When Leadership and Discipleship Collide
I just finished a short, but very strong book, entitled, “When Leadership and Discipleship Collide”. It’s written by Bill Hybels, and it gave me some great insight as to what to do when the laws of leadership and demands of discipleship get in the way of each other. Anyway, here are a few of the comments he made that I’ve been thinking about.
“Hands down, the single most impressive leader in the history of the world is Jesus of Nazareth.”
“No leader has ever cast a more expansive or breathtaking vision…No leader ever built a higher-impact team with less talent to work with. No leader ever instilled deeper values or inspired people more than Jesus Christ- in many cases, enough for them to die for the cause…no leader has ever changed the course of human history the way Jesus did…and is still doing, more than two thousand years later.”
“Laws of leadership are really just descriptions of hard-learned lessons that, for hundreds of years, leaders have come to view as valuable guides toward mission achievement.”
“Christian leaders above all others (should) strive to be the most devoted, most faithful, most astute learners of leadership’s laws.”
“In my opinion, good teaching will never be enough to build the kingdom of God. But combine good teaching with great leadership, and watch what God will do!”
“In those rare cases when the human laws of leadership and the scriptural demands of discipleship do collide, decide on the side of discipleship every time”
“From time to time, leadership lessons from the secular world do not translate well into the arena of kingdom building, and, as ministry leaders , we must remember that our operating values and our ultimate marching orders come from only one book- a book that is God breathed, Spirit inspired, perfect in its content, unchanging in its ability to transform lives”
This is another one of those books that I would probably recommend for pastors and leaders in the church only, but nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading it.