Introduction BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP

1 Introduction / 1 BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP An Apostolic/Prophetic ModelDUDLEY DANIELW ritten by Gordon Hunkin2 / IntroductionBiblical LeadershipAn Apostolic/Prophetic ModelCopyright 2004 Dudley DanielPrinted in South Africa by Creda CommunicationsISBN: 0-620-32855-XUnless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973,1978,1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing rights reserved. The reproduction of any portion of this publication in any form without prior permission of the publisher is prohibited. However, permission is hereby granted to reproduce portions from this publication for use in preaching and training, provided those portions are used in the context in which they are presented in this publication, and full acknowledgement is made of this by Every Tribe Resources for New Covenant Ministries O.

2 Box 67209, Bryanston, 2021, South , email: For Apostolic ChristianityOther books in this series:Choosing Your Battles 1999A Servant s Heart And Skilful Hands 2000 Building On Apostolic Foundations 2001 Building An Apostolic Culture The Restoration of David s Tabernacle 2003 BIBLICAL Mentoring/Fathering 2004 Introduction / 3 AcknowledgementsThanks to all who have given of their time and energy to help publish this book. Your willingness to help is not taken for granted and is much special thanks to Jenni Wegerle and Caroline Passier for helping edit the manuscript, and to Murray Crowe for the cover design4 / IntroductionEquipping For Apostolic ChristianityAt the heart of Apostolic Christianity is a passion to be a Church that is determined to fulfil the commission given by Jesus to "make disciples of all nations.

3 " We do this by planting New testament churches, training and releasing large-capacity leaders, and bringing the whole priesthood to a place of liberty and Christianity finds its expression through a Church that embraces the prophetic purposes of God in every age, a Church that has the ability to see the future as God sees it and prepares to become the Christianity has a God-inspired zeal to go and not to gather, to send and not to stay. This is a people who will give everything, without compromise, to be what God calls them to be and to do what God calls them to / 5 Table Of ContentsIntroductionPage9 Section OneAn Administration Of LeadersChapter 1 The LEADERSHIP KeyPage 19 Chapter 2 Organic LifePage25 Chapter 3 The Organic Nature of LEADERSHIP Part 1 Page31 Chapter 4 The Organic Nature of LEADERSHIP Part 2 Page37 Chapter 5 Servant-Hearted LeadershipPage44 Chapter 6 Large-Capacity Leaders Part 1 Page51 Chapter 7 Large-Capacity Leaders Part 2 Page58 Chapter 8 Large-Capacity Leaders Part 3 Page62 Section TwoThe Awesomeness Of OrdinationChapter 9 The PatternPage71 Chapter 10 The Purpose Of OrdinationPage76 Chapter 11 The Promise Of OrdinationPage 81 Chapter 12 The Prerequisites Of Ordination The EphodPage 86 Chapter 13 Prerequisites The BreastplatePage946 / IntroductionSection Two

4 ContinuedThe Awesomeness Of OrdinationChapter 14 Prerequisites The RobePage 100 Chapter 15 Prerequisites The Gold Plate and the TurbanPage 106 Chapter 16 Prerequisites The TunicPage 110 Section ThreeWhat Is Required To Be A Leader?Chapter 17 The Call Of GodPage 117 Chapter 18 Character And Personality TraitsPage 120 Chapter 19 Coached And CommissionedPage 125 Chapter 20An AnointingPage 129 Chapter 21 People Skills And Pastoral SkillsPage 135 Chapter 22 Preaching SkillsPage 145 Section FourWhat Elders DoChapter 23 DefinitionsPage 151 Chapter 24 Elders Spend Time WithThe PeoplePage 157 Chapter 25 Elders Rule Part 1 Page 160 Chapter 26 Elders Rule Part 2 Page 168 Chapter 27 Elders Teach The PeoplePage 173 Introduction / 7 Section Four ContinuedWhat Elders DoChapter 28 Elders Equip The PeoplePage 179 Chapter 29 Elders Prepare And Release LeadersPage 183 Chapter 30 Elders Pray For And WithThe FlockPage 189 Chapter 31 Elders Pray For The SickPage 193 Chapter 32 Elders Feed The FlockPage 197 Chapter 33 Elders Make The Flock SecurePage 204

5 Chapter 34 Elders PlanPage 206 Chapter 35 Elders Refute DissidentsPage 208 Section FiveForming TeamChapter 36 The Purpose Of TeamPage 213 Chapter 37 Building TeamPage 223 Chapter 38 Choosing A Team Part 1 Page 230 Chapter 39 Choosing A Team Part 2 Page 240 Chapter 40My Dream TeamPage 2488 / IntroductionIntroduction / 9 IntroductionThe words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written: After this I will return and rebuild David s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things that have been known for ages. Acts 15:15-18 The Church had already come to the place where it was in full motion when James spoke of this truth that Jesus is going to restore David s fallen tabernacle.

6 This is something that He is still doing today. The restoration of all things would include all that has been lost and is relevant to the Kingdom of God. There are four major aspects to this, most of which can be found in 1 Chronicles chapter 11 to 29:30:The restoration of government. Praise and worship, which is sometimes seen as the whole when it is only a the purpose of which is the enlargement of God s Kingdom. Many are involved in warfare that does not lead to enlargement because they are fighting the wrong the issue of who gets the glory. God alone must receive the glory. 10 / IntroductionIn this book we will be focussing our attention chiefly on aspects that relate to the restoration of good government in the Church. This, then, is a book about LEADERSHIP in general and LEADERSHIP in the Church in particular.

7 My belief is that LEADERSHIP is, and always will be, one of the most significant keys in the Kingdom of God. The intention of this book is to help with the releasing of more leaders and to raise the standard of excellence of LEADERSHIP as it is expressed in the Church. We will not, however, focus so much on LEADERSHIP structures and techniques. The reason being that the Church is organic and has the life of God in it. LEADERSHIP in the Church has to reflect that truth. God has ordained that everything that has His life will grow. So, when God s life is in a church, it is going to grow, even if it only grows by two or three people a year. When God s life is in it, though, it will generally grow a lot quicker than God grows a church, He also expects the LEADERSHIP to grow. As God adds to the numbers, He wants to add to the LEADERSHIP as well, both numerically and in terms of capacity and maturity.

8 The result is that, in a healthy New testament church, there should be a constant pool of equipped and ready people who are available when they are needed. We should never have to scratch around looking for someone to then, when it is in God s heart for there to be more leaders than are needed, are there too few leaders? Sometimes it is because those who are attempting to train and equip new LEADERSHIP is, and always will be, one of the most significant keys in the Kingdom of / 11and potential leaders have only lectured and have not trained them. When the training has been done well, however, then it may be that those who have been trained are at fault. They may have viewed the training merely as information and not transformation and have not embraced those truths. They have not taken the training seriously enough, have not committed themselves to working it through, and have not unreservedly responded to the things that God is saying.

9 Truth is something that has to be lived out every second of every minute, of every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every year, for the rest of our lives. It is not merely information, it requires the cycle you have been in has been one that approaches training as information rather than transformation, then I hope that you break it today. From today, begin to take God seriously with regard to LEADERSHIP training and tell Him that He can count you in. I do not mean that you are simply counted in for the excitement. Make a commitment, an irrevocable commitment, to be a leader because God has called you. I came to Christ with no hope of ever being able to preach because I could not even communicate well. My English was tainted by the slang of the age and most people would not have understood it.

10 The night of my conversion, however, I honestly and irrevocably committed myself to everything that God wanted for my life. It was not a process that took weeks or months or years. It happened at the point of my salvation experience and I have never turned back from Church is organic and has the life of God in it. LEADERSHIP in the Church has to reflect that truth. 12 / IntroductionI am so grateful that there are many being saved today who do not have the kind of baggage that we had to deal with. They are generally starting younger, have perhaps even grown up in a church, or are saved into a church where there is liberty. There is not a whole lot that has to be undone or unlearnt and they have a much better beginning than many who have gone before them. They will be able to go further than us and get there faster, which is a wonderful church we were saved into never trained us.