Thursday, September 28, 2006

what makes a leader a good leader?

Think of your favourite leader...

Why are they your favourite? What made them so good?

Posted by james at 3:48 PM
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4 comments:

Sarah said...

My image of a good leader....

Everything they do to please God no one else

Trusting and obeying God no matter what

Gains peoples trust and keeps it

Is good at what they do

Is peoples friend not just a leader

Gets in there and isnt afraid of getting dirty

up for others opinion

good listener

can give advice

theres more byut thats all that comes to me now love u

9:53 PM
Anonymous said...

A good leader...

This is a story of a young man on fire for God. He had a passion to reach people with the gospel, to tell and show God’s love. He was bursting with it. He couldn’t help himself, he had to share it.

He was extremely effective with young people. They liked him, and were drawn to him. He was very charismatic but unaffected by this. He genuinely loved people, all people, but especially young people. There was a group of young people he was especially close to. He taught, but he also listened and loved them. He accepted them with all their faults and encouraged them to strive. He was passionate about helping them to grow in faith, knowledge and love – to disciple them in order for them to become disciples to others.

He sometimes upset the status quo. He challenged the leadership, sometimes publicly. He got a reaction. The leadership wanted to silence him and remove him from his position of influence, especially with the young, and they tried to accuse him of many things, no doubt hoping to catch him out on a technicality or some trumped up charge. They did not like the challenge he presented them with, after all they were the leaders and they would decide what was what. They were the ones who had put in the hard yards, made the decisions, ran the place – not him. He was a radical, not a leader, and he had to learn some consequences. He had to be responsible for his own actions.

His friends and supporters saw things differently, in him they saw a picture of God, as he always shifted the focus away from himself and onto God. He demonstrated the love of God in the way he treated people. People were genuinely interested in what he had to say and felt that this approach was a refreshing change from what they were used to. He really seemed to know God personally, and he was able to share this with them.

So his support increased and so did the wrath of the leadership.

They got him. They crucified him. He offered salvation to the world.

His disciples often use the methods he used, and teach the way he did.

10:45 AM
Talz said...

Short comment coz you've allready gone and done another one! but...

a gud leader:
Kind
Moral
Caring
Encouraging
Loving
Persuasive
Nice...

Did u notice u have all those skills? you James were and still are a great leader!

6:33 PM
Pete Brookshaw said...

A leader leads. There you go. Sometimes there's decisions that need to be made, so you make them. New initiatives need to be sought after, so you find them. Integrity needs to be lived out, so you live it. Passion needs to be birthed in the leader, so you catch it.

Leaders lead, they thrive to bring others on a journey, in which together you become a movement that impacts the world with the gospel of Jesus!

I couldn't think of anything better than that.

2:01 PM

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