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Under the providence of God in the life of the early church, we owe the ministry of two leaders to the initiative and advocacy of Barnabas. The two leaders are Paul and John Mark. As far as we know, Barnabas wrote none of the New Testament.
- Five Marks of a Servant Leader
No earthly Christian leader is the perfect incarnation of...
- Five Marks of a Servant Leader
- Leadership isn’t what the world thinks it is. “We must recognize that much of what is recognized as ‘leadership’ will not stand the test of time. In the end, all that is done apart from Him will be proven to be rubble and worth absolutely nothing.”
- To lead means, literally, to die. “Robert Quinn, a leadership professor at University of Michigan, has joined others in pointing out that the origins of the word leader means to ‘go forth and die.’
- The typical approach to ministry is detrimental. “Church members, if a church is not careful, can subtly be taught that they are paying people to do ministry. …
- Pastors are laypeople too. “In the Scripture, the term lay comes from the Greek word laos and simply refers to God’s special people. … Literally, your pastor is a layperson and you share in the clergy.
- A servant leader seeks the glory of his Master. And his Master is not his reputation or his ministry constituency; it is God. Jesus said, “The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood” (John 7:18).
- A servant leader sacrificially seeks the highest joy of those he serves. This does not conflict with seeking the glory of his Master. Jesus said, “Whoever would be great among you must be your servant . . .
- A servant leader will forgo his rights rather than obscure the gospel. “A servant leader’s identity and trust are not in his calling, but in his Christ.”
- A servant leader is not preoccupied with personal visibility and recognition. Like John the Baptist, a servant leader sees himself as a “friend of the Bridegroom” (John 3:29), and is not preoccupied with the visibility of his own role.
- He Serves God and His People←↰⤒🔗
- He Exemplifies Godly Character and Conduct←↰⤒🔗
- He Communicates God’s Word←↰⤒🔗
- He Excels in Vocational Responsibilities←↰⤒🔗
- He Unites, Equips, and Inspires God’s People For Worship←↰⤒🔗
- He Equips and Inspires God’s People For Works of Service←↰⤒🔗
- He Prepares God’s People For Eternal Life←↰⤒🔗
He serves God and his people. Thus, the fundament of the Christian leader: he sees himself not as ruler, but as a servant. But as a servant of God first, then of his people. Some of these definitions will be further expounded as we look at some of the models.
He exemplifies godly character and conduct. Notice, the internal life comes first. Without a Christ-like core, everything else we do will rot and decay. But character does issue in external conduct. And maybe that modeling of holiness is one of the most powerful, yet most neglected, elements of spiritual leadership. So we don’t want to skip over th...
He communicates God’s word. The Christian leader’s handbook is the Bible, obviously, and we have to read it and study it in order to not just learn how to be a leader, but to communicate it wisely and lovingly to Christian and non-Christian alike as opportunity arises. The Christian leader is concerned to speak God’s Word far more than his own. So ...
He excels in vocational responsibilities. The Christian leader does not over-spiritualize leadership by thinking that prayer and Bible study will cover a multitude of incompetencies and inefficiencies in everyday life. I’m sure we’ve all known people like that, and maybe even known pastors like that (I have), where there was this sense of “The more...
He unites, equips, and inspires God’s people for worship. The Christian leader is thinking continually, “How can I unite God’s people, bring my flock the congregation, together in thoughtful, orderly, reverent, word-centered worship?” But we also want to direct that worship, so that it reaches and inspires the heart and emotions. Yes, we want our w...
He equips and inspires God’s people for works of service. We make worship a priority of course, but we also want to teach and train and organize God’s people to serve Him and His Church and His world as their talents and opportunities permit.
With all that said, the spiritual leader is also about preparing people for eternal life. Eternity is ever before us as pastors. However busy our own life or the church’s life, however much we and God’s peoples serve together, we’re conscious all the time that this world and all that we’re doing here is all too short. And we’re preparing for a long...
- Restless. Spiritual leaders have a holy discontentment with the status quo. Non-leaders have inertia that causes them to settle in and makes them very hard to move off of dead center.
- Optimistic. Spiritual leaders are optimistic not because man is good, but because God is in control. The leader must not let his discontentment become disconsolation.
- Intense. The great quality I want in my associates is one of intensity. Romans 12:8 says that if your gift is leadership, do it “with zeal.” Romans 12:11 says, “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit.”
- Self-Controlled. By self-controlled I do not mean prim and proper and unemotional, but rather master of our drives. If we are to lead others toward God, we cannot be led ourselves toward the world.
Apr 4, 2024 · III. The Profile Of A Christian Leader What does a Christian leader look like? Who is he in his person, character, abilities, attitudes, lifestyle etc.? Clearly, the starting point is the spiritual qualifications for a church leader which the apostle Paul outlines in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9. But this is only the starting point, it seems ...
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Oct 14, 2024 · Christian leadership rooted in servant leadership is a model for how to lead people of faith and service. The call to lead also means the call to serve. If we want to be Christian leaders who matter, we need to offer a model of humility, integrity, and compassion.
