BEING LEADERSCHAPTERS 7 AND 8

A 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

Step 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.

Step 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

Step 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

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

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.

A Directional Leader Chapter 8

A Directional Leader

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“…People

will never

do ministry

that

matters

until they

know what

matters”

(page 157).

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?

The 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

Developing 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 21st century.

Personal slogan: “Equipping tomorrow’s leaders today”

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?

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.”