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This Information originally appeared in the August 2003 Goldsboro District Newsletter.

 It was taken  from a handout in Dr. Steve Martyn's "Spirituality of Leadership" class

in the Doctor of Ministry Program

at Asbury Theological Seminary on July 13-17, 1998.

updated 1/22/05

Unhealthy

Healthy

   

Standard Model of Pastoral Leadership

“2nd” Wave Model of Pastoral Leadership

   
1. Meet the needs of the flock through:

1. Your primary commitment is to follow Christ through:

  • Visitation

 

  • Availability

 

  • Counseling

 

  • Crisis care

                        

                                                 

  • Faithful devotional living

 

  • Fidelity to your family

 

  • Visionary leadership of the flock

2. Administer the Organization through:

2. You are foremost an Ephesians 4 pastor equipping the laity to:

  • Heavy committee involvement

 

  • Continual administrative detail

 

  • Filling positions within the structure.
  • Visit

 

  • Counsel

 

  • Provide care

 

  • Flow in their spiritual gifts

3. Preach/Teach

3. Out of devotional living flows

  • little time given to study and preparation
  • preaching/teaching that feeds the flock

 

  • direction in common and in private that inspirationally leads the flock forward in Christ

4. Some directed programming:

4.  Ministry arises out of the local church through:

  • mostly canned, handed down programs

 

  • very little time left for directed programming

  • laity discovering and exercising their spiritual gifts

 

  • local body consciously seeking God’s direction through prayer

 

  • decreasing administrative groups and increasing ministry groups

5. Ministry Beyond the local church:

5.  The local church then becomes a light house for its region.

  • Some community involvement

 

  • Some connectional involvement

  • it blesses its community

 

  • it blesses its Annual Conference

 

  • it blesses the world

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