LEADERSHIP – REPRODUCING YOURSELF

Ideas for reproducing  yourself in leadership

You will inspire followers to become leaders. You are a successful leader when you have followers who can lead others. Success without successor is a failure. Train people in the family to take over from you.

Cultivate ideas of follow up.

1Thess.                  Follow up is a process whereby you integrate a person into the church until he is established. Follow up is as crucial as the first milk a person takes. These essentials must be planted in the heart of a new member – to read the word, pray, share their faith with others.

Follow up must be done by men of integrity -  they must have compassion and love for God.

Effective follow-up

1.      You must be two – one person must not go. Consider the marital status of the fellow you want to visit.

2.      Try to meet spiritual and physical needs. Build a relationship bridge – find out what he is doing – hold hand and pray.

3.       Create friendly atmosphere with him.

4.      Never forget to minister the word and pray and encourage him and invite him.

The rules

1.      Don’t lose track of your goal – be persistent – but don’t pester him – integrate him into appropriate fellowship – please respect societal norms – if you are a youth following up an elderly person, always show respect.

2.      Don’t ask for favor, brighten up (God has been helping us).

3.      Don’t mystify yourself and take the place of God.

4.      Don’t introduce a token – don’t introduce a handkerchief, olive oil etc. – tell him about Jesus only – that is sufficient.

How do we build membership?

It is built up by active members i.e. why the Pastor has invited us. The strength of the church lies on us working with one accord (unity). Assign responsibility using men in their areas of gifting and equipment. Encourage them to contribute to matters affecting the group. Don’t do all the talking alone. Encourage them to set the base. Have a clear cut vision – to call back men to God. Any meeting we are going to have, let it touch the life of people.

Ask ‘’If you want to be our member, rise up and come to the altar’’. Pray for them;

Pray for their families, pray for their health, pray for their business, pray for their needs.

Finally, every meeting must end with an altar call (for salvation). Encourage people to desire Holy Ghost baptism. The only difference between two organizations, churches, fellowships is the quality of leadership – not the environment.

The quality of your harvest is dependent on the quality of your seed. When men’s needs are met, they stay in the church.

Finally, can God trust us? Maintain creative dissatisfaction – you are not satisfied with what you have done - you want to improve.