Personal Decision-Making Analysis

Advanced Strategic Planning is a book that provides critical information concerning various ways churches and leaders can interconnect their vision and develop

Countries disintegrate, place of worship and corporation fail, people become dysfunctional, descendants lose their direction, and mankind drift from God on behalf of one distracting reason; insufficiency of leadership. These disappointments are often for the reason that of the deficiency of instruction, appropriate leadership, and misperception on what Christian leadership subsists and exactly how that leadership is pertinent to every component of professional and personal life. From a Christian worldview perspective, Psalm 112:5 explains, “A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion” (NKJ). A Christian manager should always keep in mind that bounteousness and admiration for God, demonstrates that one has placed trust in Him, and not our material possessions.

It feels as if we rarely have situations with sufficient data to make decisions clear and absolute. Maybe those situations do occur frequently, but because they are obvious, we don’t even register them as decisions. Leadership hinges on effective decision making and judgement calls. That includes gathering information for analysis when available, but also recognizing how not to be caught in analysis paralysis. Effective leaders constantly evaluate the situation, recognize the benefits, risks, and constraints and move forward. Nothing impedes an organization more than inability to commit to a path forward.

A church whose pastor and others in leadership have failed to put in place a proactive plan for discipleship for Believers is usually a “growing” church — growing stagnant, growing cold, growing spiritually immature Christians, and eventually, many growing closed. Patte said, “There is much at stake in accepting or rejecting the challenge of discipleship…” When a pastor or a church makes a conscious decision to make discipleship of Believers a primary focus in their

Based on my analysis, I explain that AMC leaders who happen to be Christian leaders should understand what is leadership before getting into overarching goals from a Christian perspective and how should they should be handled properly. AMC leaders should explore the Christian principles by laying a strategic plan that is easy to understand and use it effortlessly and efficiently. However, when a leader keeps his maintenance of Christian’s core values and beliefs, he should be comprehensive and concise on where he leads his followers in his organization. “In regard to maintaining core values and beliefs, a common theme was that focusing on what you believe to be the ‘right thing to do’ gives a sense of personal integrity, self-worth, and even accomplishment—no matter what the final outcome” (Shaw, 2012, pg.59). Therefore, from a Christian perspective, a leader should seek and serve God and those he shows the way strategically in his organization.

Let’s see what a spiritual leader can do and how Kotter’s theory of change can be applied at the Church Organization level. One important starting point in dealing with a

The process of leadership requires self-identification of behaviors and reflection on one’s attitude (Bell, 2010). Among the thousands of leadership books in print today, this book is one that takes a different approach to examining leadership from a Christian perspective as well as relating to the process of leadership along with many

Is there a quotation from the book that will stay with you for the remainder of your ministry? List the quote, page number, and

This Time Tomorrow is a book for people that have ministry within them but feel as if their ministry is being held up for some reason. Rather by themselves, others or the Lord has them on hold. However, When the Lord is speaking to you and you continue to make excuses as to why you cannot move forward, He will send someone to you to let you know that your time has expired. There comes a time when you have stepped out on faith before but it failed or it did not go the way you expected it to go so you stopped, delayed, or put your ministry on hold. However, you have come to a season in your life when you feel you are about to burst but you are not able to expand because you have to be willing to move out of the area you are in order to expand

But we persevered. We kept at it. People came and went. Mostly went. We met in several different venues. I attended classes at Fuller Seminary on church growth, leadership, and church structure. Things began to change when I attended some of the intensive classes like “Breaking the 200 Barrier” taught by C. Peter Wagner and John Maxwell. I began to understand some of what I was missing in my leadership strategy—what we were doing wrong or what we were leaving out. Along the way, I discovered the significance of Proverbs 24:3-4, “By wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established; 4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful

After reading the books The Call and Engaging God’s World I have learned a lot of information that will be bringing me closer to God and his work and commitment to us, his followers here on earth. The books were very informative and educational to a person gaining information on becoming a Christian as well adding information to an existing Christian in faith. The books have many passages that touch your heart and really make you think about your actions and words we have towards others in today’s times we live in. I feel there are many things we can learn in these books that were assigned in this semesters books. It was a lot of work to read these books as well as maintain four classes, but I am grateful for the opportunity to have been asked to read the books and gain the information I did from doing so.

I find myself in a daily struggle with God, fighting through my worldly mindset and constantly questioning and justifying certain aspects of my life. Personally, it drives me to seek wisdom in the scripture but I can see in large groups where the many predispositions might get in the way of a very personal growth opportunity. I know personally when it comes to group discussions I shy far away from being the center of discussion. I leave that business for those braver and more confident than I.

Effective leadership approaches from a biblical perspective consist of God’s nature in his manifested character. Christian leaders are willing to pay the price to lead in Christ’s affliction. Paul said there is a price to pay in order to lead and Jesus reminded us, “Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master. ' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also” (John 15:20, New International Version). Christian leaders need core attributes of God’s styles and approaches, support and linkage from scriptures, and knowledge of his leadership models of truth for effective leadership. However, these perspectives will gave me a better appreciation and insight of who God is and who I can be with his guidance.

A philosophy of strategic leadership for a church congregation or a church affiliated organization must give a definition that contributes to three entities, the community, the local church body and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. The philosophy, plan or process will be for naught, if not founded on biblical principals to

In examining my experience during the recent Cohort Intensives held at Payne Theological Seminary (PTS) in Wilberforce, Ohio; I was quite intrigued with how all of the scholars and guest speakers reinforced many of the initiatives I have already implemented in the context of my own ministry. Likewise, my time spent in class with my Cohort mentors Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and Rev. Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson was both scholastically and spiritually invaluable. During the week-long Intensive class sessions with my mentors, I learned a number of new things about myself that I was not previously willing to address. In short, I had a moment of self-actualization that required some personal omissions on my part regarding my faith and yes some internalized oppression as labeled by author Gayraud S. Wilmore. Opening up in class and admitting a few of my own short-comings was nothing short of liberating. Suddenly, I felt as though I had an epiphany; that has given birth to a renewed zeal, mind, and spirit. For the first time in years I am certain that I am now moving closer to the apex of excellence where God intended me to be.