I spent two days in Dallas, Texas, at Leadership Network. Linda Stanley lead the very first “Multi-ethnic Church Leadership Learning Community.” Over 30 leaders from multi-ethnic churches of various sizes came together for a great time of connecting and learning.
This morning I want to share a few pastoral leadership reflections that God is tattooing in my heart.
Pastors, our character is way more important than our ministry models or practices. You can put lipstick on a rhino, but it’s still a rhino. It’s not the ministry models or practices that make the real difference, it’s the Jesus-shaped, love-filled, humility-scented hearts of the leaders that make the ministry models and practices live.
Pastors, do not imitate, innovate. We often want to reproduce what one of our heroes has done in pastoral ministry. What we don’t realize is that they themselves become who they are through innovation not imitation. We need to be who God has created us uniquely to be.
Pastors, we need to take care of our families. Our greatest ministry expression should be our families.
Marinate on that,
Pastor Derwin
