He Formed His Leaders Personally
This Letter continues to examine how Jesus built His leaders. 4. Jesus formed His leaders personally. He called them first to be “with Him.” He appointed twelve – designating them apostles – that they...
View ArticleHe Demonstrated the Truly Relational Nature of Leadership
This series of Letters examines Jesus’ method of building leaders. 7. Leadership is about people, and Jesus demonstrated the truly relational nature of leadership. Jesus was not only “relational” in...
View ArticleThe Twofold Place of Community in the Life of the Leader
Community serves a twofold place in the life of the leader: The healthy leader is built in community. The healthy leader leads in community. First, the healthy leader in built in community (Eph....
View ArticleFour Kinds of Community in the Life of the Leader
The leader needs to be connected with four kinds of community: his family, his local church, the various ministry teams of which he is a part, and the world. The leader’s relationship with his family:...
View ArticleHealthy Leaders Are Built in Community
An ancient African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Similarly, it takes a spiritual community or family to build a leader. God sovereignly raises up His leaders, but we also have a...
View ArticleHealthy Leaders Are Built in Community #3
In most Western organizations today, we love specialization and compartmentalization. Consequently, as we have already mentioned, it is common for us to entirely delegate the task of leadership...
View ArticleContext and Content
In our previous Letter, we presented a summary of the “5C Goal” and the “4D Process” of healthy leader development. As we saw, Jesus did not simply sit his emerging leaders down in a classroom for...
View ArticleAddressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #2
In our last Letter, we saw that over the last 20-30 years, there has been considerable focus around the world on evangelism and church planting, producing an extraordinary number of people coming to...
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