#346 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Release Them
March 22, 2023 Paul deliberately called a team of emerging leaders around him and they traveled together, learning and developing as they journeyed from one place to another. As we observed in the previous issue there was a time of sending Timothy and others out and back again, stretching and expanding their leadership capacity. […]
#345 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Stretch Them
March 8, 2023 Paul’s vision required a leadership pipeline that would continue to raise up mature leaders. So, as we have seen, he chose them, prepared them, showed them the way, and empowered them. One of the ways he empowered others was to give them assignments that stretched them. An example of this is seen […]
344 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Empower Them
February 22, 2023 Paul carefully chose those who would follow him, he deliberately prepared them for their assignment, and he used his own life and leadership to show them how to lead. All those steps laid a foundation for Paul to begin developing the leadership capacity of Timothy and others on his team. Paul then […]
#343 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Show Them
February 8, 2023 We have observed how Paul chose and prepared Timothy, one of the emerging leaders on his team. As Paul invited Timothy to join him on a leadership journey, he was beginning a deliberate process of showing Timothy how to lead. They would walk together, work together, talk together and share life together. […]
#342 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Prepare Them
January 25, 2023 Paul chose Timothy to be a traveling companion and future leader. But even before they left Lystra Paul recognized that some preparation needed to be done before Timothy was ready to travel with the team. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the […]
Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Choose them
January 11, 2023 Do you ever wonder what will happen to your work after you are gone? All leaders grapple with this question and either answer with intentionality or ignore it to their peril. In this series we’ll look at the Apostle Paul’s answer to this question and the way he developed a leadership pipeline […]
Profiles in Bold Humility: Timothy
Issue #124, March 5, 2014 In the last issue of this series we’ll examine the life of Timothy, a young leader who was learning to balance boldness and humility through the mentoring of his spiritual father, Paul. He encouraged Timothy to be bold, especially as it related to his willingness to share with others the […]
Passing the Baton: How to Receive it
Issue #115, October 2, 2013 Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land (Psalm 45:16). In previous issues we focused on the ‘fathers’ who are passing on the baton to the younger leader making them ‘princes throughout the land.’ Now we’ll look at the developing ‘prince’ […]
Passing the Baton: Why it’s Needed
Issue #112, August 21, 2013 Wherever I travel in the world I find that developing, equipping and releasing the next generation is a significant challenge for parents, church and business leaders. Yet handing over leadership to younger leaders is one of the greatest things servant leaders can do for the sake of the Kingdom of […]
Quality Assurance: Good Reputation with Outsiders
Issue #111, August 7, 2013 Paul ends his list of qualifications for servant leaders as he tells Timothy, “He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap” (1 Timothy 3:7). Paul’s instruction implies that the true test of our leadership capacity is […]