First, Find Leaders!

As many of you know, I am by professional experience a pastor. I have led small to medium sized churches across 40 years of pastoral ministry. I've built and led built both paid and volunteer staffs. I've developed and administered financial plans. I've led churches in the accomplishment of vision plans and goals. Every action I've led as a church pastor has been a growth experience in my journey, and they have equipped me well in my role now as a certified speaker, teacher, and coach.

This post is directed to pastors, and especially pastors of small to medium sized churches. If I could give you one word of advice out of my years of pastoral experience, it would be this, "First, find leaders!"  If God has given you a vision for your church, you will not be able to fulfill that vision by yourself. It will be too big for you to accomplish alone. You will need help to get it done.

I have watched many pastors across the years scramble every year to find workers for the varied aspects of the churh's ministry, but what they sorely needed were qualified and enthusiastic leaders  in these ministry areas. Pastor, first find capable people who will give enthusiastic leadership to the ministries of your church.

Everything rises and falls in your church with your leadership and that of your leadership team. Pastor, first find leaders. Now that I think about it, that's also pretty good advice for business professionals and business owners.