Leadership Training Course

House of Joy Church July 1l – August 29 2001

Introduction to the course

Purpose:

• To better equip HOJC leaders so they may lead more effectively.
• To encourage more people at HOJC to take leadership positions.
• To help HOJC leaders better understand the church’s structure, doctrine, discipline,

Schedule and subjects

July 11 Leadership planning and goal setting

-Pastor Manning

July 18 Articles of Faith (The beliefs of our church)

-Edd Higgins

July 25 Covenant of Commitment and Guidance (The commitment of members to Biblical conduct)

-Alvin Easton

August 1 & 8 Church Elders

-Pastor Manning

August 15 Deacon ministry (Ministry of helps)

-Pastor Joel

August 22 Denominational Structure (The bigger picture)

-Pastor Zenger

August 29 House of Joy Structure & wrap-up

-Pastor Manning

SESSION 1 PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING

Leadership vs. Management

Leadership	Management
Has to do with people	Has to do with things
Transforms people	Organizes people
A dreamer – an Innovator	Maintains the status quo
Focuses on ideas	Focuses on details
Focuses on long range or goal	Focuses on the short range and how to get things done
Recruits “movers” to assist	Recruits “care takers” to assist

• For a project to have exceptional success both leadership and management are necessary.
• You may be a great manager without being a good leader but you will never be a great leader without being a good manager.

General leadership principles

• Leadership is a spiritual gift
• Leadership gifts can be developed through training and through using them
• Leadership is a responsibility
• All good leaders are responsible to the authorities who give them their position
• Good leaders treat their leadership position as a special privilege
• Good leaders honor and respect the leaders they serve under and those they serve with.
• You will reap what you sow. (Sow rebellion and you will reap it.)

• Good leaders take responsibility for the success of their mission. Poor leaders blame other people or blame circumstances for the failures they experience.

Saying: “Excuses are a tool of incompetence built on monuments of nothingness and those who specialize in them are seldom good for anything else.”

Saying: “When you stop making excuses, you are making a choice to take responsibility

• Great leaders can have tremendous impact on many people for good or for evil. Ex. Jesus Christ Ex. Jim Jones

Good Leaders:

• Must be called by God.
• We know this applies to all the great leaders of the Bible but it also applies to all of us in a local church.
• If we do not have a call from God we will soon loose interest and quit or will just “go through the motions.”
• Do not ever take a position on a long-term basis without a call from God. It is all right to fill in temporarily to fill a need.
• Filling in may bring you to a call from God.
• Must have a “cause.”
• The broad “cause” of Christianity is to “Make disciples of all nations.”
• However, most Christians are not strongly motivated by this general “cause.” It is too large for most Christians to accept as something they can personally accomplish. So, the “cause” must focus on a smaller aspect of making disciples. Ex. Smaller area. Smaller focus group. Various aspects of making disciples.
• Inspire people to join the “cause.”
• Good leaders gain and train followers. Great leaders gain and train other leaders.
• Do not rely on general appeals for volunteers to join your mission.
• Pray about specific people for your ministry and then present the ministry opportunity to them personally.
• Define the goal for their ministry
• Ex. Royal Rangers: “Reach, teach, and keep boys for Christ.”
• Ex. Missionettes:
• Winning girls to Jesus Christ through love and acceptance.
• Teaching girls to obey everything Jesus commanded us- helping girls to develop spiritually and mentally.
• Providing encouragement, support, and accountability through lasting Christian relationships.
• Providing an environment for girls to develop their gifts and abilities.
• Acquainting girls with the Great Commission of Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Have a plan
• Jesus’ plan for his disciples was three fold. First, get power. Second, be witnesses. Third, expand from Jerusalem to Judea, then to Samaria, and eventually to the earth.
• Your plan needs to come from God.
• A dream, vision, etc. Ex. Paul’s dream of the man from Macedonia.
• A plan made that “seems good.” Ex. Acts 15: “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us.”
• Saying: “People who fail to plan, plan to fail.”

Good leaders have good meetings

• Your co-workers will not enjoy or put up with meetings that are a waste of time.
• Picture the amount of money your co-workers would have made on a on their jobs instead of meeting with you. This will give you a picture of what it is costing them. (ex. 5 people X $15/hr. X 2 hours = $150.00.
• If people begin to skip meetings for no real reason, it may be because they see your meetings as wasting time.
• Be prepared for the meeting
• Publicize the meeting to your co-workers. A reminder call is a good thing in most cases.
• Prepare the meeting room. Perhaps one of your co-workers will help with this or do it for you.
• Have a written agenda: Put the most important things first.
• Give copies of the agenda to your co-workers so they will know the important items for discussion. If your co-workers come up with something you do not want to address at the meeting you can inform them you will put it on a future meeting’s agenda.
• Have a plan in mind for each agenda item if possible. If you do not have a specific plan, give options that might be considered for each item.
• Be willing to accept ideas of others that can improve your plan or even replace it. Use words that indicate your willingness to see a broader picture. Ex. “This is how I am seeing this issue. This is what I am thinking on this issue.”
• Be respectful of your co-workers and encourage each one to participate in the meeting. Ex. “Harry, we’ve heard from the others on this issue. What are you thinking about this?”
• Take control of the discussion. Do not allow co-workers to ramble on and on. Redirect them to the issue at hand.
• Have a time limit for your meeting and don’t go over unless it is very important and all are in agreement.

Good leaders recognize the power of praise

• Most of our co-workers are volunteers and praise is the only earthly reward they will receive.
• People can tell when your appreciation comes from the heart.
• Increase your real appreciation by thinking through the effort the person has put into their job.
• When praised, 9 out of 10 people do a better job. When criticized, only 3 out of 10 do a better job.
• When you have to correct a co-worker, be sure to praise them for the good things they are doing first.