After positing this thought on my blog yesterday I have taken some time to think about it and have become convinced that there is one essential first step. In God's Kingdom a leader is called to a role and God gives that leader a vision for that role. That vision in its purest form flows from what the leader feels passionately in his heart. If he crafts a vision from what he has heard from other churches or learned in conferences but not from the inspired feelings of his soul he does not have a vision that will inspire others or is even from God. The person God made that leader to be has a set of experiences and corresponding passions that is the prerequisite for the job God has called that leader to perform. To deny the passion and create a vision that does not flow from that passion is to be irrelevant in that role. It is like a great pitcher who is trying be a hitter. He was called there to pitch.
So the first step is this: discover what matters to the leader. What do they feel in their heart that they are called there to do? What is their passion and what should our organization do with them to achieve it?
I want you to know that I am called here to inspire people to become passionate followers of Jesus Christ. I am really not that interested in anything else in the church world. I want to see our people at The Crossing bringing people to our gatherings and see those new people inspired to follow Christ passionately. That is what matters and that is the most important first step.
So now our task is to figure out how to make what matters, inspiring people to become passionate followers of Christ, matter!
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