{"id":261,"date":"2019-08-01T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T02:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplingasyougo.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2019-08-02T11:46:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T01:46:24","slug":"leadership-discipleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplingasyougo.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Leadership &#038; Discipleship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years I have consulted with a large number of church groups on the area of leadership. As part of what I do I ask people to make a list of all of their leadership development problems and challenges. Almost all groups are able to generate a long list quickly. Then I draw a line on a white board and ask, <em>\u2018Now which of these are actually discipleship issues, not leadership issues?\u2019<\/em> Between 70% and 90% of the issues initially identified as leadership problems are actually discipleship problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a similar exercise, I draw a line down the middle of the white board and ask people to identify the characteristics of a disciple on the left-hand side. When they are finished, I ask them to list the distinct characteristics of a leader on the right-hand side \u2013 only those characteristics that aren\u2019t already mentioned under the \u2018disciple\u2019 heading. Most of the time there is nothing on the right-hand side. Almost all of the qualities of an effective leader are founded on the fact that he or she is primarily a wholehearted disciple of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disciples are people who engage in spiritual transformation, authentic relationships and sacrificial service. Our character is shaped as we lovingly obey Jesus, listen to the Spirit and step forward into the challenges of authentic missional living. It\u2019s from this pool of people \u2013disciples \u2013 that we should draw our potential leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership problems usually aren\u2019t leadership problems at all. They\u2019re discipleship problems. We are trying to make leaders out of people who aren\u2019t well developed disciples. It doesn\u2019t work. 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