LEADERSHIP-CONSIDERATIONS
It is no
commendation of our leadership if everything collapses when we are not there or
when the time comes for us to leave.
On Being a Pastor, Moody Press, 2004, p. 241.
Leadership,
like other gifts of the Spirit, is for the edifying of the body of Christ. It
is not presumptuous, therefore, to feel the desire to lead if we are called to
it.
Derek Prime and Alistair Begg
On Being a Pastor, Moody Press, 2004, p. 218.
The Church of
Jesus Christ does not progress beyond the spiritual progress of its leaders.
Derek Prime and Alistair Begg
On Being a Pastor, Moody Press, 2004, p. 217.
True
greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one’s service
but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
Oswald Sanders
No man, however gifted and devoted, is indispensable to
the work of the kingdom.
Oswald Sanders
Spiritual Leadership, Moody Publishers, 1967, p. 144.
The local
church is the most complicated and sophisticated organism in the world. It is
one thing to lead a group of people who depend upon the organization for
livelihood. It is quite another to motivate a group when 99 percent are
volunteers!
Ted W. Engstrom
The Making of a Christian Leader,
Zondervan, 1976, Introduction. www.zondervan.com.
Remember
always that your work or ministry or position dare never keep you from your
family. If you fail them, you fail your greatest responsibility – and you are a
failure in life.
Ted W. Engstrom
The Making of a Christian Leader, Zondervan,
1976, p. 118. www.zondervan.com.