The One Quality Christian Leadership Cannot Do Without

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The One Quality Christian Leadership Cannot Do
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• 1 Thessalonians 11-10

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Luke 2224-27
24 And there arose also a dispute among them as
to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.
25 And He said to them, The kings of the
Gentiles lord it over them and those who have
authority over them are called Benefactors.
26 But it is not this way with you, but the one
who is the greatest among you must become like
the youngest, and the leader like the servant.
27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at
the table or the one who serves? Is it not the
one who reclines at the table? But I am among you
as the one who serves.
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Second Missionary Journey
Black Sea
Aug-Oct, A.D. 50
July, A.D. 50
June/July, A.D. 50
May, A.D. 50
Mediterranean Sea
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Philippi
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Second Missionary Journey
Black Sea
Nov A.D. 50 - Jan A.D. 51
Mediterranean Sea
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Thessalonica
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Second Missionary Journey
Black Sea
Feb A.D. 51
Mid March A.D. 51
Feb-Mar A.D. 51
1 Thessalonians written early summer A.D. 51
Mediterranean Sea
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Essentials of Christian Leadership
I. God uses leaders who trust God to do His work.
(14,5)
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Essentials of Christian Leadership
I. God uses leaders who trust God to do His work.
(14,5) II. God uses leaders who speak with
conviction. (15b)
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Essentials of Christian Leadership
I. God uses leaders who trust God to do His work.
(14,5) II. God uses leaders who speak with
conviction. (15b) III. God uses leaders who
live in such a way that their life speaks louder
than their words. (15c-8)
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Life Speaks Louder Than Words
Be imitators of me. (1 Cor. 416) Be
imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
(1 Cor. 111) Brethren, join in following my
example, and observe those who walk according to
the pattern you have in us. (Phil. 317) For
you yourselves know how you ought to follow our
example, because we did not act in an
undisciplined manner among you, (2 Thess.
37) not because we do not have the right to
this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model
for you, so that you would follow our example.
(2Thess. 39)
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Successful Modeling Requires
Frequent, long-term contact with the
model(s) Warm, loving relationship with the
model(s) Exposure to the inner states of the
model(s) The model(s) need to be observed in a
variety of settings and situations The models
need to exhibit consistency and clarity in
behaviors, values, etc. A correspondence
between the behavior of the model(s) and the
beliefs (ideal standards) of the community An
explanation of the life-style of the model(s)
conceptually, with instruction accompanying
shared experiences. (Larry Richards, A
Theology of Christian Education, p. 84)
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John Wooden
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes
character to keep you there.
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1 Peter 51-4

• Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your
  fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of
  Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is
  to be revealed,
• shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising
  oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily,
  according to the will of God and not for sordid
  gain, but with eagerness
• nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your
  charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.
• And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will
  receive the unfading crown of glory.