Quotes about Leadership

Ministering to the Lord in private is the foundation and prerequisite for leading in the public meeting.

the past few years I have approached music ministry with the mind-set of a pastor first, and a musician second.

Developing leaders is not just downloading theological knowledge and ministry skill, but calling people to lead with hearts captured by the awe of God.

In grace, he leads you where you didn't plan to go in order to produce in you what you couldn't achieve on your own.

The church is in desperate need of a leadership community whose function is not just structured to achieve with efficiency but is more deeply shaped by the comforts and calls of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Success is not about how well I've been able to build my own little kingdom but about the degree to which I've done all I've done in the service of a greater

Could it be, in your leadership community, that there are signs that the glory of achievement has begun to replace the glory of God as the most powerful motivator in the hearts of your leaders and of the way leadership plans, assesses, and does its work?

Church leadership is a people-building ministry; to function any other way is both unbiblical and dangerous.

It is humbling to admit, but I have had to face the fact that the greatest danger to my ministry is me!

A leadership community is spiritually safe and prepared for a long-term and productive life of ministry only when what is important to God is not just theologically important to them but also functionally important.

Sexist leaders who do not respect the God-given gifts of women and who may even relate to them inappropriately have forsaken their ambassadorial calling.

Your leadership community is in trouble if your leaders are more excited about a strategic planning meeting than a prayer meeting.