I know! This title sounds almost blasphemous! But honestly, I sometimes feel like we are getting more and more of our leadership paradigms from a business world and model than from Jesus whom we proclaim. Our reality, as missionaries, is that we are called to a ministry, not a business, to a vocation, not a paycheck. There are no career ladders to climb, other than the way down the rungs of service. Sometimes it’s tempting to adopt a business model in missions because it simplifies things, it’s easier to cut our losses, distance ourselves from the pain and it is so much more politically correct. For followers of Jesus who are called to be leaders, here are some observations on the topic of leadership. You may say, “yeah, well that was Jesus, for crying out loud! That’s not me…” And sure, we cannot know the depths of people’s hearts or cause a storm to be still at the sound of our voice. But Paul is not bashful to call us to be imitators of Christ. His Spirit lives in us and therefo...
