Leadership Development through Missional Discipleship
Great thoughts from Josh Dix on developing leaders. I’ve included some highlights
What I see from Jesus
- is that leadership is not about getting more followers. The essence of discipleship is to produce more leaders.
- Jesus has a vision for what someone can become when they know him and discipleship is his leadership development tool.
Who did Jesus disciple?
- People who needed to know the one and true God.
- those who need an up close look at the ministry of Jesus because they are the future leaders of the church
Leadership development at the Journey
The process of growing your character, knowledge, and skills in the fruit of the Spirit for the purpose of leading the church.
What your best leadership development tool?
It’s you
- With God’s word in your heart and mind
- Doing the work of a missional church through discipling others.
Developing a leadership development play with:
- a name written down of someone who you can see God using for his glory and his mission.
- identify areas they can grow in their character,
- identify things they need to know to grow into maturity as a man and a Christian,
- identify ideas for how you can share the work of ministry with them to grow their leadership skills.
Remember how Jesus thinks about leadership:
- It’s not about gaining followers, it’s about discipling more leaders.
- It’s dreaming of what people can become when they know him.
- It’s being kingdom minded…on a mission. “Go.”
- It’s sharing the hard work of ministry.
- Helping others grow in your knowledge and heart as they work under the control of the Holy Spirit.