Leadership in Context

Research shows that evangelical believers don’t really believe in a literal devil, just a force of evil. The Bible says to resist the enemy, but how can we resist something that we aren’t aware of or know nothing about? As Christians, we need to understand that the enemy is real. That he is laying snares and plotting schemes against us. We have an adversary, but we also possess the power to not only resist him, but to overcome! Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Teaching on the giftings can unmask the gifts in your church. Get people baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Introduce them to the gifts of the Spirit. Teach them how the five-fold gifts mature them and cause them to become a united part of the body. Teach them about the motivational gifts so they can be plugged in and serving somewhere. All of those gifts work together to build the body. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

The infilling of the Holy Spirit is critical to the overcoming and victorious life that every church, every Christian needs. Yet it seems we have neglected this foundational stone. Today Keith discusses the importance of the filling of the Holy Spirit and how you emphasize the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

It is easier to deal with wildfire than no fire. How a senior leader handles strong personalities is one of the defining marks of their success. When working with strong personalities, you have to focus on the idea (not the person), avoid suspicion, and not be fearful. The goal is to be a leader that strong personalities feel like they can vent to, talk to, and give opinions to without being shut down. When we lead from that position, we will find that we spend a lot less time trying to make a fire under people and more time enjoying the wildfires that God has placed in our midst. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Do you have strong people in your life that you would like to have better relationships with? Compliance is not the goal of leadership. FRUIT is the goal of leadership. Today Keith begins a discussion on working with strong people. We don’t want people who will just comply, but people that we can release, channel, hold onto without dragging them down. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Evaluation is critical to growth. Today Keith discusses how, by asking just a few questions, we can identify some things that may be holding us back. He has found that the things we are avoiding tend to be the pitfalls that are knocking us off course, that as we improve in specific areas, we will see correlated areas of our ministry improving, and that investing in others is always worth the effort. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

In ministry, we are always telling people they need to improve, to be equipped, to be held accountable. Yet often the most unaccountable and unchallenged person in the church may be the guy who is doing the preaching. Self-evaluation uses tools and people around us to give us honest feedback on where we are on specific things so we can keep improving. It is important to identify what you are really good at and what you are not. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.

God needs called people that He then qualifies. He doesn’t look for qualified people and then calls them. As leaders, we can recruit people and train them for leadership. By recruiting, by turning the funnel open wide, we give people an entry point. We give people a chance to show us what God has put in them—thing that we might not have seen if we had not given them the opportunity. We need to be leaders that are overtly, intentionally, objectively, and clearly recruiting and making a way for new leaders.Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.

We have 52 opportunities to influence people for the Gospel and for the Kingdom. It only seems rational that we would build our schedules and strategies around those 52 launching pads. When we plan ahead, we inspire people. Where do you want to be 52 weeks from now? Today Keith walks us through how we can build our schedules backwards and shift from hoping something happens to making something happen. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.

There is a good chance that you would say you are busy. Most of us are. But having a busy mindset is one of the things that will zap your mental, spiritual, and emotional energy and will keep you from being productive. As the new year is starting and we are planning our calendar, how will 2019 look different from 2018? It’s as simple and as difficult as this: Assign your days. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.