Key Ingredients of Christian leadership:

A Christian leader is a humble, God-dependent, team-playing servant of God who is called by God to shepherd, develop, equip and empower a specific group of people to accomplish an agreed-upon vision from God.

·         They are first and foremost, servants of the Lord, and second servants of those they are leading.

·         They are characterized by humility, dependence and team-playing, rather than being a loner or one-man show.

·         Christian leaders are called by God into leadership. They do not decide for themselves to be a leader. Nor are they pushed into leadership by well-meaning supporters, nor do they arise to leadership because no-one else will do it.

·         Christian leaders have at least four major responsibilities:

o   Shepherding – a leader loves and cares for those being led.

o   Developing – a leader helps those being led in their personal walk with Jesus Christ to become fully devoted followers – City Changers.

o   Equipping – a leader trains those being led for ministry.

o   Empowering – a leader inspires, encourages, affirms, believes in and frees up people to serve out of their gifting.

·         Christian leaders are moving toward a specific destination.

·         Christian leaders are creating and sustaining an agreed upon vision. There is an initial buy in and a growing ownership of the vision among those being led.

-Leaders who last by Dave Kraft

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