1. BEING LEADERSBEING LEADERS CHAPTERS 7 AND 8

2. A Situational LeaderA Situational Leader  “Leadership is situational. The same leader can be highly successful in one context but fail miserably in another” (page 131).  There are four steps you can take to increase your effectiveness as a leader in your current or future ministry context:  Know yourself as a leader  Know your leadership context  Compare yourself as a leader with the ministry context  Make the necessary adjustments

3. Step 1: Know Yourself as a LeaderStep 1: Know Yourself as a Leader  You must have alignment: What you believe must align with the church you serve.  You must know your core ministry values: why you do what you do as a ministry. You must know your core values.  You must know your leadership style: director, inspirational, diplomat, or analytical  Know your capabilities: you God given and natural gifts, passions, temperament, and abilities.  Know your theology -what you believe the bible teaches about ministry  Know your philosophy – what you believe about how the church does ministry, how it does what it does.

4. Step 2: Know Your Leadership ContextStep 2: Know Your Leadership Context  You must know the ministry context in which you serve: the setting, environment, climate, and culture  You must know the church’s doctrinal beliefs  You must know the core values of the ministry  You must know the leadership style of the ministry you serve  You must know the church’s capabilities

5. Step 2: Know Your Leadership ContextStep 2: Know Your Leadership Context  You must know the church’s theology and philosophy of ministry  The church’s ministry circumstances  The church’s level of trust  The church’s power structure  The church demographics and psychographics

6. Step 3: Compare Yourself as a Leader with the Ministry Context  Place your identity next to the church’s identity to discover whether there is alignment:  Compare:  Beliefs  Values  Leadership Style  Capabilities  Theology and Philosophy  Trust

7. Step 4: Make the Necessary Adjustments  Option 1: Leaders can attempt to adjust how they lead  Option 2: Leaders can attempt to change their context  Pray for the church  Build up your leadership credibility  Implement leadership development  Work on ministry alignment  Option 3: Leaders can leave the ministry situation.

8. A Directional LeaderA Directional Leader Chapter 8

9. A Directional Leader “… People will never do ministry that matters until they know what matters” (page 157).

10. The Follower’s Personal Ministry Mission  A personal ministry mission is a statement of what God wants Christians to accomplish with their lives:  You discover God’s mission for your life through two D’s: design and direction  Design is based on life experience and God given desires  Ask: What are my God given gifts and abilities and what in particular makes me distinct from everyone else?  Ask: What is it that bring to any ministry?  Ask : What are my natural and spiritual gifts and passions?

11. The Nine Spiritual GiftsThe Nine Spiritual Gifts  Three REVELATION Gifts (3 to know)  Word of Wisdom  Word of Knowledge  Discerning of Spirit  Three POWER Gifts (3 to Do)  Gift of Faith  Working of Miracles  Gift of Healing  Three UTTERANCE OR INSPIRATIONAL Gifts (3 to Say)  Prophecy  Divers kinds of tongues  Interpretation of tongues

12. Developing a Personal Ministry MissionDeveloping a Personal Ministry Mission  “ To develop a personal ministry mission statement we must combine what we know about our divine gifts, our divine direction, and other factors such as where and when we might minister and how this might affect other people” (page 160).  Example of a personal mission statement:  “I desire to be used of God to equip a new generation of leaders nationally and internationally for high impact ministry in the 21 st century.  Personal slogan:  “Equipping tomorrow’s leaders today”

13. Biblical Examples of Personal Ministry Mission Statements  Adam and Eve’s (Gen. 1:28)  Moses (Exod. 3:10)  Joshua (Josh. 1:2)  David (2 Sam. 5:2; 7:8)  Nehemiah (Neh. 2: 17-18)  Jesus (Matt. 20: 28; Mark 10:45)  Paul (Acts 20:24; 2 Tim 3: 10) What was the mission of each of these biblical figures?

14. The Personal Ministry Vision  Discovering a Personal Ministry Vision  It should be clear  It is challenging  Paints a picture of the person’s life and ministry  Gives the person an idea about the future  Challenges you to answer the question:.” “What can God accomplish through me to make a difference in this church and community”  A personal vision fuels passion in people’s hearts  Read Aubrey Malphurs vision statement on page 167 “While a personal mission helps your people know where they’re going personal vision helps them see where they are going.”