Who Me?

Monday night I told you that I sat with Troy Hart at the Christmas banquet I attended. After dinner Troy asked if we could get together so that I could offer him resources and advise him on leading his church. The overwhelming question in my mind was "Who me?".

But truth be told, I love talking with other leaders and giving my best to help them be their best. I believe that the Kingdom of God needs all of us to offer what we have to others. This is true of pastors and laity alike. We are responsible to lead people to the degree we have been led. Imagine a scale of 1-10. If you have been discipled to an 8, then you are responsible to lead 2s, 3s, and 5s. If you are a 2 you're responsible to lead the 1s.

I love the view that Bill Hybels puts on it. He uses the idea of the compass to say we should lead North, South, East-West. He calls it 360 degree leadership. That means we lead people who lead us. We do our best to influence the leaders that are leading us. Then we lead those behind us, the most common view of leadership. East-West leadership means that we lead peers. That's what today's meeting is about. I'm not going to offer Troy much that he doesn't already know or hasn't already been exposed to, but I'm going to spur him on a little further as a peer.

--Ben