This week’s edition of Rick Warren’s Ministry ToolBox includes an article adapted from Simply Strategic Volunteers on the difference between empowerment and delegation. The premise of the article is that we can learn a lot about working with volunteers in our church if we study how Jesus modeled leadership with the twelve apostles. Among other things, Jesus:
- Prepared them for the challenges they would face by inviting them to
hang out with him and learn from his teachings and interactions with
others. - Encouraged them to continue reaching more people by sharing the Good News and preparing others for ministry.
- Asked the apostles to provide care for the people they were trying to reach.
You can read the full article at Pastors.com.
(I’m going to have to get my friends at Saddleback a new picture. My hair is too short in that shot.)
