Leadership can be confusing. Unfortunately, the world has taught that leaders are commanders who get people to do what they want. The world says that it’s about power, position, and control. Jesus, on the other hand, used a different model.
"Indeed, the one who was from the beginning with God and who was god revealed himself as a small, helpless child; as a refugee in Egypt; as an obedient adolescent and inconspicuous adult: as a penitent disciple of the Baptizer; as a preacher from Galilee, followed by some simple fishermen; as a man who ate with sinners and talked with strangers; as an outcast, a criminal, a threat to his people. He moved from power to powerlessness, from greatness to smallness, from success to failure, from strength to weakness, from glory to ignominy. The whole life of Jesus of Nazareth was a life in which all upward mobility was resisted...The divine way is indeed the downward way." (Henri Nouwen, The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life, 2007, Orbis Books)
A small group leader guides the attitudes and perceptions of the group and is its primary influencer. Group members take their cues from the leader, and so it's important that he or she demonstrate the humble attitude of Jesus in this position. (read more)
Excerpt taken from Small Group Trader.
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