Qualified leaders
"Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus’ costly grace. The number one leaders in every church ought to be the people who repent the most fully without excuses, because you don’t need any now; the most easily without bitterness; the most publicly and the most joyfully. They know their standing isn’t based on their performance."
-Tim Keller
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Excellent quote, good thoughts.
We just started process of nominating and selecting elders last week at our church.
What do you do though when you as a leader know their standing isn’t based on performance but people observing/would be followers *are* looking at performance? Performance does garner influence and respect; it reflects on your integrity and caring. Without it people may not by into you as a leader.
How do you change that culture?