Tim King Leadership

I like to look at the Christian job websites and love reading the job descriptions posted, when churches are looking for pastors or senior leaders. It makes me wonder if they are looking for someone who will fit their understanding, their vision and their dreams or aspirations, or whether they are looking for what God wants. Below is a letter received by a church for such a position. Names and places have been changed to protect the innocent: To the Leadership Fickle Fellowship. Fickle-under-Lyme. Re: Senior leadership Pastor To whom it may concern, I would like to apply for the above mentioned position advertised on the Christian Jobs website. I have many qualifications that I think will impress you. I have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to preach with power and have had some small success as a writer. Some say I have a gifting as an organiser, I have planted a number of churches but have not stayed very long in any of them. The longest I ever stayed in on...

All great church leaders, rely on their teams of fantastic volunteers, to help build amazing churches. Those leadership teams need to be hardworking, fully committed, influential and responsible leadership teams. If Jesus was a church leader and was around today, and his twelve disciples were his leadership team, then there is no way that his church would ever reach that often sought after, mega church status. Just take a look at the type of people on his team. Simon Peter was emotionally unstable and prone to temper tantrums. Andrew, Peter's brother had absolutely no leadership qualities at all. James and John placed personal interests above, church loyalty. Thomas always questioned everything and was not good for team moral. Matthew had business habits that many people outside of the church community questioned. James and Thaddeus had radical cultural leanings and their doctrine was a little off, to put it mildly. As for the rest, they lacked initiative, enthusiasm a...