Biblical Leadership

When most people think about Spirituality, leadership is not always the first thing that comes to mind. On second thought, this should not be the case since everything about who God is and who we are in God's eyes should be about leadership. God is the ultimate authority and God grants us authority here on Earth. Because of these two truthes, as believers, we should understand leadership, study leadership, and aspire to lead.

Here are some ideas about addressing leadership from a biblical perspective:

1. Bring residents together and make a list of various leaders in each of your lives. Encourage each resident to make a list of leaders that impact them and to pray for that list together and afterwards on a regular basis.

2. Have a group Bible study on a leader or various leaders in the Bible (ie. Nehemiah, Joseph, Jesus, Peter, Abraham, Joshua, Esther etc.).

3. Have a speaker come in to talk about the importance of Mentoring and Discipleship. Challenge each of your residents to cultivate these types of relationships with other students, faculty and staff.

4. Discuss the importance of godly leadership within a Christian marriage and family. How should a godly woman lead their family; how should a godly man lead
their family.

5. Have a prominent Christian leader in their field come in to talk about bringing their faith into the workplace. Have them discuss the value that their faith and scriptural truths have on them and their leadership.

6. Have a week (or month) that is devoted to servant leadership opportunities. Have residents look for ways to serve their fellow students or other people at MVNU or in a surrounding community.

7. Have someone come and talk to your residents about how to share their testimony in a way that focuses on God's work in their lives and gives Him the glory.

8. Have your residents do a spiritual gifts test or another type of strengths test that helps them understand how they can better serve the Kingdom.

9. Discuss education and knowledge and its value in christian leadership. Ask: What is God's opinion of an individual's education or the gaining of knowledge? When (if ever) do educational goals conflict with God's will?

10. I would like to see it this last topic can be discussed in the comment section of this blog: Discuss the current trend of how Christians are choosing not to serve in leadership roles. Is this biblical or is this rooted in some other philosophy? Talk about reasons why this may be happening and what impact will this have on ministry in general.