The Ministry Leadership Lifecycle (cont.)
3. Teaching
- Along the way, you start sharing what you’ve learned and how you’ve seen God use that to bless and reach others.
- You start letting go of things so others can learn and do.
- You impart to the next generation not the means you used but the lessons you learned. That includes mistakes as well as victories.
- You take the sum total of what you’ve learned and done to create a foundation for the next generation of leaders. Then they can build on the methods, using the means God provides.
We need fathers who will step up and teach, and we need more sons who will be quiet and listen. Too much of leadership is about preference. Not enough is about timeless principles.
Nothing is more frustrating (for the leader and for those they are leading) than someone operating outside of where God has them. Young kidmin workers might treat untested theories as if they’re gospel. Older leaders might blindly cling to older methods and neglect to pass on the principles behind the methods.
So know where you are as a leader. Then embrace where you are! Grow, learn, apply, and give away. In the end, everyone will forget who you are, and God will get the glory. And that’s how it’s supposed to be.
