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Jesus: The Mega church leader with a servant heart.

  Jesus: The mega church leader with a servant heart. A few months ago I uploaded a blog referring to Jesus as the first mega church leader. This was a little tongue in cheek dig at modern day mega church leaders and their attitudes. I would like to take up this theme again. I do this as a protest against those mega church leaders and those who think like mega church leaders. I am not here to bash anyone, but the more I hear of events at the Hillsong church in New York, the angrier I get with leaders who forget where they have come from, who they represent and who they serve. Mega Church leaders walk around wearing the latest designer fashion, they do this partly to never grow old and always be relevant to the youth they appeal too, and also to make them trendier when appealing to the celebrities that attend their churches. They drive around in the newest SUV to make sure the status symbol is seen. They make sure the house they live in is in an upmarket suburb and that they hav...

The Spirituality of Leadership

 I was listening this week to an old friend talk on spiritual leadership. In light of what has happened in a number of mega churches and in other Christian organisations, these last few months. I felt it would be great to once again listen to some common sense. Instead of leading by lust we should learn to lead by love. As we raise up other leaders we should do so through love. Laying down our ego, ambitions and personal success and turn again to Jesus, the author and finisher of our salvation. Just click on the link and enjoy the video and notes. https://alexanderventer.com/raising-up-new-leaders/