1. Leadership in the Church: making the church run better

2. Significance of Leadership
Types of Leadership
Potential Lids of Leadership

3. Significance of Leadership
No Nation without Abraham leading his family
No Freedom without Moses leading God’s people
No Country with Joshua leading God’s people
No Jerusalem without a David defeating the Philistines and building the city
No Walls without Nehemiah leading the rebuilding
No Epistles without Paul leading 47 others in planting churches
No Church in Ephesus without a Timothy leading God’s people

4. Significance of Leadership
Leaders create life:
They seize their opportunities
They see themselves as in control
They see their life full of choices of what they can be
They give life to others
They seek God’s dream for themselves, regardless how large--then they step out
They cause others around them to stretch

5. Significance of Leaders
Leaders give meaning to ministry (e.g. setup)
They remind people why the church exists
They keep the vision in focus
They clarify values or “how” we do ministry
Leaders give significance to others
Leaders are needed to create opportunities
Leaders are needed to handle problems

6. Significance of Leaders
Leaders never retire, they just change their venue
This church will grow as large as it’s leaders
Without Leaders, this church will not reach it’s destiny
Leaders are built through intentional effort, one step at a time

7. Types of Leadership Innovator (King David) Broker (Joshua)
Producer (Paul)
Director (King Saul)
Monitor (Pricilla)
Coordinator (John)
Facilitator (Timothy)
Mentor (Barnabus)

8. Types of Leadership Mentor Innovator Facilitator Broker
Monitor Producer
Coordinator Director

9. Potential Lids of Leadership
Acts 6.1-Organizational
Acts 13.1-Vision
Acts Confict

10. Potential of Leadership
FIVE types of People in congregation
VIP
VTP
VNP
VHP
VDP

11. VIP-Very Important People
They do the work
They actively support the work ($)
They are leaders & non leaders
All are consistent and dependable
They support leaders
As a leader you must spend time with these valuable people

12. VTP-very teachable people
They have full potential to do the work
They are growing
They can be leaders with training
Willing to sacrifice to growth
Capable of being apprentice in ministry

13. VNP-Very Nice People Avoid the work
Not willing to go out of comfort zone
Comfort is their lid
Give small amount to ministry
Fill up space until crises
Keep relationship open until crises opens their life

14. VHP-Very Hurting People
They have needs
They bring a lot of baggage
They have are willing to work on issues
They respond to wholeness
Counseling is needed to bring order and healing

15. VDP-Very Draining People
They are the work
They will suck leadership dry
They use excuses for lack of progress
They never honor boundaries
Viet Cong
Test to see if they will get help
1 Timothy 3.10