Roger
Ok, the technical stuff because some (a few of you) like this stuff. And, yes, so do I!
We are introducing a new tool to
our teams this year called Leadership Mapping. This helps them to
understand the progress they are making and where to put their efforts
when it comes to developing leaders.
It is important to understand
that developing leaders for a movement of disciplemakers or church
planters is unique in that "leaders" must truly become selfless servants
and give away everything they have learned by helping others come up to
the same level (or higher) of fruitfulness and effectiveness.
Leadership is not viewed in a hierarchical fashion; rather it is
understood as influence for the benefit of serving others.
By mapping this process, leaders
see if they are reproducing themselves effectively and truly giving
away all that they can to their disciples.
In short form, we define Levels for the purpose of Leadership Mapping in this manner:
Level 1: A person has gathered
disciples and started a church with others who are learning to love God,
love each other, and reach out to neighbors with compassion and Good
News.
Level 2: A person has started at
least two churches and one or more of these churches has reproduced by
reaching out to others, making disciples in which a new church is
birthed (2+ churches and at least second generation of church
reproduction).
Level 3: A person has started or reproduced at least 12 churches with at least three generations of churches.
Level 4: A person has started or reproduced at least 40 churches with at least four generations of churches.
When movements have leaders
developing at level 4, it has usually become sustainable and can move
into rapidly accelerated growth.
When leaders draw out their "map" they often recognize that they are
not pulling their disciples up to their own level as effectively as they
thought. For example, a level two leader becomes more fruitful (and
will automatically move to level three) by helping his team to develop
many level two leaders. This happens as he reproduces himself and lifts
others to his own level of fruitfulness. This requires them to grow in
their own character and develop a selflessness in their leadership which
has been expressed by Mike Steele:
Did
God give us a universal principle for leadership? From my understanding
of the Scripture, this ideal can be expressed in the concept of "The
apostle who is a father." It is embodied in the saying "A weeping father
crying out for his sons to overtake him." Mike Steele
Leadership Mapping helps them to see how their spiritual "sons and
daughters" are progressing (or not) and how best to support their
growth, maturity, and development.
But, just to be clear here … at the end of the day, it really is
about another person finding freedom from superstitions, legalistic
religion, bondages, inner hopelessness, and lifestyles that are
destroying them.
In fact, while working with a
team of leaders in Kigali yesterday, one of the leaders there was sent
pictures of a baptism taking place in his absence proving his own
commitment to raise up others and allow them to take the lead.
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