{"id":1008,"date":"2014-11-17T23:38:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T23:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.resourcezoneinternational.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2019-06-25T07:25:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T07:25:59","slug":"leadership-multiplication-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Multiplication Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Leadership<\/a><\/p>\n

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.<\/strong> Ask the Lord of the <\/strong>harvest,<\/strong> therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field\u201d<\/strong>. <\/strong>Matthew 9:37\u201138<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Matthew 9:37\u201138, Jesus tells us that the key to seeing many people come into the Kingdom through a great harvest is to pray for more workers. More prayer, more workers; more workers, the greater the harvest. It\u2019s a simple equation.<\/p>\n

But to shed more light on this equation it\u2019s important to go back to the time Jesus first uttered these words to His disciples. He actually said this to them on two different occasions, repeating Himself to them, and to us, for emphasis (Matt. 9:37-38; Luke 10:2). We may have used these words to challenge believers to get out of the pews and into the fields, and that\u2019s right. But when these words were spoken there were only Jesus and His few disciples facing the entire world population. The question is, where did they expect the answer to this prayer to come from? What would be the source of these workers? The workers for the harvest must come from the harvest. There can be no other intent in the mind of Jesus or His disciples.<\/p>\n

Each new convert is a worker\u2026immediately.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Starting in the harvest, a Leadership Multiplication Pathway helps guide an individual on the journey of \u201cbecoming a disciple and making disciples\u201d and then on to being \u2018meaningfully engaged in a ministry\u2019, reflecting God’s unique gifting and calling on their lives. For some, the pathway will guide them into a \u2018leadership role\u2019 in ministry and possibly beyond to being a pastor, a church planter or some other kind of fulltime worker or a movement leader. This will close the circle of harvest to harvest giving a ministry the opportunity to effectively reach beyond itself to fulfil the Great Commission.<\/p>\n

The Leadership\u00a0Multiplication Pathway is\u00a0structured around four development areas that help people grow personally and in ministry:<\/p>\n

Obedient Discipleship\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Character<\/p>\n

Focused Ministry\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Calling<\/p>\n

Effective Leadership\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Competency<\/p>\n

Continuous multiplication\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Culture<\/p>\n

\u00a0Purpose of a Leadership Multiplication Pathway: <\/strong><\/h5>\n

To generate a multiplication movement by mobilising organic leadership development within a ministry resulting in spontaneous growth and multiplication.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Key Assumptions of a Leadership Multiplication Pathway:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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  1. All healthy disciples, leaders and ministries are intended to reproduce.<\/li>\n
  2. Ready\u2011made leaders don’t fall from heaven, they are grown on earth.<\/li>\n
  3. The best training model is hands\u2011on ministry involvement with a personal coach.<\/li>\n
  4. Fruitful ministry flows from who you are as well as what you do.<\/li>\n
  5. The Kingdom of God is much more than one church or one movement.<\/li>\n
  6. Multiplication is the best and most natural means of reaching the lost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Core Values of a Leadership Multiplication Pathway:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    1. Proactive faith and prayer.<\/li>\n
    2. Life transformation through the power of the gospel.<\/li>\n
    3. Simple obedience to scripture.<\/li>\n
    4. Simple and transferable strategy.<\/li>\n
    5. Releasing momentum through spontaneous multiplication.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       
      \nMost Christian leaders are disappointed with the DNA they see in their people but why are they disappointed? You reap what you sow (Galatians 6:7). You can\u2019t sow a seed substitute and grow the real thing (Luke 8:11; 1 Peter 1:23). We must settle for nothing less than a church of disciples who are motivated from within to live for Jesus – and to pass that on to others.<\/p>\n

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      \nColin is the Director of ResourceZone International. He has thirty years of ministry experience as a pastor, college lecturer and consultant\/coach to consultants, denominational leaders and local church pastors. He can be reached at       info@resourcezoneinternational.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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