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4 Reasons the Local Church Is the Best at Developing Leaders

Yet many of the books about integrity and character quickly degenerate into challenges and techniques for leaders to grow their own character, to discipline themselves to become stronger in integrity. We know these challenges are futile. Only Jesus can transform the heart. Only He has the power to form us into people who are filled with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. The church, because of Jesus, develops leaders whose character has been transformed.

  1. Army of Volunteers

John Maxwell has observed that one way to know the strength of a leader is to give the leader volunteers to lead. It is much easier to get people moving in a direction when a paycheck and vacation time are involved. It takes much greater leadership skill, passion and credibility to mobilize and rally volunteers around a shared mission. Leadership development in the church gives leaders an opportunity to lead volunteers, to learn how to lead with a moral authority and not positional authority, a compelling mission and not an organizational chart, clear direction and not perks. Those who lead other volunteers in the church are being developed in ways that help them in other spheres of life.