OK, so I’ve been away a long time. Blogging is a bit like that. Let me continue my review of Rainer’s research findings. Chapter Eight is entitled ‘What makes these Leaders Tick?’ What struck me most about this chapter was the clear emphasis on evangelism and theology.
Rainer described four key motivational factors in these effective pastors:
- a theology of lostness - they are personally and deeply convinced that people without Christ are lost and feel it emotionally too.
- passion and enthusiasm - especially for personally modelling evangelism
- accountability in personal evangelism
- excellence in all things - as Rainer observes elsewhere, excellence is intrinsically attractive
The chapter also lists 15 other lessons and features, well worth pondering, but I’m still getting over the emphasis on the need to model evangelism personally. I’ve committed to that over several years, but I guess the question I’m asking now is if I’m doing enough. Hm. Any comments?
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