Title: New Church Leadership
1New Church Leadership
- The key to the formation of missional
communities is their leadership - - Alan J.
Roxburgh - Missional
Leadership
2New Church Leadership
-
- Leadership is critical to the success of any
venture, it is especially true of starting a new
church. One may have resources, personnel, and
even a sponsoring church but if the leadership
is poor the new church is at a disadvantage as
far as viable sustainability is concerned.
3What type of leadership is helpful in starting
new churches?
- For this workshop we will deal with two
- Transformational Leadership
- Relational / pastoral Leadership
4Transformational leaders
- NewStart leaders are to be educated in doing
missional ministry rather than how to simply
manage ministry. - NewStart leaders should think of themselves as
entrepreneurial and missional leaders with the
ability to understand the context in which the
church will do ministry and interpret the dynamic
changes it has to contend with.
5- Transformational leaders believe that they
should start new churches using a different model
than those of years gone by. The old model was to
secure a piece of property or building purchased
by the District in an area close to a few
Nazarene families and try to get a church
started. This is a franchise mentality that has
outlived its usefulness.
6- What are the disadvantages of this older model?
- 1. District sponsorship
- 2. Property may be too limiting and you may have
difficulty securing the property in a timely
manner. - 3. Vision is limited to target a few Nazarene
families.
7- Transformational leaders must lead.
- Churches without good strong leaders will be
run by dysfunctional ones. - People dont quit their organizations they
quit their leaders. - James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
8- Transformational leaders must stay positive
- Angry leaders vs. gracious leaders
- Cynical leaders vs. optimistic leaders
- High expectation vs. low expectation
9Transformational leaders
- Transformational leaders must have a vision
- Where and how does a NewStart leader
- get the vision for a new congregation?
10Transformational leaders
- Transformational leaders must learn to
- communicate well.
- Vision and purpose must be restated every
twenty-six days to keep the church moving in the
right direction. -
Rick Warren
11Transformational leaders must love the people
they lead
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13Relational Leadership
- What happens when we do not get along?
14Pastors and Lay leadersIts All About
Relationships
- A 1988 study among Southern Baptists found
that 2,100 pastors were removed from their
pulpits during an eighteen month period, 116
each month, a 31 increase over the rate found in
a 1984 study. About half of the ousted pastors
leave the ministry and go into other kinds of
work. - Savannah
news-Press, 10 Feb. 1990
15Pastors and Lay leadersIts All About
Relationships Cont
-
- This is not unique to Southern Baptists, other
groups reveal similarly tragic statistics. The
top reason for many forced departures in pastoral
ministry is relational problems between the
pastor and lay leaders.
16Pastors and Lay leadersIts All About
Relationships Cont
- In the secular world, 80 of the people who fail
at work do so because they do not relate well
with other people. - - James A. Autry, Love and
Profit, the Art of Caring Leadership (New York
Morrow, 1991), 40.
17Pastors and Lay leadersIts All About
Relationships
- In pastoral ministry, the most basic form of
ineffectiveness and failure is an inability to
build and sustain meaningful collegial
relationships with the churchs lay leaders. - This is so pivotal - it will make or break your
ministry.
18Pastors and Lay leadersIts All About
Relationships Cont
- The most fundamental responsibility of all
pastors is to relate to people in such a way that
the authentic Christian message becomes
incarnated. Such relationships must be
established, nurtured, and maintained.
19It is Biblical
- God created us in his own image, as relational
beings... God intends for us to relate to Him. - For none of us lives to himself alone and
- none of us dies to himself alone. If we
- live, we live to the Lord and if we die, we
- die to the Lord. So whether we live or die,
we - belong to the Lord
(Rom. 147-8).
20It is Biblical Cont
- - Christ founded the church to be an
- Organic fellowship, a community of
- People who relate vertically to god in
- Worship and obedience and
- Horizontally to one another in
- Interdependence and unity
21It is Biblical Cont
- - Gods people relate to one another as
- indispensable parts of a body.
- (I
Cor.1212-16) -
- The church should be in one accord presided
over by those who set an example for the
believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith
and in purity. (I Tim. 412)
22It is Biblical Cont
- - The communion of the saints includes
- the relational activities of sharing
and - carrying each others burdens
- (Gal. 62).
- - Encourage one another daily
- (Heb. 313)
- - Labor together in Gods vineyard
- (I Cor. 1558)
23It is Biblical Cont
- All Scripture pertains to relationships with
God and neighbor.
24It is Biblical Cont
- Therefore if there is any encouragement in
Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if
there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any
affection and compassion, make my joy complete by
being of the same mind, in maintaining the same
love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do
nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but
with humility of mind regard one another as more
important than yourselves. (NASB Phil.
2 1-3)
25Pastoral Productivity and Relationships
- The productivity of pastors depends heavily on
being surrounded by persons who are accepting,
loving, encouraging and reproving. Believing in
Gods best for us, supportive people stimulate us
to godliness, mend our shattered egos, forgive
our trespasses, tolerate our inconsistencies and
model Gods grace for us. There is no room for
Lone Rangers.
26Pastoral Productivity and Relationships Cont.
- Some examples
- Onesiphorus who refreshes..(2 Tim 116-18)
- Phoebe who helps (Rom. 161- 2)
- Priscilla Aquila risk their lives.. (Rom.
163-4) - A Barnabas who encourages (Acts 436-37)
27Pastoral Productivity and Relationships Cont.
- There are many others who seldom receive the
credit they deserve. Wise pastors cultivate such
good relationships with lay leaders. Spiritual
health and fruitful ministry depend upon quality
relationships with those who join us as
co-laborers in Gods work. - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens
another (Prov. 2717)
28Pastoral Productivity and Relationships Cont.
- Jesus wasnt too busy to make good relationships
- Paul wasnt too busy either.
- Maybe ... we too busy?
- We must learn to build and sustain healthy
relationships with the people God gives to us.
29The Foundation of Relationships
Know your people
Know yourself
30The Foundation of Relationships Cont.
- Before excellence in ministry is possible
spiritual leaders must diagnose their own world
to discover traits that block the development of
meaningful relationships.
31The Foundation of Relationships Cont.
- Successful pastors have the courage to examine
their own blind spots and character flaws.
Self-examination enhances a persons competence,
identity, and relational skills, and reduces
susceptibility to problems of ego and power.
32No Room for Scapegoating
- In-here problems rather than out-there
problems. - Core themes in a leaders inner theater
cause him or her to choose certain courses of
action, and these themes hold the key to success
or failure as a leader. - Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries, Prisoners of
Leadership (New York Wiley 1989), 9
33No Room for Scapegoating Cont..
- Scapegoaters fail, though they may be sincere as
hard workers but practice their denial in
ignorance. Pastors must come to grips with their
own personality, correct glaring flaws, and seek
to become whole persons.
34Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry
35Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Low self-esteem breeds an abnormal desire for
both affection and control, dangerous for those
in ministry.
36Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
37Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Egocentric people generally desire to avoid deep,
substantial, and lasting relationships or, if
they desire them, they are unable to develop and
sustain them. - It is not far unthinkable that many pastors would
love their jobs if only they didnt have to
relate to people.
38Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
39Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Power tends to corrupt and absolute power
corrupts absolutely - Lord Acton
-
- - King Saul - Hitler - Jim Jones
- - Napoleon - Idi Amin - Sadam
- Hussein
40Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
-
- The key issue is CONTROL and the NEED to wield
power - Peter warned against lording over Gods people
allotted to our charge - I Peter 53
41Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Power, advancement, and prestige take
precedence over people, servanthood, and
ministry. Gurus run roughshod over people in
pursuit of their own interests. Their ambition,
manipulation, exploitation, and intolerance make
meaningful ministry impossible.
42Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
43Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Ministry becomes an attempt at
- self-atonement.
- Often tongue-lashing preaching is no more than
projections of the preachers own guilt.
44Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
45Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- Much in pastoral work is glorious, but the
congregation, as such, is not glorious. The
congregation is like Nineveh a site for hard
work without a great deal of hope for success, at
least not as I want it measured.
46Five Character Traits that Hinder Effective
ministry Cont
- People who glamorize congregations do us a
great disservice there are no wonderful
congregations Parish glamorization is
ecclesiastical pornography. - Eugene Peterson,
The Jonah Syndrome Leadership (Summer 1990)
47Characteristics that enhance meaningful
Relationships
- A Non-confrontational Style
- An Attentive Heart (Prov. 1813)
- Shallow relationships or relationships that
know an early death result when people do not
listen to each other.
48Characteristics that enhance meaningful
Relationships Cont
- A Transparent Manner
- Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK
TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we
are members of one another. (NASB Ephesians 425)
49Characteristics that enhance meaningful
Relationships Cont
- Non - defensiveness
- How we act when mud flies greatly determines the
quality of our relationships, and ultimately our
ministerial effectiveness. By the way, mud
brushes off better after it dries.
50Characteristics that enhance meaningful
Relationships Cont
- Diplomacy
- - Accept limited responsibility (Messiah
complex) - - Protect confidential information
- - Give perceptive counsel (know when to refer)
- - Avoid censure (judging people)
- - Play no favorites
- - Demonstrate patience (Col. 312-13)
51Steps to Healthy Relationships
- Study and preach on biblical texts stressing
relationships with God and one another. Ask God
for friends who will hold you accountable,
refresh, nourish, rebuke, and encourage you in
your ministry.
52Steps to Healthy Relationships Cont
- 2. Identify your personality traits as well as
your signature themes. You may need help to
overcome those idiosyncrasies that form barriers
to meaningful relationships and ministry.
53Steps to Healthy Relationships Cont
- 3. Examine your leadership style.
- Be sure you are not confrontational or
defensive. Learn the skills of interpersonal
diplomacy. -
- Ask the Holy Spirit to help you navigate
well.
54Transformational leaders
- Transformational leaders must be risk takers
- Effective leaders today reside somewhere
between absolute order and chaos. The trick is to
ride the wave of chaos to its crest without
becoming engulfed by it. Instead of seeking
order, leaders count the chaos. Risks are
required in Turnaround Churches...
55Transformational leaders
- The worst thing leaders can do today is to
avoid the chaos of the moment for the order of
the past. To do so signs ones death warrant as a
leader and consigns the organization to death.-
Bill Easum
56Transformational leaders are pastoral leaders
57ATTITUDES
- 1. A SENSE OF CALL AND COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST
- 2. A SENSE OF HUMOR AND OPTIMISM
- 3. FLEXIBILITY
58ATTITUDES
- 4. A STRONG SENSE OF DIRECTION
- 5. A BIBLICALLY ORIENTED VISION FOR THE CHURCH
- 6. A SENSE OF TRUST IN PEOPLE
59ATTITUDES
- 7. A HEALTHY MIX OF URGENCY AND PATIENCE
- 8. AN INFORMED PERSPECTIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
- 9. MATURE, REALISTIC LOVE TOUGH LOVE
60ATTITUDES
- 10. PERSONAL DISCIPLINE
- 11. PERSONAL EGO SECURITY
- THE FREEDOM TO FAIL
- 12. IMAGINATION AND
- INNOVATION
61ATTITUDES
- 13. A WILLINGNESS TO LIVE IN
- COMMUNITY
- 14. A SENSE OF HISTORY
- 15. ASTRONG COMMITMENT TO
- THE GOSPEL AS ENACTED IN
- THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL
- PERSPECTIVES
- 16. PERSONAL STAMINA
62ABILITIES
- To communicate effectively on both a personal and
corporate level. - To manage and administer operations effectively
- To be able to establish presence with people
- To know when to delegate responsibilities
63ABILITIES
- 5. To understand the power of symbols and their
role in worship and in the life of the
congregation. - 6. To be able to celebrate corporate
- life joyously.
- 7. To be able to study and grow.
64ABILITIES
- 8. To be able to find resources for support
- 9. To be able to accept people as they are
- 10. To serve as a model for the gospel and
- to enable the congregation to live out
- the gospel.
65ABILITIES
- To be able to live creatively with
- ambiguity and unfinished tasks
- 12. To have the ability to set priorities for
oneself - 13. To be able to preach with power
66ABILITIES
- 14. To be able to cope with conflict
- 15. To be able to think theologically and
biblically about the churchs life - 16. To understand and live out the servant role
of a pastor - 17. To be able to function effectively with
multilingual and multiethnic groups.
67The Colossian Vision
- These leaders see that Christ dwells in heaven
as firstborn of creation, the glue that holds the
universe together, the Lord of all systems and
structures in the world. - Both creation and redemption serve as
functional mandates. The church then becomes the
base for the transformation of humanity.
68The Philippian Vision
- These leaders see that Christ left the power
and glory of heaven and came personally to die
and rise to give people personal, saving
relationships with God and build churches that
care for them. They feel at home with the
powerless of the world.
69Discussion Questions
- How would you describe your leadership style? Are
you encouraged by the present direction of your
congregation? Are you thinking of starting a new
congregation? Have you considered the NewStart
Assessment?
70Discussion Questions
- 2. Explain your vision for ministry. Is it more
Colossian or Philippian? Describe what you
want it to be.
71Sources
- Bickers, Dennis, Intentional Ministry, Beacon
Hill Press, Kansas City 2009 - Malphurs, Aubrey, Planting Growing Churches for
the 21st Century, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI
1998 - Means, James, Effective Pastors for a New
Century, Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI 1993