The Myth of Christian Leadership

The Myth of Christian Leadership.

I have been teaching on leadership and related subjects for a number of years now and the more I do the more I feel that leadership or what we say is leadership, is in fact a myth. A quick Internet search showed that there were over 100 different definitions of leadership

We talk about "great visionary leaders" but the fact is that these people were not born "great visionary leaders." nor do they seek greatness. Any greatness is projected on them by their followers, but these followers tend to ignore the pain, sacrifice and personal development undertaken to get to the place the leaders are now. However this does not mean there is no such thing as a "great visionary leader."

Someone once made the statement that leaders are good and effective in their leadership. To me these are two different concepts. You have good leaders and you have effective leaders. In the same way you get ambitious leaders and you get humble leaders. You get armchair leaders who direct and influence others through their thoughts and philosophy and you get Charismatic leaders who sway their followers to their every whim. The only common factor is that all these people are leaders and they have follows. Some leaders lead large churches, others lead smaller churches and still others lead mega-churches.

Perhaps the most important thing to remember is that all these people take others to a place where they couldn't get too on their own. The real myth about Christian Leadership is that the perception of great visionary leadership has become reality in the minds of followers and that great Christian leaders are merely ordinary people doing great things for God.

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