LEADERSHIP LESSON #1 ( NEVER DO THINGS ALONE)

Really been thinking about my leadership style recently. I really been crying out to God for an upgrade. The BOOK OF JOHN Maxwell ( pun intended) talks about the law of the lid. Simply put, your church, youth group or organization can only go as far as the leaders capacity can go. With that in my mind, I have been praying, reading, observing and learning from other people about leadership. The following blogs will be a series of things I observed about leadership.

LESSON #1 NEVER DO THINGS ALONE

Had a recent meeting with Pastor Steve Murrell (my boss) and he asked us a very simple that really had me pondering ..

DO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME MINISTERING TO PEOPLE OR EQUIPPING PEOPLE TO MINSTER? ( eph 4:11-12).

I always bought into this philosophy.. but as a campus minister and pastor, did i really apply this in my life? Do i really equip people or do i always just minister?

I went through my calendar and checked what my regular week looked like and saw .. encm staff meetings, message preparation, counseling, service preaparation among other things. I evaluated myself and saw that I COULD HAVE USED ALL THOSE THINGS EQUIPPING PEOPLE. I COULD HAVE ACTUALLY DONE BOTH, WHILE DOING ALL MY ACTIVITIES.

How you might ask ? By commiting to "never do things alone". I could counsel people, prepare messages, and even include people in some of my meetings. I could be mentoring them by simply asking them to tag along. Another bonus is that these younger people ( staff or volunteer) have awesome ideas that i can use in ministry.

So here are some things, I will try to NEVER DO ALONE!!!

1. prepare a sermon
2. preach in an out of town invite
3. counsel a youth
4. counsel a campus minister
5. teach an enli or any class

A lot of things i learned as a minister was seeing men like Pastor Steve, Joey , Ferdie , Rico ,Ariel, Paolo, Dennis,Robert h and many others IN ACTION. I want to do the same thing for the younger generation of leaders!!! ( I feel so old saying that!!!)