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Keller on leadership…
Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus’ costly grace. The number one leaders in every church ought to be the people who repent the most fully without excuses, because you don’t need any now; the most easily without bitterness; the most publicly and the most joyfully. They know their standing isn’t based on their performance.
(Tim Keller, “What are the risks for evangelicals?” speaking at the Evangelical Ministry Assembly 2007)
(ht: Dash)
This is an interesting quote in light of Glenn and I’s conversation on leadership which can be found here, and some other thoughts on the subject here and here. (I still think we’re bickering over semantics.)
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Aaron- Thanks for the links. That’s a beautiful quotation!