Honeysett on Spiritual Leadership

If a church (or even a significant minority within it) insist that the role of the leader is to fulfil all their wishes for caring internally for their needs, you can't properly exercise a gift of spiritual leadership there (ie they have an institutional or "christendom" model of being a disciple - gathering to receive from the professional, rather than being equipped to be disciples). Similarly, if a church doesn't think that leadership is a spiritual gift, you can't easily do it there either. (ie people will think it is about activity running and maintaining the organisation they like, rather than leading a missional community into the plans and purposes of God for them. Casting vision, bringing discernment, laying sound doctrinal foundations, teaching the Bible, shepherding and leading the flock.)