An excellent talk by Andy Crouch on the true meaning of power from the Q Conference. Here’s a key quote: “Power is for flourishing. Who is flourishing because you have power?” That’s worth asking.
Spiritual Leadership in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 is all about leadership, though it is often overlooked as a leadership passage in the NT. I’ve copied the passage below and inserted some comments in italics as I go. For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and been […]
Spurgeon on Leadership
I came across this book the other day, and it looks helpful: One of the helpful things about the book is that it has a summary of some of Spurgeon’s core leadership lessons at the end of each chapter. Here are a few of those that stand out: A leader must set goals to accomplish […]
The Cape Town Committment on the Need for Developing Godly Leaders
As you know, I was in Cape Town for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization last fall. The statement working group from the congress has recently released the Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith and a Call to Action. Here’s the section on leadership, especially as it pertains to the church in the […]