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57 Leadership Tips from a Veteran Pastor

21. Tell the Truth.
Accurately present your church’s statistics (baptisms, attendance, giving totals, etc.) at all times. Nothing undermines the loyalty of your team members so much as them watching you present exaggerated results of your ministry.
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22. Be Transparent.
There is no place in the Kingdom of God, or in any of the methodologies that the Holy Spirit employs, for manipulation, subterfuge, camouflage, or anything less than open-handed honesty.
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23. Set the Mood.
See your congregation and your staff as God sees them, as they are in Him, what they shall become, and what the Holy Spirit is going to empower them to do.
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24. Finish Strong.
No one gets credit on the scoreboard for having started well; it’s how you finish that tells the story.
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25. Watch Your Reputation.
What the public thinks of you will often determine whether they trust you; even God values His reputation.
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26. Guard Your Integrity; No One Else Will.
The ability to say ‘no’ is one of the minister’s greatest strengths; he must never do anything to hamper his power to utter that single syllable.
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27. Keep Restocking the Shelves.
Guard your time for continuing education, and then do it, and do not feel guilty about it.
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28. Keep Renewing Your Commitment to Lead.
God has made you a leader, and what people decide or don’t decide about your leadership has little to do with anything.
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29. Love the Church, or Go Into Some Other Line of Work.
The great majority of Christians never comprehend how much they are meant to love the Lord’s church.
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30. Be Kind to Your Predecessor; Someday You’ll Be One.
Beware of underestimating and thereby insulting the hard work of the one who preceded you. Refrain from demeaning the work of others in the family of God.
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