Tim King Leadership

  Working on Murphy's Law. (Apologise to anyone called Murphy.) Christian Leaders like to portray themselves in total control, nothing knocks them over. In church at a Sunday service, they stand head and shoulders above everybody and everything happening around them. Issues that trouble us mere mortals wash over and off them like the proverbial duck. Sometimes they give the impression that they are succeeding in everything they do; unfortunately nothing could be further from the truth. To be in control often means that at some point you had to be in a situation where you weren't in control. By its very definition the Christian Leadership journey means that at some point something did go wrong, situations occurred that stretched the leader and caused them to question faith and creed and leadership and even church. If they hadn't they would never have come out the other side a better leader or pastor. A crisis can either make you or break you. Even fail...

How much am I worth? I am often asked this question by young pastors and leaders and even some of the smaller denominations. What value do we place on those that serve us in the spiritual arena? Should pay reflect the size of the church or on the work being done in the community? What other ways are there to remunerate our Christian Leaders? To be honest I try to avoid these sorts of conversations because money like many things is a very emotive issue. However, let me try and dangle my toe into the water of financial reward within church organisations. I hope that I won't get too ravaged by the sharks that patrol the sacred aisles of our most holy places. When it comes to reward, we seem to have no problem with the vast sums of money that celebrities make. Nor for that matter do we appear to have a problem with annual salaries of footballers (soccer players). Some young new players can make up to £5 plus million a year or £10 thousand a week. The top players can make £400 tho...