Leadership Training

Preparing to lead people, especially preparing to lead as a pastor or elder, requires deep character. 

Sometimes, men can get away with a checklist kind of review in preparation for the calling to shepherd the people of God--and this is to their, and others', detriment.

I like Tim Chester's list; even more, I aspire to his list. Here are a few of my own observations as to why this is such a helpful matrix.

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1. This list/grid grasps both the courage/strength aspect of leadership, as well as the Gospel-transformation-of-character aspect of leadership.


2. This strikes me as a good start at defining what St. Peter calls "an undershepherd" in 1 Peter 5--under, specifically, the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, Jesus Christ our Lord.


3. This list addresses both emotional and spiritual health of a leader.


4. It is profoundly practical, and profoundly God-centered.

If you measure yourself against this list, even if you're not an elder, how do you make out?