Don’t Lose Your Focus
The temptation to control (making sure everything is done right) is stronger in leaders who forget their ultimate assignment. If leaders focus on church as an entity (building, services, program, events, etc.) more than on individual people in the congregation, those leaders will worry that the program won’t be as excellent as it could be if overseen by anyone other than those leaders. But if leaders aim to make great people and raise up more leaders for the future of the church, they will use the program and events of the church as training devices in the leadership development of the people they are raising up. The real question is, “Do we use people to get the work done, or do we use the work to get people done?”
