Tim King Leadership

Christian Leaders and taking time off. Just got back from having had a few week’s vacation and   I am now feeling refreshed and ready for the next season that God has in store for me. While sitting in my chair absorbing the rays of the sun and getting my daily dose of Vitamin D, I mused about why it is so important for us to have time off. There are obvious reasons; like good stewardship and the fact that it’s good for your congregation to have a break from their senior pastor as well. (That may hit home at some egos) Some years ago a church leadership suggested to their senior pastor, that after 20 years of service to the church that he should take a fully paid sabbatical for six months. To go and refresh him and to relax and perhaps go hear other great Christian leaders and get ideas and new thoughts on taking the church forward into the next season. The pastor flatly refused, fired his leadership as he felt they were going to take over. For the next five years he nev...

Musings for young leaders.   A short while ago I was visiting church to discuss strategic planning with a young pastor and his team. While there I noticed that the pastor and his PA go into his office for a meeting and close the door. They weren’t there long, both came out and the PA went to her desk to carry out the tasks she had been given. Over the three days I was there I noticed that the assistant pastor had team meetings with his worship team and a one on one meeting with his chief vocalist. He would invite them into his office and close the door. His one on one was also behind closed doors. The vocalist was also female. Over lunch I brought it up in conversation with the senior pastor that perhaps it wasn’t a good idea to be seen going into a room alone with a person of the opposite sex. I quoted the 1Thess 5:22 where Paul tells us to avoid the appearance of evil. He felt that I was taking the scripture out of context as nothing evil was going on. He assured me that ...

This weeks ramblings. Last night I had a discussion with a church leader over why people of an older persuasion no longer wish to be involved in church.   However unlike some negative discussions I have had on the subject, this was in fact very positive in tone and attitude. The Christian leader was telling me how in recent months a number of people both old and young had come to his church. He told me how this group of people, of all different ages, had gelled together and become firm friends. The young couples, many of them new Christian, had been drawn to the older (middle aged) people who for the most part were more mature Christians. The results were fantastic and resulted in renewed enthusiasm on the part of the older Christians for life and their faith. For the young people it was building on the foundation that had be laid by Jesus and these people found Christianity meaningful, mystical and faith driven. Below are two blogs I have written about baby boomers that...