In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to attend the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. During the next three days, I will be bringing the top leadership lessons from the incredible faculty the WCA has assembled.
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The afternoon’s first speaker was Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of DayStar Centre in Nigeria. Under his leadership, Daystar Christian Centre grew from a handful of people in 1995 to more than 25,000 people weekly—with highly recognized community impact projects.
The following are 21 Leadership Quotes From Senior Pastor Sam Adeyemi from the Global Leadership Summit:
- Deprivation brought fears and concerns about the future.
- God didn’t want me to be a building contractor. He wanted me to teach and be a pastor.
- When you don’t have money, it’s pretty hard to do anything.
- When God asked you a question, you need to remember it’s not because He doesn’t know the answer. He is often confronting your foolishness.
- You will not find the definition of success for your ministry or organization until you help the people I sent to you to succeed.
- For most leaders, the object of leadership is success. The object of Christ’s leadership was the success of His followers.
- I took the attention of myself. I put the focus on the people. I was able to ask, “What are their needs? What are their issues?”
- If we are not growing it is likely self-centeredness.
- Following you as a leader should hold the promise of life change.
- Hierarchical structures represent the fact power is not shared in the organization.
- The downside to power distance is that ic can leave followers with low self-esteem and afraid to challenge a leader’s views.
- Jesus crushed the power gaps.
- Jesus crushed the power gaps between men and women.
- Jesus crushed the power gaps in church.
- One of the most amazing things about Jesus’s leadership is He gave power away.
- Peter, if I can do it. You can do it too. Walk on water! – Jesus
- There is something about leaders and talented people that makes us think others cannot do what we do.
- Shepherds feed sheep.
- In the under-resourced part of the world you have a huge opportunity. The systems put in place by man are putting people down.
- It is not the absence of money that makes you poor. You need an idea to start your business.
- Jesus did not only crush the power gap. He over-turned it.
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