Meaningful Relationships: Equipping Future Leaders for the Church

1. Meaningful Relationships:Equipping Future Leaders for the Church

2. Relationships • Developing the Christian leader within you • Our relationship with God • Developing the Christian leaders within your co-workers • Developing the Christian leader within your students

3. Developing the Christian Leader within You “5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

4. How do we remain in Jesus? • Faith is a gift from the Holy Spirit • How do we nurture that faith? • Active worship life • Bible study • Prayer • Fellowship of other believers Vital, organic and growing relationship with Jesus Flow of “sap”

5. Bearing Fruit • How • It is all about what we do and how we live our lives • What • The Great Commission • Fruits of the Spirit—Galations 5

6. Developing the Christian Leader within Your Coworkers and Students “3“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should not only look to your own interests but also to the interests of others.” Phil 2:3-4

7. CUA Mission • Develop Christian Leaders • We have different gifts…if it is leadership, let him govern diligentlyRomans 12:6,8 • It was He who gave some…to be pastors and teachers to prepare God’s people for acts of serviceEphesians 4:7,11 Guide students to serve their church as both professional & lay leaders

8. How? • Developing and teaching a curriculum designed to accomplish our mission • Modeling Christian leadership as a faculty, staff and administration • Providing opportunities for our students to practice Christian leadership • Recognizing Christian leadership

9. Leadership Training Teach Model Practice Recognize Used by Christ to equip His followers

10. Teaching about Leadership

11. Leadership • It is not about plans and programs • It is about people • It is about relationships • It is about equipping future leaders Leadership is an Affair of the Heart

12. Military • Everyone trained to be a leader • How? • Specific schooling • Sequence of experience • Modeling • Not all become a general or chief • All are expected to be trained, responsible and ready

13. Leadership Frameworks • Secular approaches--Kouzes and Posner • Principled centered leadership--Covey • Biblical examples • Servant leadership

14. Leadership Practices • Model the way • Inspire a shared vision • Challenge the process • Enable others to act • Encourage the heart “The Leadership Challenge”, Kouzes and Posner, Jossey-Bass

15. Actions Actions Principles Actions Actions Principled Centered Leadership(Covey) • Our principles are what define us • Form the basis for our interactions at all levels • Actions are an outward expression of principles

16. Personal Trustworthiness Four Levels of PCL Organizational Alignment Managerial Empowerment Interpersonal Trust

17. Biblical Examples Topic Bible Reference Moses Exodus 3:1-4, 10-14 God chooses and equips a leader Saul 1 Sam 12:13-15, 13:8-14 A failed leader Esther Esther 4:13-14, 15-16 Leadership is hard Jesus Mark 10:42-45 Servant leadership Jesus Matthew 7:28 Leaders are teachers Author of Hebrews Hebrews 13:7 Leaders model the way

18. Servant Leadership Serving others and the organization before themselves • Shared decision making power • Sense of community • Service to others Jesus Mark 10:42-45

19. Servant Leaders • Model the life of a servant leader. Seek to serve as well as lead • Base your work and life on a core set of principles Will form the framework which you will use to interact with people • Micah 6:8 “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Lord”

20. Modeling Leadership

21. Expectations of Leaders • Honest • Worthy of trust--truthful, ethical and principled • Forward Looking • Charts a course to the future--sense of direction • Concern for the organization and clarity of purpose • Inspiring • Enthusiastic and energetic—positive about the future • Believe in a calling • A communicator • Competent

22. Paying Attention to Actions • Intentional modeling of our values • Intensity, vigor and passion of commitment to values determines whether we are taken seriously • Leaders enact the meaning of an organization in every decision, every step • Tools: Calendars Critical Incidents Stories Questions Language Symbols Measures Physical Space

23. Modeling the Way • Leaders model the way through example • Leaders stand up for their beliefs, are credible • Leaders deeds are consistent with their words • Leaders plan and execute plans • Leaders act daily to create progress and momentum “The Leadership Challenge”, Kouzes and Posner, Jossey-Bass

24. 5 Mistakes Great Leaders Don’t Make • Flaunting the privileges of leadership • Picking people who won’t threaten them • Not having a second-in-command who complements them • Not giving power away • Unable or unwilling to make hard decisions

25. Practicing Leadership

26. Habits that Support LifelongLearning • Risk taking • Honest self-reflection • Solicitation of opinions • Careful listening • Openness to new ideas

27. Trial and Error • Chances to serve in leadership role, more likely to develop skills—Challenge is crucial Experience + Challenge=Improvement • How: • Volunteer for leadership roles in professional groups • Seek leadership opportunities/projects • Volunteer for tougher assignments

28. Trial and Error • Research on successful leaders shows key experiences are: • Increasingly broad responsibilities • Staff assignments • Project teams and task forces • Hardship and business crises • Requires reflection and analysis • Sometimes we will fail

29. Recognizing Leadership

30. Individual Level • Bearing fruit • Helping fellow Christians understand their gifts • Feedback both positive and negative • Uplifting folks who model Christian leadership

31. Organizational Level • Moral purpose is a sign of God’s presence in an organization • Faith is openly expressed and modeled • Wholehearted acceptance of each person as a child of God • Rights are made real to employees • Leaders are vulnerable • Serious and equitable distribution of results • Uplifting organizations which model Christian leadership

32. Last Thoughts • Leadership is an art, the instrument is yourself • Leaders must: • Discover who they are, yields self-confidence • Be interpersonally competent • Watch for hubris, exaggerated sense of self • Model their faith • This foundation equals integrity and credibility

33. Leadership Training Teach Model Practice Recognize Used by Christ to equip His followers

34. What Do We Need to Do ?

35. Increase our number of professional church worker students

36. How? • Speak well of church work • Encourage your youth • Help with scholarships and financial aid • Send your contacts to a Concordia • Pray

37. SummaryChristian Leadership is: • Equipping others • Preparing the next generation • An affair of the heart • Doing the will of God