Chapter 4: The Leader's Personal Growth

Leadership could be the best thing that ever happened to you -- it could also be the worst. For some people, Christian leadership provides a tremendously exciting and stimulating environment for spiritual, relational, and intellectual growth. For others, it can be an avenue to burnout and spiritual paralysis. By making the most of opportunities for growth and guarding against the potential pitfalls of Christian leadership, we can take steps to assure that our leadership experiences glorify God and draw us closer to Him.

I want to draw attention to three areas of a leader's life that are critical arenas for personal growth: community, integration, and time management.