Tim King Leadership

  Making commitments, taking us beyond 2022 Every year, like millions of other people I make new year's resolutions. This year I did no such thing, then among my papers, I found these 10 commitments that I had shared at a leadership seminar a number of years ago. Perhaps these should be the type of commitments that we as Christian Leaders should aspire to.   1) People Matter.   People are our purpose. People are not a means by which we can create our own ends. When we reach out to people, they are our objective and the focus of our attention.   2) We will help people think.   If people are our objective, we will not get bogged down in the process. We will help people to think through our process to recognize  our objective rather than just getting them to do and blindly follow. That objective is and always will be to point people to Jesus. He is after all "The way the truth and the life."   3) Create great environments.   ...

  Ten things in 2022 that leaders need to be great at. Over the years the secular media has taken a dig at church leaders. They want to drag them down to their level and try to expose them as frauds. What needs to be remembered is that like everybody else we are human we make mistakes. However we are called to a higher standard and we need to live up to that standard. Here are 10 things that I believe leaders need to be clear about and consistent with in the year ahead.  1) Vision, without it how can a leader hope to take anyone anywhere. 2) Integrity:     Without it how is any leader going to be trusted. 3) Respect: Unless a leader earns the respect of those they lead any success will be short lived. 4) Authenticity: A con artist in leadership can be spotted at ten paces; unfortunately many people are blind to the Con. 5) Encouragement: great leaders are constantly encouraging those who work with and for them to complete the vision. 6) Listening: Good leaders are al...

  Be of Good Cheer, The last two Christmases have been difficult but be of good cheer. It is that time of year again when many Christian Leaders and Pastors start to get stressed and rushed off their feet. Christmas Programmes are being launched. The nativity set has been repainted but is not fully dry, the donkey has gone lame, and you have a rooster instead of a lamb. The church roof has sprung a leak and the Kids church leader has informed you that Joseph and Mary have come down with the chicken pox. Your wife has phoned to remind you to not miss your youngest child's recital at the local school, to be honest you had forgotten. To top it all you haven't finished your Christmas morning sermon and are tempted to rehash a sermon from 5 years ago, hoping that it will get great reviews and that Mrs Jones who is 87 and never missed a service in fifty years, will not notice, -she will. A hundred other things need to be done and time is running out. The new Covid variant is play...

  Revelation, Reaction and Relationship. As we move towards the festive season I was thinking again about change. How people process change in their lives and how they ensure that change sticks, rather than revert to the same old, same old, after a few weeks. As a Christian leader I believe that change is seasonal. That God takes us through different seasons of our  lives and ministry cannot be in doubt. It is a time of frustration but also a time of blessing as we learn to hear and experience  what the Holy Spirit is saying to us. A new season always begins with a revelation. For Moses it was the burning bush, yet for his ancestor Joseph it was dreams that resulted at first in being thrown into a pit before being sold into slavery. In the New Testament for Saul it was the road to Damascus where Jesus made his presence known and set Paul on the road to great things. With revelation comes reaction, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Sometimes it is physical at others...

  My ramblings for the week!   Earlier this week I was asked by a non-Christian what I thought the purpose of the church was in today’s age and what my own position was regarding the church? He admitted to me that his own experience was limited to a few bad personal encounters with what I would describe as overzealous believers more interested in getting a convert than building a relationship, and more concerned in declaring that we live in the end times and that hell, brimstone and eternal damnation will come to those who do not repent. He also told me that in his endeavour to research Christianity, he had visited a great many different churches. It became obvious to me that this person was a seeker and that he had embarked on a journey. I explained to him that the church was many things; a hospital and place of healing for the sick, a counselling centre for those who had sociological issues. A place of refuge and a place where the hungry can find sustenance. A school...

  Bursting the Bubble. Last night I was scrolling through one of my social media sites, as you do, just before you sit down to dinner. I came across a friend's page and saw an advert, suitably captioned, that she had posted from her local church. As I continued to scroll through my site, I saw the same picture with the same caption posted a dozen times by a number of people who went to that church. The Ad in question was a photo of their pastor, on the platform, saying how great a preacher he was and how they couldn't wait for Sunday. Here is what I see and what I think is the problem with a great many church cultures: ·          The social media post I have mentioned was only circulated among the Christians of that particular church. ·            The post wasn't targeted at 100's of non Christians in the community. ·          The caption praised th...

  Christian leaders: It's about calling not celebrity. Let me state clearly. Church is about two things; Jesus and people. Church is not about music, image or agenda. Church leadership is about two things; calling, and character (fruit of the Spirit).  It is not about having a degree or going to one of the so called enthused 'hip' bible colleges If you have a true calling from God you will be concerned about the church and people, not image or how you appear on TV. However in recent times we have had high profile pastors, of large congregations, have extra marital affairs, indulge in sexual abuse, sexually exposing themselves and others living a lavish lifestyle far beyond that of any of their parishioners and doing so as though it were their right. Now I have met the leader of the denomination that has had to fire and remove from ministry the people guilty of the above transgressions. I don't know him personally, I have only had the privilege of interviewing hi...