Church Leadership - 5 Keys to Successful Church Leadership

The ability to inspire faith and following is a task not everybody can do. It requires a special calling and necessary set of skills to be able to lead souls and inspire lives. It is a special combination of divine work while reconciling it in a mundane environment; the ability to understand the worldly concern of your flock as you welcome them back into the graces of the Lord. This vocation of stewardship is a privilege and a responsibility that requires special care among ministers to be able to make people to walk along with the path of the Lord and live His Gospel.



And in leading your flock, it may well be good to remember the prophet Nehemiah as he received permission from his King to aid his distressing people. He was met not without opposition and difficulty as he was beset with obstacles in accomplishing it. Likened to the modern day church leader who is also faced with numerous challenges with the decline of the churches today. And as you go about, there are 5 key lessons that you can derive from Nehemiah for a successful church leadership.



1. God always cared for His people and so must His leaders. When Nehemiah was given the tasked, he dispatched by identifying with the people. He listened to them and made them felt that he truly care about the predicament of their situation. And so must you a modern day church leader, to be effective in your church leadership, identify with the people whom you intend to shepherd.



2. God is living and he responds to the people’s prayer. God never forsook, He always had his leaders to steward His people. And his leaders respond to His call. When Nehemiah was needed, he understood that it was God who was calling him (Nehemiah 2:12b). He came to the needy and responded to God’s call (1:1-4).



3. Adversity and hardship never discourage God’s leader. Because he will always know that in the end, God’s will always triumphs over difficulty. As Nehemiah rebuild the wall, his enemies dissuaded them to cease. He was even maligned but never did he come down from the wall to argue with the enemies. He proceeded with the persistence of a Faithful and knew that he was doing a great work.



4. God’s leader knows that to know His will, it is necessary to pray. The Bible is replete with examples of how God responded to His people when they prayed. And still is the case today even in our daily lives where God intercedes to show us the way. Good’s leader prays for he knows that God’s message is always vouchsafe through the medium prayer.



5. God’s leader is not blind about the real situation of where he is. As he knows that he is in God’s graces, he knows that God will always show him the Light.



And when all of these are done, there is no doubt that your leadership will be successful as it is guided by lessons from the Bible. That when your earthly task is over, that you may be pleased to hear the welcome words when you stand naked and alone before the Great White Throne, "well done thy good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of the Lord."



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