Tim King Leadership

The Implementation and Dissemination of Vision  I speak a lot about Vision, for me it is the starting point of everything that we do. Whether we are in business or in church, without a clear defined vision we are directionless. It is vision that defines who and what we do. Not only that but how we do what we do. I have also stated on more than one occasion that Ministry builds people but it is Leadership that builds churches. I believe that a church can only grow to between 120 and 150 on the ministry of a single person. But with a right understanding of leadership and how leadership functions, evolves and develops that same person can grow their church to way beyond this number. Church is not just about the ability to pastor. It is about influencing people to your cause and beliefs and culture. It is the engaging and building of relationship. It is the creation of organisation and structure. I am not saying that there is a magic formula that if followed will resul...

The Church leader and their family Life. The divorce rate in the United States amongst Pastors and Church Leaders is the same as that of the secular society that they serve, approximately two out of every four marriages. I don’t want to go into the reasons why this is so, I think those reasons have been discussed many times before. What I want to discuss here are some of the things I have learnt and what I feel is important to a pastor and Senior Church leader in regards to His or Her private life. Firstly let me say that, your private life, family life and the ministry are not separate departments of your church. They are intricately interwoven and there is a need to understand this. If for example you try and hide a shaky marriage from your church leadership this will put pressure on you on your spouse and the leadership, something will break. A few years ago I was at a leadership conference in Melbourne Australia. In one private session the Key note speaker allowed ...

Emotional Intelligence in Church Leaders. Some years ago I read a great book called “The Psychology of Military Incompetence” in it the author discussed the reasons why Generals - who on the face of it - were Britain’s greatest military minds failed. These very same Generals were responsible for some of the greatest military blunders and defeats ever to occur in the history of warfare. The author then asked the question why. Why did these highly efficient, much loved by the public, highly decorated men, get themselves into such positions, that left not only their army defeated but themselves defeated, forlorn, and their careers in ruins. There were a number of issues that led to the downfall of these men. However, for the sake of brevity, I believe that it was primarily their inability to relate to, respond to and react with other people that led to their demise. In other words their emotional intelligence (EQ) was the issue. EQ is the ability to be aware of the feelings and...