In the contemporary situation, traditional pastoral leadership is often shaped by inherited patterns of hierarchy, status and indispensability, resulting in the dependent, disempowered and disgruntled following. When churches are dysfunctional, traditional leaders buckle under the weight of the unreasonable demands laid on them. Among the consequences are a high percentage of pastors leaving from burnout or moral failure, taking early retirement, or seeking alternative employment outside of the local church. By contrast the emerging leaders are concerned not with institutional maintenance but with missional effectiveness. They focus on ministry by the church in the world rather than ministry in the church that is largely confined to the existing members. Eddie Gibbs - Leadership Next.
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