Writings on Christian leadership and leader development by Malcolm Webber
Christian character formation is the result of three kinds of work of the Holy Spirit: 1. Divine Dependence 2. Dramatic Dealings 3. Daily Discipline These works are all motivated by the Holy Spirit and used by Him to transform our lives and ministries into the image of Christ. We need all three. In this series, we explore the blessings [...]
Malcolm Webber
For years, people have debated whether leaders are born or made. Traditionally, debaters fall into four main schools of thought: The “born-leader” school This approach asserts that genes are the major forces behind leadership. You are either a “born-leader” or you are not. Since the “right genes” are relatively rare, effective leaders [...]
Malcolm Webber
Leaders who build leaders should themselves be involved in the daily responsibilities of leadership. They should not teach in some artificial environment removed from the real world. Jesus and Paul both conducted extensive and fruitful personal ministries while concurrently building new leaders. A leader wears several distinct “hats” in [...]
Malcolm Webber
A leader helps someone move from where he is now to somewhere else. But what about how the leader motivates that move? We may define leadership “power” as the leader’s capacity to influence others to move from where they are now to somewhere else. There are essentially five reasons why people follow someone else, or five kinds of [...]
Malcolm Webber
A “paradigm” is a mental model that describes a particular view of the world. It is a set of rules and regulations that defines boundaries and provides a means for being successful within those boundaries. The church is currently undergoing massive paradigm shifts. Before, tradition was central. Now, relevance is. Yesterday’s spiritual [...]
Malcolm Webber
Transformation is radical change. To transform means to change in the way that a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, or a tadpole into a frog, or a baby into a child and then into an adult. After the process is completed, it is as if the older form ceases to exist. Transaction, on the other hand, is simple exchange. It is benefits [...]
Malcolm Webber
Diamonds are formed in a specific environment, requiring three things: a lump of carbon, extreme pressures (725,000 pounds per square inch) and high temperatures (upwards of 2000 °F). These forces combine to make something of dazzling beauty. Pressure and heat purify and strengthen – steel is hardened in the fire, gold purified in the [...]
Malcolm Webber
The two things that contribute the most to the formation of emerging leaders are the mentors and leaders they have known and served and the challenging assignments they were given. Mark 3:14-15 summarizes these two aspects of Jesus’ primary method of building leaders: “He appointed twelve – designating them apostles – that they might be [...]
Malcolm Webber
If only one person in your church would get down and pray it through before God, and come to a place of total surrender to Him – not merely an understanding of this, nor merely a religious profession of it, but the inward reality of a complete abandonment of their life to Jesus – if only one would do this – if God had only one pure [...]
Malcolm Webber
Pride is so extremely subtle and religion is such a powerful ally, that self in its effort to stay alive and in control of your life, turns to them for assistance. Rather than submit to denial and crucifixion, self becomes religious and adopts the outward forms of piety and spirituality, while not at all yielding to the inward workings [...]
Malcolm Webber