The Leadership Of A Church

Worship is the primary action of the church. Those who are part of it assemble together to sing, pray, remember Christ, listen to the Scriptures, and contribute to the Lord’s causes (Acts 2:42, 47; 1 Cor. 16:1-2). It is one of the church’s primary purposes, and it is crucial for its worship to be in harmony with the Scriptures. In Lutheranism, worship is a spiritual exercise that outwardly expresses itself as an acceptance of God’s gift to humans (Jacobs 551). Lutherans

My name Frank Perry Jr. and I am starting my first class in the MCS program. I work at Charter Communication and have been employed there for 20 years. I enlisted in the Navy and completed a 6 years enlistment and then served 14 years in the National Guard. In 2005-2006, I completed a tour in Iraq and retired in 2010. I attend church at Faith Deliverance Center in Jackson, Tn. I enrolled in the MCS program to help me grow as a Christian and to learn more about leadership and biblical principles.

We do our best and most excellent work, and then offer it to him to go beyond our work and to change a child’s heart to have faith, to restore parents back into unity, and to bring peace to homes filled with strife. A great leader is a dependent leader.

As a Christian the best leadership structure for the body of believers we have was given to use by Jesus Christ. He taught us how to love (God with all our heart) and who to love (thy neighbor), which results in us being better leaders. Naturally, each church reads the same scripture but interprets it differently and has a different leadership style as a result of that. Three church’s constitutions in particular will be the subject of discussion. I will compare and contrast the leadership structures of the three, list positives and negatives, interpret what I see the preferred church leadership structure and interpret what the constitution reveals about each church.

Our organization, Christian Business Leaders (CBL), welcomes all majors and strives to bring students together under one common purpose: "To foster a Christ-centered organization that encourages service through Christ and leadership in business." No matter the student 's major, he or she will take part in a business process, from creating a resume to interviewing for a job to working with executives in the corporate world. We believe that our Christian values should be incorporated into everything we do, which includes these business processes. Christian Business Leaders has been able to help students understand how to apply their values in the job search and workplace. Our organization has hosted numerous business speakers, including high

Our organization, Christian Business Leaders (CBL), welcomes all majors and strives to bring students together under one common purpose: "To foster a Christ centered organization that encourages service through Christ and leadership in business." No matter the student 's major, he or she will take part in a business process, from creating a resume to interviewing for a job to working with executives in the corporate world. We believe that our Christian values should be incorporated into everything we do. Christian Business Leaders has been able to help students understand how to apply their values in the job search and work place. Our organization has hosted numerous business speakers, including high profile leaders, to talk about how they bring their own faith to the workplace. Some of these inspiring speakers have drawn audiences up to four times the number of CBL members, thus widening CBL’s impact on the ISU community. Some of the well known speakers include former Chicago Bears running back, Adrian Peterson, President and CEO of Marklund, Gil Fonger, President and founder of Today’s Growth Consultant, Ken Courtright, ISU basketball coach Dan Muller, and CEO of BroMenn Hospital, Colleen Kannaday.

“Organizational Management and Leadership: A Christian Perspective” states accountability is the final stage in implementing strategy and “in this stage, the organization monitors and evaluates policies, programs, and activities. The company must also analyze compliance with merit systems and identify and monitor improvements during this stage” (Satterlee, 2013, p. 205). Dictionary.com defines accountability as “the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable” (2018).

Robert F. Dees the author of Resilient Leaders focused the chapters three and four on the core quality character traits (integrity and courage), and the highly sought quality of wisdom. Within this week studies the examination of how the above concepts affect organizations were of main importance, as the discussion progressed there is evidence that a Christian world view was used to better explain these concepts. This particular discussion post is designed to reflect the common consensus of group one regarding the three main concepts studied this week.

1. Although many church leaders would prefer to believe that their congregations are "Living Out of the Mind of Christ", the reality is that it is difficult and almost impossible for people to act in accordance with a strict set of rules. I personally like to think that these people are making the world a better place by simply trying to take on such attitudes, taking into account that they are well-acquainted with religious behavior a person would need to employ in order to "Live Out of the Mind of Christ" and that they feel better just knowing that their actions reflect positively on other individuals.

In order to be effective, leaders must listen, communicate, act with openness and integrity, and collaborate. To be an effective Catholic leader, they still must do these things, but they must also have an explicit mission as a Catholic and see themselves as God sees them. Leaders have goals that must be accomplished. Catholic leaders have goals that are shaped and formed by how they live their faith. Being a leader does not simply mean telling people what to do, but guiding them, helping them to grow as people, and helping them to develop their God-given gifts. As a leader, the main focus should be upon the people that you are leading and not yourself. This takes practice and patience; trial and error. But helping others to grow allows a person to grow as well. Leadership should be the means to put out an impact throughout the world so that the love of God can descend upon the world and change it.

In order to evaluate the worship at North Cleveland Church of God, there must first be a working definition of worship. For many in the church world today, music and worship have become synonymous. However, limiting worship to music is a very dangerous thing. Jerald Daffe (D.Min.), professor at Lee University, defines worship as, “our response to God declaring His worth as He has revealed Himself to us.” According to this definition, worship is not something that can be put into a box; moreover, worship is an overflow of the heart, and that overflow is a response that will be unique to every individual. So if worship in its true essence is really more of a personal language through which an individual can express his or her thanks and adoration to the creator God, then the most meaningful way to evaluate the worship at North Cleveland Church of God would be to analyze the actions of the leaders and the environment that is created to lead people into that special moment.

A few nights ago, I sat with a friend of mine and we discussed several different topics about worship, but one that came up was the spirituality of a worship team and where it should be. We both came to an agreement that if a worship leader's (or leader in general) life was not grounded in a relationship with Christ, they could run a risk of getting consumed with what we called the "Spotlight". What is the "Spotlight"? you might ask. The "Spotlight", in our definition, was the craving or desire for the limelight. Check out the true definition of the limelight - a focus of attention, public attention, public interest, media attention, public eye, the glare of publicity, prominence, spotlight; center stage.

My Catholic School leadership experience stems from years of being involved in my diocese, first as a student, then as an employee and then as a mother who raised and educated three children in that diocese. I am a firm supporter of Catholic education as I have experienced the benefits that only a Christ centered learning environment can provide as a student, parent and educator.

Leaders are appointed to serve here on earth on behalf of Christ since Christ is the good and chief shepherd. Leaders should lead the believers based on how Christ related with the church when he was on earth[5]. Shepherds had to feed the people of God and to protect them from predators[6]. Churches today ought to do things how the New Testament churches did[7].

In brief order, the role of a pastor or leader is to be a servant leader. The Bible provides pastors and leaders in a Christian church with the best model of a servant leader in Jesus Christ. According to Thorsten Grahn (2011), “Jesus submitted his own life to sacrificial service under the will of (Luke 22:42), and he sacrificed his life freely out of service for others (John 10:30). He came to serve (Matthew 20:28) although he was God’s son and was thus more powerful than any other leader in the world. He healed the sick (Mark 7:31-37), drove out demons (Mark 5:1-20), was recognized as Teacher and Lord (John 13:13), and had power over the wind and the sea and even over death (Mark 4:35-41; Matthew 9:18-26. In John 13:1-17 Jesus gives … responsibility of the house-servant” (Grahn, 2011, p. 2).