https://www.christchurchnashville.org/media/service-archive/growing-up/Just before his death. Jesus told his disciples that going forward, he would not see them as servants but as friends. It is a revealing statement about how Jesus understood leadership development. The leader’s job, much like that of a parent, was to raise up mature people who could think for themselves.

That is still the call of spiritual leaders today: to grow up and to help others grow up.