Lead and Get Out of the Way

After 19 years of ministry, I’m learning that leading a ministry is not about being in control. On an intellectual level or, perhaps, even more relevantly, on a spiritual level, I knew this. Ultimately, leading the church is about following Christ. You are never in control. God is. But, recently, I have found there to be a much deeper, more profound set of principles at work. It is something so new to me, so transforming, that I am having difficulty even processing it.

That’s why I’ve decided to blog about it. I want to invite you into the conversation. I want to invite you into this world of messy leadership. So, let’s take a stab at opening up this topic.

I would have to say that I became aware on some level of an organic shift in our ministry at “10:35” a little more than 18months ago. We had made some significant changes before that, but the difference is that those changes were orchestrated. They were planned. We had begun to move away from a “church of attraction” model to a “missional church” model. However, in the wake of this shift, some things became increasingly clear for the future of our ministry.

Particularly, for me, it meant making some decisions to surrender my desire to control. That’s where I’ll pick things up next week.
Read the rest of the series here:

• Lead and Get Out of the Way, Part 2 
• Lead and Get Out of the Way: The Following Leader