Leadership books populate every pastor’s bookcases and leadership issues crowd his mind and ministry.   The need for godly leaders has always plagued the church.  Everyone wants to know, “Where can we find more good leaders?”  “How can we develop more leaders?”  Leadership concerns churches and denominations, whether they are young or well-established with a lengthy history.  This module is designed to train those already serving as leaders to be better leaders but also to train them to train new generations of leaders.

While many books have been written on leadership, some excellent, others with a Christian veneer over secular how-to management ideas, the Bible remains the best book on leadership.  We will focus completely on it in this module.

Class Outline

1. Defining Leading and Leadership – the different definitions, models

2. What Do Leaders Look Like? The Holy Spirit Paints a Picture of God’s Leaders and Leadership – the qualifications of leaders (elders and deacons).  It’s character.

3. Getting to the Heart of Leading – It’s the Heart of the Leader (Looking at the character of leaders.)

4. Leaders Are Made, Not Born – Leading in the home before leading in the church and the world.  Leaders are developed in the family first.  

5. Leaders Work in Teams – Biblical leadership is teamwork – the plurality of leaders in the church.

6. Leadership and Teamwork at Home and in the Church – leaders and their wives in the church

7. What Do Leaders Do? – The Responsibilities of Leaders (elders and deacons responsibilities in the church)

8. Leaders Shepherd – Shepherding the Flock the way Jesus Shepherds us.  Shepherding must be biblical, systematic, comprehensive, relational, accountable, and prayerful.

9. Leaders Teach and Multiply Other Leaders – Learning to Teaching/Teaching to Learn

10. What Leaders Must Know Before They Teach – what is the faith and how to share the faith.

11. What Can Leaders Do When Others Won’t Follow – Handling Conflict

12. Everyone Needs Correction – both leaders and followers – counseling the flock.