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Leadership Needs
Good Followership
Quote by Eugene B. Habecker

“The emphasis on being a follower has become much more subtle if not totally non-existent in our Christian culture. The focus on our efforts is on leadership, [and] churches are seemingly forever offering seminars on leadership.

“While I don’t object to an emphasis on leadership, this emphasis has occurred at the expense of an equally valid emphasis on followership. Interestingly, the Scriptures say far more about following than about leading—more than three times the number of references in comparison. Both the New and Old Testaments identify telling similarities between leadership and followership: (1) both leadership and followership can be intensive; (2) there need not be a gap between those leading and those following; and (3) leadership involves showing and teaching someone the way, while following involves attention to modeling the way.

“It is difficult to discuss either followership or leadership without careful attention to both concepts. Without leaders there can be no followers. Without followers there can be no leaders. Scripture seems preoccupied with what leaders and followers do, as opposed to their name, rank or status.