Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because they want to do it.” He was right on several counts. Leadership is an art. Leaders facilitate the work or action of others. Leaders should be visionaries who are able to see things that need to be done. Leadership involves motivation so other willingly and gladly participate.
Christian leadership is all of these things–and more. Consider Paul’s description of leadership in Ephesians 4:11-16. Christian leadership involves equipping or preparing others for effective involvement in the tasks to be done. Christian leadership facilitates the ministry of others. This is ad-ministration at its best–helping others move toward ministry. Christian leadership envisions the big picture–the work that needs to be done, the way the group can best function together, the needs of each individual, the good of the group as it bonds together and is built up, and the good of each individual as he or she reaches full potential.
Here is another definition: “Christian leadership is the art of ‘ad-ministry’–helping a group of people (Christians) become ready and capable to do the things that should be done so that those benefiting from the ministry of the group, the group itself, and each individual in the group become what they want, and what God wants.”
Short descriptions such as this are by nature only part of the story. What would you add?
This Short extract is a wonderful insight into the topic of Christian Leadership. I think and believe that Christian Leadership is Service, Service that develops and builds character and conduct of followers. Leading people to become environmental responsible in the execution of responsibilities that are not as Laws, but as response to the grace of God.