Tim King Leadership

IQ, EQ or PQ. Late last year I had the privilege of lecturing on Emotional intelligence to a group of highly gifted students, in Malaysia, many of them far more clever than I. Over the week it became apparent that one of the students just wasn't getting it.   When interacting with him, he confided in me that he just didn't understand how EQ was going to help him with his particular ministry, dealing with a number of young pastors. "I just don't know how EQ will help me with this" He kept telling me. My telling him to look to his own character, nature, life experience and how he deals with others for the answer just wasn't good enough. I realised that what this man wanted was a scientific formula or process that would help him sort his problem out. The man was a professional having been university trained. Systems, projects, structures and highly complex issues were no problem to him, he was a highly intelligent person. IQ wasn't the issue. His i...

Sunday morning Chaos. "What should a Sunday morning service look like?" This question was thrown at me over a lunch after my first visit to a church, this last weekend. "Unfair question" I cried, "I am no longer in pastoral ministry." My friend persisted so I presented two scenarios, the latter being my experience that morning. Should a church service look like?; Seats or Pews facing forward, starting on time, four songs and no more, news and updates and a twenty five minute well presented and structured sermon. Close in prayer and invite to coffee. Or Seats in a semi circle, starting   five minutes' late, arbitrary testimonies, meandering news updates, four songs and people wandering around praying for anybody they feel is in need of prayer. A hastily prepared sermon, more an informal chat then anything solid or sound. Confusion as to do with the children, a prayer and offer of coffee. Firstly let me say that I found nothing offe...

Is Gender Equality really a problem in the body of Christ? Gender Equality is a hot topic at the moment from Hollywood to Westminster, people are talking about the disadvantages that women face in their jobs and careers. Should women be paid the same as men for doing the same job? For me I have no issue here the answer is, of course they should. What about the church is there gender inequality in the church? Last week I came across a job advertisement for a pastoral position. In the advert there was a link to their statement of beliefs, there I found the following "...we do not believe that a woman can be an elder in the church or in a position of authority over a man..." In my mind I found this a little old fashioned and outdated but understood where this particular faith group was coming from, having been brought up under a similar regime. I think they are wrong and here is why. Early Christianity elevated the status of women to equality before God. Women'...