February 19, 2014

By Phil Maynard

Jesus once warned about building a house on a poor foundation.  Nowhere is this issue more obvious than when we have leaders in place without the foundations to sustain them through the shifting sands of ministry leadership.

It is frequently the case in selecting congregational leaders that we look for those with experience in the secular workplace.  For example, we might look for someone with banking experience to lead our Finance Committee or facilities management to lead the Trustees.  At one level this makes a lot of sense.  At another level it is might be recipe for disaster.

The people we invite to leadership are not just making business decisions.  They are also making ministry decisions – Kingdom decisions.  The leadership they provide determines the faithfulness of the congregation in living into God’s vision.

John Wesley understood this well.  That’s why he selected only the most spiritually mature to be equipped as leaders for t