Friday, April 23, 2010

Trinitarian Leadership - What is it?

     There was a time when a model called SERVANT LEADERSHIP was promoted. Around the world thousands of dollars were spent holding seminars for Pastors and Church Leaders in almost all denominations.

     Servant Leadership simply means that when we became leaders we must have the HUMILITY to serve people.That we are not above them. It based on Jesus' principle that leaders must come to serve not to be served. Servant leadership is great and it helps a lot of churches
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      But then even among churches that practice servant leadership, there seems to be great problems among those who lead the flock. The problem is those in leadership do not COMMUNICATE among each other as often as possible.

     What is needed today is more than Servant Leadership... We need TRINITARIAN LEADERSHIP..

The Premise: Our God is Trinity : Father, Son and Holy Spirit. From eternity there is a moment by moment communion among them. The Father talks to the Son , The Son talks to the Father. They enjoy communicating in the Spirit.. for all eternity. They do that every day, every moment.

The Challenge: Pastors, Elders, Supervisors Ministry heads and all servant leaders occupying leadership position in the Church should communicate ALL the time as much as possible as every opportunity arises.

Only if this happens can we truly say that we are modeling a Trinitarian Leadership. We do not need to talk about "spiritual matters" , meetings, conferences, seminars, church programs all the time. We could talk about LIFE. We do not share only theological perspectives. We apply theology in practical life. We share LIFE among each other because that is the reason why Jesus came.

If the members of the Church can SEE among their leaders the closeness, the openness, as they constantly COMMUNICATE,  they will be drawn closer also to that relationship, it is only then that the LOVE we always preached will be manifested in the community where we are.

In as much as Jesus say: "By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you love one another"

It is also true: By this shall all men know that we are his leaders, if we communicate among each other"

The mark of true leaders is NOT only how they relate to the members, but how they relate to their fellow leaders...

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Music of the Gospel ... The Melody of Grace

       Almost every person in every culture loves music. We can say that music indeed is one of the wonderful gifts God gives to us.

       One of the mysteries of music is that it moves people to action. It is very rare for a person to enjoy the music and be inactive or stagnant.at the same time. The natural effect of music to people is that it makes a person naturally move his finger, tap the table with his hand and eventually to dance..The music moves them naturally.. no rules, no procedures..They just respond to the melody of  the music.

       When a person dances this also attracts other people who naturally want to join in the dance until several people enjoys the rhythm and behold the beauty of looking at people moved at the same time by the music.

       The Gospel in Perspective - The Gospel is the good news. God is Trinity. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit eternally enjoys a Communion that can be compared to a a GREAT DANCE. In Christ all humanity is included in that relationship.

       The Gospel  is being heard by people.. Like music it aims to move people to respond to move their finger, to tap their hands and eventually to dance...

       YES.. the melody of grace will touch the hearts of people. It is an invitation to arise.. stand.. and join the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in communion with humanity to DANCE the dance of LIFE.