Sermons on Leaderships:

Pitfalls Of Leadership Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 29, 2010

To be an effective leader, you must avoid the pitfalls of leadership, which are the honor and dishonor of men.

Several years ago, a pastor in Valparaiso, Indiana, started visiting a man in the local nursing home. The man was a VIP, one who had been instrumental in starting the major industry in town. When he died, his family asked the pastor to do the funeral service. He was nervous, because he knew his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:6-7

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Leadership In The Church

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 16, 2010

Talents (Gifts) are not the root but the fruit of our salvation. God has given us gifts, so we can be useful in His kingdom. There are no excuses for not being fruitful.

Leadership In the Church Text: Matthew 25: 14-30 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

Godly Leadership Series

Contributed by James Chandler on Dec 3, 2007

As we look at chapters 3-4 in First Timothy, we will see the importance of godly Leadership.

1 Timothy: From the Preacher to the Christian. . Godly Leadership requires: A. Godly Elders. (Slide #2, Click 1) Being an overseer: A noble task, it’s not for everyone. Deserves respect (verse 1) Demands desire. “Sets his heart on” (verse 2) The only reason to want to be an ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Leadership-Servant

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 28, 2006

GOD HAS CALLED ALL OF HIS PEOPLE IN SOME TYPE OF LEADERSHIP. OUR LIVES AWAYS CAUSE AN EFFECT ON SOMEONE ELSE. Give me a hundred men who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I will shake the world. I care not a straw whether they be cler

LEADERSHIP AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP May 20, 2006 I. LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH AND IN ALL AREAS OF THE WORLD. A. What is a leader? 1. Has followers. 2. Power. 3. Charisma B. Titles and position does not make a leader. C. A leader touches everyone by his or her actions. D. We are influenced ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:11-12

Leadership Challenge

Contributed by J Spurling on Jun 6, 2003

A study of Christ’s leadership challenge to Peter in John 21:15–22 will motivate us to jump-start our participation in the church.

This morning we are going to be talking about Leadership. As a matter of fact I am going to challenge you this morning toward leadership. But, my definition of church leadership that I am challenging you toward might be a little different from what you think leadership within the body of Christ is ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-22

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Leadership In The Church Series

Contributed by Stan Rodda on Mar 15, 2006

The church today has a real lack of true biblical leadership. This sermon takes a look at that issue.

Leadership in the Church Overlooked position in church Don Stephenson Train staff to serve others & fire the leader Must have good leadership to grow Who are the leaders? Biblically- elders 4 main sources: Acts 20; 1 Pet. 5; Ja. 5; 1 Tim. 3 & Ti. 1 You find 3 main things the elders are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Listening For Leadership Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 6, 2003

Our view of leadership is that it is aggressive, know-it-all. But in reality it is bearing witness to God’s power, not our own; and leaders are qualified to be leaders by what they do NOT know.

Do you know the story of the woman who liked to sit for an hour or so every evening at her front window? She would just sit, looking at the traffic racing by. After the children had been coached through their homework, after her husband had been reminded about the jobs on his "To do" list; after ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Principles Of Leadership

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Aug 6, 2010

Nehemiah was by far one of the best leaders in all of history. And anyone who is willing to follow the principles put forth in this book can also become a great leader. Link inc. to formatted text, audio/video, PowerPoint.

Principles of Leadership Nehemiah 2:11-16 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/PrinciplesOfLeadership.html He was by far one of the best leaders in all of history. And anyone who is willing to follow the principles put forth in this book can also become a great leader. Nehemiah had walls to build, and ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:12-20

Denomination: Baptist

Leadership Essentials Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Sep 5, 2007

Exposition of Nehemiah 2:9-20 about Nehemiah’s journey to Jerusalem and the first part of gathering the troops and casting the vision

Text: Nehemiah 2:9-20, Title: Leadership Essentials, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/9/07, PM A. Opening illustration: Read the quotes about leadership on p. 27-28 of Sanders’ Spiritual Leadership down through Truman’s quote. B. Background to passage: Four months after this intense burden for the kingdom and ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

Leadership Prayer

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Oct 18, 2008

There are many prayers in the bible. One small and "difficult to locate" prayer was made famous through the best selling book "Prayer of Jabez". If we look beyond the skepticism and commercilisation of the book and the concept, there are some valuable les

Leadership Prayer I have read this story from the Sermon Central website A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication for her daughter. When returning to her car she found that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Maturing Into Leadership Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012

Becoming a leader

Titus 1 - Maturing into Leadership - October 2, 2011 Turn with me this morning to the book of Titus, chapter 1. Titus is in the NT, towards the back, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews. Titus is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to one of his young protegés, a young Greek man named ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:3-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Diligent Leadership

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Oct 26, 2013

The spiritual gift of leadership is one of the gifts of Romans 12.

10 27 13 “Diligent Leadership” Romans 12:8c: “He who leads, with diligence.” We have been looking at the spiritual gifts of the Body of Christ in Romans 12: prophecy (speaking God’s Word to others), serving ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:8

Denomination: Baptist

Pastoring And Leadership

Contributed by Neil Uebergang on Nov 16, 2013

Gaining others confidence bit by bit can take along time to see rewards and sometimes you may not even see them.

Matthew 28:18-20 New International Version (NIV) 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Risk Of Leadership Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 9, 2013

This is the twelfth message in a series over the life of Moses that shows being God's man is never easy. This message examines the risks associated with leadership.

True or false: leadership is risky. As we make our way through these few chapters of the Book of Numbers we will discover that Moses will once again be reminded of this fact as he is forced to deal with several difficult situations. Each situation he faces will show that effective leadership ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christian Leadership

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 22, 2012

Jesus' leadership style is very much at variance with that of the World - and often too the Church

Who wants to be the greatest in the Kingdom Story: D.L. Moody was the Billy Graham of the 19th Century. He was a man used by God to bring millions to faith in Jesus At the end of the 19th Century, a large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Denomination: Anglican