Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
Structuring your Ministry Mario Denton Module 601 E Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Brain teaser: What do you see?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Passage to memorize Genesis 1:31-2:1 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good ‌ Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
The christian life is a bit like a mountain: it can be a difficult climb, but the view from the top is great
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Well led organizations • Well led organizations can accomplish far more than any individual can hope to accomplish alone. • Effective leaders create a structure that nurtures the health of those they lead. • Moses did this by hand-picking potential leaders, training them and empowering them. Exodus 18: 1-27.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
I Corinthians 14: 40 • Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.” since God is not a God of disorder but of peace. • God has instituted authority structures in the spheres of marriage, parenting, the church and the state. • See also 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 for those who guide local churches.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Never let the organization becomes the obstacle: Numbers 11: 1-35 • Leaders are to love and serve their followers. • Followers are to love one another and follow their leaders. • It is about the leadership style, relationships and to what extent he or she really connects with the people. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
The ideal structure; Deut 1: 1318 • Various structures exist. • Organizational structures must be designed to channel resources to meet the task and mission of the ministry. • Structures are relative not absolute; dynamic and flexible, mission directed. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
No person is fit to command another that cannot command him or herself. William Penn
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Group Discussio n Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Group discussion: Part one 1. What has been your experience in changing the direction of your ministry? 2.What are the five biggest challenges facing your ministry right now? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Group discussion: Part two 3. What are the biggest stumbling blocks currently facing your ministry in delivering your best? 4. What are the 2 -3 things that you will do if you are in the position of the head of your ministry?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Group discussion 5. What are the different drivers impacting on your ministry right now? 6. What will those demands in question 1 be on the staff/people within your ministry? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Give us a clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. Peter Marshall
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
When people are in the wrong ministry • The wrong person in the wrong ministry = Regression • The wrong person in the right ministry = Frustration • The right person in the wrong ministry = Confusion • The Right person in the Right ministry = Progression • The Right people in the Right ministries = Multiplication Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
THE LAW OF THE COMPASS John Maxwell
Vision gives team members direction and confidence
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Becoming a better team member • Is your integrity unquestioned (character)? • Do you perform your work with excellence (competence)? • Are you dedicated to the team’s success (commitment)? • Can you be depended on every time (consistency)? • Do your actions bring the team together (cohesion)? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Champions in evangelism don’t become champions in the ring – they are merely recognised there. They score in heaven Adapted by Moses from John Maxwell
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Too many people make cemeteries of their lives and ministries by burying their talents and gifts. Oswald Avery advises, “ Whenever you fall, pick something up”.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Prayer Focus • Father, In the name of Jesus, I surrender myself to walk in the Word. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world. • The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me. • I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Come now is the time COME, NOW IS THE TIME TO WORSHIP COME, NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE YOUR HEART COME, JUST AS YOU ARE TO WORSHIP COME, JUST AS YOU ARE BEFORE YOUR GOD , O, COME ONE DAY EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS YOU ARE GOD ONE DAY EVERY KNEE WILL BOW STILL THE GREATEST TREASURE REMAINS FOR THOSE WHO GLADLY CHOOSE YOU NOW Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25 • “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Structuring your ministry