Friday, June 28, 2013

Radical Leadership

My past MTh Supervisor (see Vincent Atterbury) holds a radical view of Church leadership. I agree with him: "All that Church leaders therefore require, to operate as effective leaders, and to effectively build up congregations, is a calling and a touch by Jesus Christ through His Spirit. ... Any other means, which might be described as a means of assistance, should be regarded with suspicion. God’s Spirit is sufficient to build up His Church. He does not need any means of assistance" (my translation, from Afrikaans). OBSERVATION: What prompts this post is an e-mail from the USA this week: "The church discussions are so often about strategies, frameworks, paradigms ..." And it's not only ministers who are tempted to think this way, but church officer-bearers and members. Dr. Atterbury is head of Education and Training of the largest Pentecostal denomination in South Africa (the AFM).

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