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1 Peter 5:1-4 Being a Good Leader

1 Peter 5:1-4 Being a Good Leader. Target Audience?. Context. 5:1-4 5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: . Old Testament: Exodus 18 (Moses).

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1 Peter 5:1-4 Being a Good Leader

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  1. 1 Peter 5:1-4Being a Good Leader

  2. Target Audience? Context 5:1-4 5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Old Testament: Exodus 18 (Moses) The titles “elder” (presbyteros) and “overseer” (episkopos) are interchangeable. (Titus 1:5, 7) New Testament: Acts & Epistles Today’s Equivalent?

  3. Target Audience Today =Leadership Small Group Leaders Elder Board Equipping Staff

  4. Everything in the local church rises or falls with leadership. No matter how large or small a fellowship might be, the leaders must be Christians, each with a vital personal relationship with Christ, a loving concern for their people, and a real desire to please Jesus Christ. • Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (1 Pe 5:4). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

  5. 5:1-4 5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Relational Credit Reliable Witness

  6. 5:1-4 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

  7. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason. BIG IDEA Function Manner Motivation

  8. Function 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— Shepherding Role Executive Role

  9. Function • Teaching Biblical Truth (Galatians 6:6; I Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:9) • Modeling Christian Behavior (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6 I Thessalonians 2:10-12) • Maintaining Doctrinal Purity (Acts 20:29-30; Titus 1:9) • Disciplining Unruly Believers (Galatians 6:1-2) • Overseeing Financial Matters (Acts 11:29-30; 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12) • Praying for Those Who Are Ill (James 5:13-16)

  10. Function 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— Shepherding Role Executive Role All Small Group Leaders exercise a shepherding role. A few Small Group Leaders serve on the Elder Board and exercise an executive role. Elders serve as Small Group Leaders and exercise a shepherding role.

  11. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason. BIG IDEA Function Manner Motivation

  12. Manner 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 1 3 3

  13. Manner Function Manner Motivation

  14. Manner 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. Philippians 2:14 1

  15. VoluntaryParticipation Life Transformation Core Values TotalMobilization GrowingGenerosity KingdomPartnership StrengtheningFamilies

  16. Manner 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 1 Ends-Means Inversion 3

  17. Manner 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers— not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. 1 3 3 JESUS

  18. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason. BIG IDEA Function Manner Motivation

  19. Motivation 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. When? Who? What? Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Galatians 6:9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  20. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason. BIG IDEA Function Manner Motivation

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