A Different View of Leadership

As you probably realise I do a lot of leadership teaching and training, not just within Liberty, but with leaders in other churches in Australia and Overseas. The more I study this topic the more convinced I am that generally speaking, the church doesn’t do leadership very well or very biblically. From a biblical point of view, especially from Jesus’ teachings, leadership should not separate people into leaders and non leaders in a way that gives the inference that the leaders are better than others.

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Hi Everyone!

I arrived in Johannesburg this evening after a really successful time in Congo. In some ways it was hard to leave Congo. There is a tremendous openness to the Lord and we were treated very well. The Christians who organised our program made us feel very welcome and appreciated.

I met some great pastors with wonderful churches. The AOG here is doing very well and is very open to the body of Christ. I was really impressed with their churches. A Ps Vernon from S

witzerland came over as a missionary about forty years and has established a really good foundation. Those outside of the AOG are not in such good condition but some have a desire to

do better and overcome the disunity and other problems that have plagued them. We are hoping to be able to help them with ACMI and our Bible College courses.

Well that’s about it from Africa for this trip. Hope you are all doing well and that you are benefitting from the fast.

I will see you on Sunday!

God bless!

Richard

Greetings from Kinshasa, Congo!

It has been a great week with a Leaders’ Conference each morning and a church to preach in each evening. We have prayed for many people and seen numbers of instantaneous healings. I felt the Leader’s Conference was outstanding. About 1000 leaders attended and there has been a very warm response to what we shared. The team is getting on pretty well. I am sharing a room with Domenic Strangio. Some of you will know him. We are having plenty of laughs and apart from some outbursts of loud snoring that breaks out from time to time we are getting on famously.

We are being looked after very well by our hosts and we certainly have plenty to eat. French is spoken here and as a result I am trying hard to communicate with my very inadequate knowledge of French. There have been some very awkward times sitting in a pastor’s office with the two of us struggling to understand each other. We both breathe a sigh of relief when the interpreter arrives. Dave and Alexis you need to be here1

I think we have a free day tomorrow (Saturday) and then I preach on Sunday and start the trek back to Aussie on Monday. Before you know I will be back home.

Hope you are all receiving a lot from the 21 days of fasting. I am sure it is going to have a significant impact on the church and those involved. It is a bit difficult to join in from here, but I will looking forward to doing so when I return on the 9th July.

Once again thank you for all your support and prayer. It is greatly appreciated.

Have a great weekend.

Blessings,

Richard