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09/14/2002 Entry: "Leadership"
Martin Roth's blog is always worth a look. On Friday, in a post about Christians in the military, he quotes a General at a conference of Military Christian Fellowships:
"God didn’t send a committee. He sent a human leader, who had a team of 12, one of whom was a failure. So it’s crucial that someone be in charge, with authority and responsibility. “You can’t lead by committee – the buck stops with you, the leader.”He goes on to talk about the 'servant' nature of Christian leadership, which is an important message, but I think in danger of being drowned out by the initial message about being in charge. Too many Christian leaders I know of use the language of servanthood but behave as though they don't really mean it. Leadership, Christian or otherwise, operates best when it is with the consent of those being lead. Sometimes a leader will need "to put her foot down" about something, but this shouldn't be happening all the time. Consensus and trust will always be vital for effective leadership.
