Why do people go into ministry? Some people think that I am anti all church leadership and that I am always casting church leadership in a bad light. There is nothing further from the truth. I am in fact very ‘pro’ good church leadership. However I have on my travels come across some very poor church leadership. If these very same people were the managing directors of companies their company would have either gone into liquidation or the board of directors would have fired the senior person in charge a long time ago. When I have the privilege of meeting one on one with a church leader who wants help or advice. One of the first things I ask them is; why did you go into the church leadership? What makes you think that you can do a better job than anyone else? Here is a list of some of their responses that I have found rather interesting: “God called me into ministry.” ...