ZBA Leadership Conference 2024

Examples of Strength in Weakness: ·        Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Ask class for examples of their weakness. ·        Moses, Exodus 4:10-17 ·        David, What was David’s status in the family? ·        Jeremiah, Jeremiah 20 ·        Zerrubbabel, Zechariah 4:6 ·        The Apostles, “A rather ragged aggregate of humanity.” ·        Those Paul saw as being used, 1 Cor 1:18-2:8 ·        Timothy, 1 Tim 5:23, 2 Tim 1:6-2:1   What is more revealing about these men is that at first they do not impress us as being key men. None of them occupied prominent places in the Synagogue, nor did any of them belong to the Levitical priesthood. For the most part they were common laboring men, probably having no professional training beyond the rud...

  “This is my thesis: caring for persons, the more able and the less able serving each other, is the rock upon which a good society is built. Whereas, until recently, caring was largely person to person, now most of it is mediated through institutions – often large, complex, powerful, impersonal; not always competent; sometimes corrupt. If a better society is to be built, one that is more just and more loving, one that provides greater creative opportunity for its people, then the most open course is to raise both the capacity to serve and the very performance as servant of existing major institutions by new regenerative forces operating within them.” (Robert_K._Greenleaf , https://medium.com/society-of-service/servant-leadership-book-review-656c15780bd4 ) What Greenleaf said about “institutions” in general ought to be preeminently true about the church and its related ministries. Let’s raise our capacity and performance as servants. "The ultimate measure of a man is not w...

  Message #5, I Am Here to Follow So That I Can Lead Written two weeks ago in SC: “I figure at this time, at the end of a long day of sessions, the theme of this conference takes on new meaning. “Why Am I Here?” 😊 I brought my airplane hat. In this session we are going to fly over a section of scripture to observe some principles from the life of Christ that are essential for us to understand if we are going to grow in the area of leadership. In particular we are going to look at the dynamic between the leader and the follower, but not just any follower. We are going to look at the follower who is on his way to becoming a leader. Some of you are leaders. ·        You have a responsibility to oversee the activities of others in a particular area of ministry. ·        You have stewardship over money and other resources that have been made available for accomplishing the goals of that ministry. ·  ...

 “Son, I expect you to be a better father than me. After all, I didn’t have me for a dad.” I             Integrating Leadership Development into the Three Images         II            Biblical Examples of this kind of Leadership Development: (good and bad)                                                                                                   ...

  Problem: Eudoia and Syteche are not alone. ·        Employees in United States companies spend approximately 2.8 hours each week involved in conflict. This amounts to around $359 billion in hours paid that are filled with – and focused on – conflict instead of on positive productivity. The figure is the equivalent of 385 million days on the job going toward the goal of arguing, as opposed to being put toward collaboration. A full day of productivity each month. This is 2-1/2 weeks of productivity each year ( CPP Inc., 2008 ). ( https://pollackpeacebuilding.com/workplace-conflict-statistics/ ) ·        A third (35%) of employees also reported having experienced some form of interpersonal conflict – either an isolated dispute or ongoing difficult relationship – over the past year. ( https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/conflict-a-common-occurrence-at-work/ ) ·        "Currently, m...

Session #2 notes: I Am Here to Lead as Christ Led   2 helpful books:    Anderson, Dr. Daniel L.. Biblical Slave Leadership: A Stewardship from Above to Lead from Below . Regular Baptist Press.    Bremner, Dave. Images of Leadership:Biblical Portraits of Godly Leaders. Oasis International Ltd.   Images: Shepherd Servant Steward Definitive thoughts: Significantly, the English words “shepherd,” associated with caring for sheep and  “pastor,” associated with caring for people come from the same Greek word, ποιμήν , poimen. See John 10:2, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Peter 5:1-4. The linkage between caring for sheep and caring for people is also found in the Old Testament. See Ezekiel 34:2, for example. In the world in which the New Testament was written, much of the work was done by slaves. A slave/servant’s time was not his own. In many ways he/she wa...