Leadership is Discipleship

Will Mancini, the author of Future Church said in his book- “By themselves, at their best, programs and preaching yield people who invite others to programs and preaching. They do not produce reproducers.”

Leadership is about leading others to be better leaders and reproducers. While programs have their importance, they are really designed to bring people to the church so that you can build relationship with others, leading to your ultimate goal of building in them a relationship with God, through Christ.        

If you look at Jesus plan, He was highly attractional but built nothing on the listeners he attracted. Jesus called learners, not listeners. He wanted those who were highly committed and winnowed out those who weren’t. Jesus invested in goers and preserved them above all else. We don’t like to think of people who come and don’t stay, but the ultimate goal of the church is not to have attenders, but disciples. Leaders, first be disciples and then seek to make disciples!