A major discussion in Christian leadership today is
being vs. doing.
It was a major emphasis of my last term at Fuller Theological
Seminary. Thus it is said that Christian leadership is not about
what I do, it's about
who I am. Part of the reason for emphasising
being vs. doing is that
doing
has led to widespread ministry dropout (an emphasis on achievement,
with negative consequences). However, it seems to me that
being and
doing
are merely different aspects of the same. Those phrases "what I do"
and "who I am" have one word in common: "I". I have called this an
inordinate emphasis on self. I think that this is the real, underlying problem.
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