesus instructed **His disciples** NOT to be called **leaders** and NONE did.
Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
Php 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ,
Col 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,
Tit 1:1 Paul, a servant of God,
Jas 1:1 James, a servant of God
2Pe 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant
**His Disciples** all called themselves **Servants.**
None called themselves “Leaders.” None? None.
None called themselves “Servant-Leader.” None.
If Jesus instructed **His Disciples** NOT to call themselves “leaders”
and someone calls them self a “leader” or thinks they are a “leader;”
Are they a “Disciple of Christ?”
Why isn’t what Jesus said important?
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold:
them also I must bring, and they shall **hear MY voice;**
and there shall be “ONE” fold, and “ONE” shepherd.
John 10:16
One Fold – One Shepherd – One Voice – One Leader
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