Articles for tag: Shepherd Leadership

September 12, 2017

Don’t Let the Sheep Lead the Flock

By Michael C. Mack God often leads us as his leaders, and thus those we lead, on roads we never planned on traveling. Several months ago, I was leading a training event at a church in Central Illinois. As I left my home near Louisville, Kentucky, I set the route in the maps app on my phone and headed out. About two hours in, the app told me to exit the highway at least 30 miles before my next designated turn. I took the exit and then looked at my phone to see where it was taking me. It looked

January 16, 2015

Michael C. Mack

Church & Ministry Small Groups

How to Lead a Great Discussion

By Michael C. Mack Several years ago Jim Lehrer was interviewed about what it takes to moderate a political debate. Several of his techniques are also applicable to teachers and small group leaders. 1. The focus must be on the participants, not the moderator. Some moderators are better at this than others. It”s a learned skill, Lehrer said, not an innate ability. Group leaders and teachers must learn to keep the focus on the participants, not themselves. The leader”s job is not to teach a lesson, where everyone”s attention is on him or her, but to facilitate (or moderate) a

October 25, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Eldership

We Lead by Serving: Called to Be Shepherds, Not Cowboys

Â by Ronald G. Cook In this article, Ronald G. Cook, an elderÂ with First Christian Church, Greeneville, Illinois, discusses his ministry. Read the companion article written by Darryl Bolen, senior minister withÂ the church. Â Â Remember watching those old westerns when you were a kid? Now think, how did those cowboys move cattle from point A to point B? They had a cattle drive! Cowboys rode behind and to the side of the herd, hollering and shooting their guns in the air, anything to get the cattle headed in the right direction. Granted, at night when the drive had reached

June 8, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Eldership

God’s Word on Great Shepherds

By Michael C. Mack READ THE MAIN ARTICLE: “Good to Great Groups” READ THE SIDEBAR: “Great Small Groups Need Shepherds” God”s Word is rich in its discussion about shepherding. Here are just a few passages that describe the great shepherd-leader”s role. “Be shepherds of God”s flock that is under your care” (1 Peter 5:2). The apostle Peter addressed his appeal to elders in the first-century church. These leaders were called to shepherd the groups in a particular city or churches that met in specific homes. This passage also applies to what small group leaders are called to do in today”s

October 22, 2006

Kendall Faull

Church Leadership Eldership

Shepherds Don’t Do That

A shepherd is a leader unlike managers, coaches, elected officials, lords, or boards. Kendall Faull explains biblical shepherding as humble, present, protective leadership that serves people and leads by example.