Sunday, June 8, 2008

A Lifestyle of Spirit-Led Leadership

from: Simple Church Journal

The following is from Kent Smith (emailed to me some time back by Mike Steele) on 'A Lifestyle of Spirit-Led Leadership.' Kent is a missions professor at Abilene Christian University and has been involved in training leaders of simple churches:

The great soccer player Pele was quoted saying, 'I have just three moves . . . but I do them very, very well.'

That brought to mind one of my favorite quotes from Peter Drucker: 'Effective people focus on a few areas where outstanding performance will produce outstanding results.'

We want to be an expert at:
1) Loving, hearing and obeying Jesus.
2) Leading others to love, hear and obey Jesus.
3) Leading the leaders of others to love hear and obey Jesus.

If we do these things well, we believe we will fulfill the Lord's purpose for our relational family and the peoples and cities God calls us to bless and encourage around the world.

In light of this . . .

We don't assume that the challenge and task we face is first and foremost church planting. We assume ra"
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For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. 2 Timothy 1:6-9 NIV

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