Leadership is cruciform, “cross-shaped”, shaped like Christ. So if leadership is cruciform, then our leadership development is cruciforming. Yeah, it’s a word we technically made up, but it gives shape to everything we do in leadership devlopment.

Leadership is cruciform, “cross-shaped”, shaped like Christ. So if leadership is cruciform, then our leadership development is cruciforming. Yeah, it’s a word we technically made up, but it gives shape to everything we do in leadership devlopment.

Leadership is cruciform, “cross-shaped”, shaped like Christ. So if leadership is cruciform, then our leadership development is cruciforming. Yeah, it’s a word we technically made up, but it gives shape to everything we do in leadership devlopment.

The What, Why and How of Cruciforming

To Lead is to Love.
A biblical definition of leadership can be seen in the meaning of what it is to love people. When we look at Jesus’ leadership, it is of self-sacrificial love - he leads, he loves, by laying his life down for people. Jesus also calls us to love and lead by taking up our cross and follow him (Mark 8:34).
The Lord Jesus Christ commands and commissions us, with love and to love. We are to love God, love others and make disciples of Jesus Christ. We summarise this in three words: Christ, Community and Compassion. These words are our values, vision and mission.
These words from Jesus gives shape to who we are as a church, and what we’re about for those who are leaders of the church.
For the love of listening we host a podcast so that as we go about our day we can grow to learn, love and lead like Christ.

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To Lead is to Love. A biblical definition of leadership can be seen in the meaning of what it is to love people. When we look at Jesus’ leadership, it is of self-sacrificial love - he leads, he loves, by laying his life down for people. Jesus also calls us to love and lead by taking up our cross and follow him (Mark 8:34). The Lord Jesus Christ commands and commissions us, with love and to love. We are to love God, love others and make disciples of Jesus Christ. We summarise this in three words: Christ, Community and Compassion. These words are our values, vision and mission. These words from Jesus gives shape to who we are as a church, and what we’re about for those who are leaders of the church. For the love of listening we host a podcast so that as we go about our day we can grow to learn, love and lead like Christ.

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