1. FND 360 Concepts of Servant Leadership

2. Natural Spiritual
 Self-confident  Confidence in God
 Knows men  Also knows God
 Makes own decisions  Seeks God’s will
 Ambitious  Humble
 Creates methods  Follows God’s example
 Enjoys command  Delights in obedience to
 Seeks personal reward God
 Independent  Loves God and others
 Depends on God

3. Spiritual Leadership
 Spiritual leadership blends natural and spiritual
qualities.
 Spiritual Leadership transcends the power of
personality and all other natural gifts.
 Spiritual leadership requires superior spiritual power,
which can never be generated by the self.
 Spiritual leadership influences others through natural
gifts as the Holy Spirit works in and through the leader.

4. John Mott and Spiritual Leadership
 “Leadership in the sense of rendering maximum
service; leadership in the sense of the largest
unselfishness; in the sense of full-hearted absorption in
the greatest work of the world; building up the
kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
 (Sanders p. 32)

5. Natural Leadership Heresies
 Heresy #1
 Success in ministry is determined by numbers.
 Being focused on the numbers can cause:
 Pride
 Discouragement (When growth stops or levels off)
 Drivenness (Work harder and smarted to the point of
exhaustion)
 Compromise (The Gospel Message)
 Comparison (Measuring ourselves by others)

6. God’s Truth
 Success in ministry is measured by…
 Faithfulness (Matthew 25:14-23) Are we being faithful
to God and his calling?
 Bearing Fruit (Galatians 5:22-23) Are we bearing the
fruit of the Spirit in our daily walk.
 Fulfillment (John 15:11) Are you fulfilled in the
ministry you are doing? Could you do anything else
and still be fulfilled-Joyful?
 Glorifying God (1 Peter 4:11) Are you making God
famous?

7. Natural Leadership Heresies
 Heresy #2
 God needs our help and needs to be paid back.
 God’s Truth
 Our participation in the work of the Gospel brings His
blessings to and through our lives.
 God displays Himself through His blessings to us,
thereby bringing glory to His name. (1 Peter 4:10-11)

8. Natural Leadership Heresies
Heresy #3 Giving credit to human factors as the
explanation for what God accomplishes.
 Acts chapter 1:8 indicates that we must wait in prayer
for what God the Holy Spirit wants to accomplish.
 Acts chapter 1:8 indicates that we need to make God
famous by the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

9. Natural Leadership Heresies
Heresy #4 the institutional heresy
Heresy Truth
 Board led  Board protected
 Staff run  Staff led
 Congregation served  Congregation serving
 World ignored  World served

10. Heresy #4 Explained
 Board manages like an  Board oversees and
organization or business. shepherds like a living
 Staff does the work of the organism-the church.
ministry.  Staff equips the saints for
 Congregation becomes the works of ministry.
the customer.  The congregation serves
 World ignored-the saints customers.
become the focus and  World served-the lost
recipients of service. become the focus and
recipients of ministry.

11. References
 Cousins, D. (2008). Experiencing the leadershift. David
C. Cook: Colorado Springs, CO.
 Sanders, J. O. (1994). Spiritual leadership. Moody Press,
Chicago, IL.