Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church. Votes: 3
The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. Votes: 3
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church. Votes: 1
I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow. Votes: 1
The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership. Votes: 1
In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God. Votes: 0
Prayer-leadership preserves the spirituality of the Church, just as prayerless leaders make for unspiritual conditions. Votes: 0
Three, Christians who practice repentance should be the only ones allowed into church membership and leadership." Votes: 0
Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church. Votes: 0
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. Votes: 0
The Church will never reach her full redemptive potential until men and women with the leadership gift step up and lead. Votes: 0
A wife is to submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. Votes: 0
We have created a culture of leadership "development" in the Church at the expense of ignore the ministry of the Church to making disciples. Votes: 0
Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials. Votes: 0
Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church. Votes: 0
The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock. Votes: 5 T. S. Eliot
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. Votes: 6 John C. Maxwell