One of the most important components of a leader’s leadership is the ability to make mid-course corrections when things aren’t going well, or aren’t going as well as they could be going. Now, is such a time. Over the weekend, I decided it was time to make the focus of this blog church leadership. Up to this point my focus has been leadership in general. I’ve always had a bent toward church leadership, but in some ways leadership is leadership. The key difference or shift in my focus is instead of attempting to focus on all aspects of leadership and then at times make it clear my focus is as a follower of Jesus, from this point forward I’ll be coming to everything I write from the perspective of being Jesus follower, and helping church leaders to do that better.
Why the change of focus? I am a church leader, and have become a more, and more effective church leader over the years. While at the end of the day all the glory goes to God for anything good in any of us, leading a church has some unique characteristics. First, a church is a faith-based organism. Without focusing on Jesus first, no church will ever do anything of eternal value. I start with that premise in everything I write, everything I say, and everything I do. When you read these posts from this point forward you won’t be wondering on the one hand, “How does this apply to my church?” Or on the other hand, “Why does he keep talking about Jesus in a leadership blog?”
I want to challenge you readers to consider what is the foundation of your leadership? Is it Jesus Christ? Is it a philosopher? Is it a business guru? Is it the latest technique to come down the line? Whomever or whatever is the basis of your leadership ought to determine how you lead and how you make the decisions and commitments before you each day. Why not take some time right now to consider who or what is your foundation? As you do, I hope you’ll choose to come back on Wednesday as I address the most important question every church leader must ask.
Here’s to leading better by determining the basis of your leadership–today!