Leadership Revisited

Over the last 4 weeks I have been teaching a series of messages on the topic of leadership. I have to admit this is the first time I have spent a substantial amount of time teaching on this vital subject. If you were to visit my study, you would find I have over a hundred books on the topic of leadership; I have books on everything from personal to corporate leadership. However for this series of messages, I focused on what it means to be a leader in the local church, listed below are some of the highlights from the four messages;

• The church is only as healthy as the elders who oversee the local body of believers.
• God's plan for elders was and continues to be a plurality of elders.
• Leadership is the gift Christ gave to the church.
• Biblical leadership is always proactive not reactive.
• One of the greatest disappointments in the American church is the fact that our leaders do not function as the Biblical model of leadership.
• The world's form of leadership is based on performance, the church's model of leadership is based on relationships.
• The role of elders is to move people from their agenda to God's agenda.
• According to scripture, Elders have five responsibilities; Pray, protect, preach/teach the word of God, set policy and offer pastoral care.
• Good leaders look at the church through these 5 "filters" to help lead the church properly.

As you can see we covered a variety of topics regarding biblical leadership - I am glad PBCC is on the right path regarding Biblical leadership.

By the way, if any of my preacher colleagues would like a copy of the 4 manuscripts for these sermons, shoot me an email me and I will send the material.