Leadership development never takes place in a vacuum, and always starts with a leader. A leadership culture is an environment where leadership development thrives best. Here’s a simple plan for leadership development that just works every time.
Focusing on numbers (attendance) is a short-term and short-sighted strategy. The best long-term strategy to grow your church is to grow your people.
Good leaders are tough minded. They’re able to take the heat. People don’t respect leaders who are considered soft, weak, or indecisive. But there is another side of leadership. It brings heart into play. It balances out the tough side.
The complexity of local church leadership has dramatically increased and can be sometimes flat out overwhelming. Sometimes being overwhelmed with a sense of “no way out” causes a leader to throw in the towel. There is a process to conquer being overwhelmed.
