The Leader's Preparation: How God Develops Leaders, Part 4

Ultimately, if the job is not done, goals are not reached, and the team does not win, then the leader is not doing his job well, because, as Dr. Lee Robinson or John Maxwell said, "Everything rises and falls on leadership." The simple purpose of this podcast is to help those who are called to the ministry define what leadership is and how they can effectively lead others to do great things for the glory of God in the world. As the father of modern missions, William Carey said, "Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God."

Our Bible passage for this episode is Luke 9:48 which says, “[Jesus] being the brightness of [God’s] glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

Our quote for this episode is from Gary Wills. He said, “The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers. Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.”

Our topic today is Part 4 of “Chapter 3: The Leader’s Preparation: How God Develops Leaders” from Spiritual Leadership: Moving People On To God’s Agenda by Henry and Richard Blackaby. He continues:

Secular leaders were not the only ones shaped by difficult childhoods. Many religious leaders were profoundly influenced by their dysfunctional homes and turbulent upbringings. J. Frank Norris, the infamous pastor of First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, provides a classic example. Not only was Norris pastor of the Fort Worth congregation from 1909 until 1952; he also simultaneously led Temple Baptist Church in Detroit for fourteen years beginning in 1935. During that time, more than twenty-five thousand people joined his Texas and Michigan churches.

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