Leaders, I hope to equip you well as you serve God, His Church, and the World! Check out these great blogs and vlogs from the week:
https://thomrainer.com/2018/10/seven-traits-healthy-church-leader/
Thom Rainer offers leaders a beautiful picture of what a healthy leader exhibits. These traits can really help us to discover where we are as leaders. I pray these 7 traits over you!
https://leadership.lifeway.com/2018/09/19/why-discipleship-is-war/
Tripp ends the blog with, “We need to encourage people to have kingdom awareness, to be disciples of Jesus with surrendered hearts, giving everything to the greater purpose of the King of Kings. Without this surrender, without the transforming power, the rest of our hopes for discipleship simply will not take place.”
https://edstetzer.com/2018/08/taking-the-long-view/
Stetzer draws on an important value for Christian Leaders in this blog. In fact, I believe this will determine whether we promote direction based discipleship or destination based discipleship. Our hope is Heaven!
I hope you have a great weekend, and I look forward to seeing you Sunday. You can find more leadership snapshots in the future at www.discoverWBC.com/snapshot Grace and peace, Matt
Leaders at WBC, I want to equip you well. Here are a few blog resources for you that I found helpful this week. Thanks for serving at Westminster Baptist Church. I am praying for you.
Identity of Leaders: This article, by Mark Jobe, engages the heart of a leader in the regrets and discouragements of leading. The most impactful statement in the article to me is, “Pour generously into hungry leaders that will chase the vision with you.” The article is a great way for us to prepare for discipling others. https://leadership.lifeway.com/2018/10/03/mentoring-and-the-story-of-elijah/ Leading Volunteers: