LEADERSHIP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

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LEADERSHIP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

• Rev. Ruben Duran
• Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission,
  ELCA

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Goals sessions I and II

• 1. That you see your leadership in connection
  with Gods purposes
• 2. That you enhance your skills to identify,
  nourish and equip leaders
• 3. That you enhance skills in leading people
  through change, in church and society

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Assumptions

• It is GODs mission
• God does not work alone
• God is a community in mission
• We are invited to participate, in Baptism
• It is still Gods mission
• We have Gods promise

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ITS ABOUT GOD

• The Reign of God is at hand, in history. Mark
  115
• Reign ushered in in Christ
• The Church is a means to Gods purpose
• Leadership is called for in the framework of the
  economy of God

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As the world changes, the constant of Gods
purpose remains
Gods work to bring about the Reign
Reign of God
Church
Church called to participate in Gods work
Witness and engagement
The Changing World
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God at Work

• Luther work works
• A. In and through the church
• B. In and through civil society
• Wesley addressing leaders
• A. A Bible on one hand
• B. A newspaper on the other

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Three Keys to Congregational Vitality(From an
evangelism study of the ELCA)

• Leadership a culture of team leadership where
  clergy and laity work together as a team. Leaders
  help congregations develop the following
• Purpose a clear sense by the congregation of
  what God is calling them to do
• Willingness to change a spirit of openness that
  is willing to initiate change to be faithful and
  effective

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The Changing Church
Laity infiltrate through vocation
Missionaries of grace
Communities of care
Dr. Alicia Vargas
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Leadership

• A leader is someone who
• takes responsibility for transformation
• of a reality
• Dave Frenchak

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A TIME AS THIS

• Pluralistic, more and more secularized
• Growing gaps that need to be bridged
  geographical, ethnic, socio-economic,
  generational, missional

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A TIME AS THIS

• Christianity at the margins of society like
  being in exile
• Losing seat of privilege
• A voice among many

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A TIME AS THIS

• USA and Caribbean mission field
• Emerging apostolic times
• Great company learning from others, especially
  the global church
• New freedom becoming evangelizing and prophetic
  communities

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LEADERSHIP

• EVANGELICAL
• LUTHERAN
• CHURCH
• IN AMERICA

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LEADERSHIP

• CLAIMED
• GATHERED
• SENT
• CLAIMED
• GATHERED
• SENTCLAIMED..

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LEADERSHIP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

• Inspiration from Esther 413-14
• Maybe you have become a leader for such a time
  as this?
• Contextual side
• Connecting side coaching side
• Human side
• Conviction side
• Risk taking side and PRAYER

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LEADERSHIP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

• Inspiration from Nehemiah 1 and 2
• Reading of reality
• Confession and Prayer
• Vision emerges
• Seeing the cup half full
• Mobilizing leaders through VISION
• Leaders working interdependently

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LEADERSHIP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

• Inspiration from 2 Timothy 1 5-7
• Genuine faith in grandma Lois first
• Genuine faith in mother Eunice
• Genuine faith in you also
• SO, get on with it, Timothy
• Stir up the gift of God in you for God has not
  given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love
  and of sound mind.

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What about you?

• How were you first identified as a leader in your
  community?
• Who has had the most influence in your formation
  as a leader?
• What did s/he do to impact your life in becoming
  the leader you are today?

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ITS ABOUT CONNECTING

• Our leadership is connected to Gods purpose
• We are the leaders for such a time as this
• No one working alone anymore
• Invest in another leaders life and ministry
• Its a timely invitation.

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ITS ABOUT COACHING

• Walking alongside another leader
• Encouraging and praying
• Celebrating accomplishments
• Multiplying leadership

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EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP

• Eventually, your ministry will reflect your
  spirituality and Christian Character.
• Changed people will build healthy churches.

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EMPOWERING LEADERSHIP

• A leader that is secure and mature enough to
  celebrate the accomplishments of others will
  facilitate the creation of a healthy, growing and
  reproducing community of faith.
• Leaders reproduce themselves from the
  inside-out. If so, the ELCA will never run out of
  missional leaders.

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GOAL
Becoming one who empowers others to realize their
full potential in Christ and work together to
accomplish Gods work.
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KEY

• The adjective
• empowering
• means to give
• authority, support, permission.

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Ways to Empower

• Through Modeling
• Through Vision-Casting
• Through Mobilizing Equipping
• Through Coaching
• Through Multiplying

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EXAMPLES

• MODELING (Florencio Duran)
• I do, you watch.
• I do, you help.
• You do, I help
• You do, I watch
• You do, someone else watches.
• 2. Mobilizing-Equipping
• Living Lord, Bartlett, IL. (14 coaches)

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Leadership

• A leader is someone who
• takes responsibility for transformation
• of a reality
• Leaders for such a time as this.