Leadership Lifestyle
Welcome to the second stop on our tour, the importance of developing a Leadership lifestyle.
A Leader LEADS
- Look and See. When people look at my life, do they see Jesus?
- Encourage and Serve. Whom am I going to encourage today?
- Adjust My Life. Am I willing to adjust my life when I see God at work?
- Develop a Growing Relationship. Do I have a growing relationship with Christ and with those I am leading?
- Success! Are those I am leading, leading others?
I have witnessed many excellent Christian leaders on the community, state and national levels. Since 1990, I have been a national consultant in the areas of sexual abstinence, marriage and family education.
For five years prior to moving to Idaho, I was a trusted advisor to many in the US Congress. In 2006, I was honored when Congress invited me to lead a national youth leadership training event in Washington, DC.
After conducting several leadership training events, I learned there is nothing magical about attending a leadership conference. From feedback I gleaned that, although certain elements of leadership can be taught in a training session; leaders are developed not trained.
I have learned the primary classroom for leadership training is not a room in a conference center; people learn to lead in the context where we are called to lead. The instructor isn’t a presenter but a mentor willing to walk with a young leader where they live. I have concluded that effective Christian leaders are made not born.
In America there is an extreme shortage of Christian leadership. It is my prayer that through our program we can train up the next generation of great Christian American leaders; our young people. What better training grounds are there for teaching youth to lead than in their homes, their churches and their schools
Working together, we can make a difference for Christ. I look forward to sharing more with you about Reach America and our goal to reach the next generation of great Christian American leaders.
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