Seven Convictions of Leadership Part 1

This week we met with our Key Leaders for some fun, food, and leadership development.  Using some things I learned in my last coaching network I challenged them with the following 7 convictions we must have as leaders on God’s church.  This is part 1 of 2.

1) Church

God’s plan has not changed.  His plan is the church.  Souls are the mission and the mission has a church.  Our church needs to always be on mission.  Every thing we do is for the people who don’t come yet.  Its not about me.  Its about Jesus and his love for people.  We may screw up but at the end of the day we are part of the plan

2) Conversion

At the end of the day if people aren’t coming to Christ we have a MAJOR problem.  Today two people gave their life to Christ.  That never gets old.  If we don’t value conversion one day we will be the church that says “well we aren’t reaching anybody but we love each other”

There is rejoicing over the ONE – Celebrate the ONE as passionately as you celebrate the ONE HUNDRED.  In fact celebrate more passionately.  Jesus said leave the 99 and go find the one.  Jesus said go into the highways and hedges – the places no one wants to go – and bring in the crippled, the blind, the deaf, the sick, the dying – go get the people no one else wants.

We aren’t here so the frozen chozen can sit on their blessed assurance holding hands singing cum-by-ya while the world goes to hell in and hand basket.  At the end of the day its about people coming to Christ and if we ever value attendance more than repentance “I believe God takes his hand off the church”

If we preach Jesus and see repentance God will take care of the attendance.

3) Chemistry

Teamwork makes the dream work.  We cant do this alone and we cant make this a competition. Sometimes people on staff “compete” with each other, instead of “complete” each other.    Our staff doesn’t compete.

Ministries cant compete either.  We cant compete for people, resources, money, space…We are all in this together.

There are people on staff of churches that don’t even believe in the vision of the church.  There are lots of people who attend a church who don’t believe in the vision.  If you cant support the vision – go find a vision you can support and pour your life into it.

Two questions to ask

a)    do I buy in to our purpose? (reaching lost people)

b)    do I buy in to the people? (on my team and the staff)

Litmus test:  If you think “im the smartest person here, these people are morons, they need me, if everyone would listen to me…”  This is nothing but pride and arrogance.  If you think you are that valuable walk away and see how it goes without you.  I promise Crosspoint doesn’t need me and it doesn’t need you.