tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129464976593205126.post5226073655629737196..comments2010-11-27T15:20:35.615-05:00Comments on Kingdom Conquests: Leadership in the ChurchAndrew Wardehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305415808769386292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129464976593205126.post-20653794158162415702010-07-22T08:12:41.454-04:002010-07-22T08:12:41.454-04:00Hey Andrew, great post! I agree with your conclus...Hey Andrew, great post! I agree with your conclusion about mentoring/discipling those around us. I believe that it's God's will that all [mature] Christians should be leaders/teachers in one capacity or another (as suggested in the Great Commission and later reiterated in Hebrews 5:12). <br /><br />Funny, it seems that we're not willing to do anything to disciple those around us for fear that they will be a better leader than we are! At least, not until we get a program all together and organized on how to do it!! ;~) However, it's like my Grandpa always said, "You teach 'em how to beat you." Of course, he was referring to board games, but as Sir Isaac Newton so famously pointed out, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."<br /><br />I tend to think of discipling/mentoring like family: the goal is for them to grow up with the benefit of your expertise to become their own person, responsible for and independently making their own sound decisions. Therefore, it's not just a classroom discussion, it needs to be hands on (I'm not showing my son a diagram of how to tie his shoes....we'll do it together until he gets the hang of it). May the Lord help us to be faithful to entrust these things to faithful men (II Timothy 2:2)!Straight Shooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516671801973122140noreply@blogger.com