As a leader — whether at home, at work, at church, wherever I am — I’ve got one job that’s more important that any other. I need to replace myself.
Small Groups means different things at different churches. No matter what it means or how you structure yours, you know deep down this is where meaningful community should be happening. You know that deeper ministry engagement often starts and lives here!
You’ve probably heard it a dozen times from leadership books, from leadership coaches, from social media, from every source imaginable. People don’t leave jobs — they leave leaders. It’s become a standard leadership cliche. But cliches often become cliches because they’re true. People don’t leave jobs. They leave the people who were leading them in those jobs. And if you’re a leader, that’s a reality you have to pay attention to every day.
Here’s an ‘inside look’ at what Christmas Eve is like for most church leaders...
When you think about what makes for a good leader, does the word ‘safety’ come to mind?