Tonight I had the privilege of attending Man Church at First Baptist Church Woodstock! In Exodus and Deuteronomy, the Scriptures say that every male was required to gather with other men and appear before the Lord three times a year. MAN CHURCH is one of those opportunities!
This event was put on by Keith Boggs and Real Momentum Ministries. Real Momentum offers tailored men’s ministry coaching, local church events and strategic mission partnerships. We help churches develop an effective disciple making ministry to men with others in mind. Tonight included hamburgers, great music, and an encouraging time hanging out with other men.
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The centerpiece of the event was a message by the church’s incomparable Senior Pastor Johnny Hunt. Pastor Johnny is one of the best teachers I have heard on the subject of biblical manhood. His book Demolishing Strongholds: Finding Victory Over the Struggles That Hold You Back is a must-read for all Christian leaders.
The following are 62 Quotes And Lessons On Vision And Leadership From Dr. Johnny Hunt:
- Smart leaders answer the questions people are asking. Prior to the event occurring, the church had The Masters playing in the sanctuary. Golf and hamburgers. Nice touch.
- “We live in a culture that if you tell the same message Paul told, you will not be well-received.”
- “I don’t think we should ever forget where God found us. We should never forget what it was like to be lost.”
- “The #1 selling book in the history of the world other than Bible is The Purpose Driven Life.”
- “45 years I’ve known Jesus.”
- “Away with mediocrity!!! If the Gospel is true, there is no way I can live a mediocre life.”
- “There is no such thing as a leader without a vision. As a man, one of the worst things you can do is live a life on a path tread by others.”
- “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”
- “I don’t want to be better than you. I just want to be the best I can be.”
- “God has a prepared place for prepared people.”
- “John, always have a general in your life – someone with more stripes than you.” – Dr. Adrian Edmunds
- “John, the older I get the fewer answers I have but I have some really good questions.” – Dr. Charles Stanley
- “I preach at this wonderful place an average of 45 Sundays per year.”
- “Leadership is the discipline of deliberately exerting special influence within a group to move it towards goals of beneficial permanence that fulfill that group’s real need.”
- “Some people will never be a leader because you are leading to meet your own needs.”
- “Use your platform to help meet other people’s needs.”
- “Discipline – leaders are made not born. Some maybe intuitively have the characteristic of a leader, but true leadership is a discipline.”
- “85% of the men in the United States who graduate high school will never read cover-to-cover before they die. You’re better than that!”
- “Most of what I am good at (as well as you) I got here by discipline, not love. But later, I learned to love what I am disciplined at.”
- “There’s not morning people. There’s disciplined people.”
- “I’m not just disciplined. I’m desperate for that time with God.”
- “Deliberately – indicates a commitment on the part of the leader to his calling as a leader; a spiritual commitment. This strengthens the place of your leadership.”
- “Without doctrine you can’t even tell me who Jesus is.You don’t know what worship is.”
- “Exerts Special Influence – not forced on others.Not a power holder, exerting force on people. People would follow out of fear.”
- “What is important to the leader is important to the organization.”
- “True leaders are followed out of respect.”
- “A vision you can die without it in your heart.It can possibility not become reality. A vision must become your mission. A mission has goals and strategies.”
- “A leader doesn’t come in to manage things.”
- “If you don’t see it before you see it, you will never see it.”
- “Permanance – the vision should be for changes that are continuing for time and eternity.”
- “I don’t want to be a church that we used to be.”
- “If you are careful you are attracted to the thrills and not digging in your heels and maturing in Jesus Christ.”
- “A real, true leader will concentrate on goals that are beneficial, not detrimental to the team.”
- “Some of your best people can in trouble in their marriage.”
- “Turbulent times – yes. Struggles at the 10-year mark. You weather those storms and there comes a time when the peace of God flows in that marriage and you can’t imagine your life together. She becomes your best friend.”
- “Real needs – it takes sensitivity, a keen awareness to the situations around you.”
- “The majority of our staff are homegrown.”
- “I want you to support my vision with the vision God has given you.”
- “They (my directors) are not being held accountable to what I want them to do. They are being held accountable to the vision God has given them. I am to help them in this area.”
- “In order to lead effectively you have to have a generous endowment of physical and emotional energy.”
- “I pray I stay physically strong and have emotional energy.”
- “What do you do? If you are the leader, that’s your call.”
- “You need a compelling drive toward a specific purpose or goal. God wants to get glory through you.”
- “Southern Baptists close the doors to 17 churches every week, 900 churches every year. We’ve taken over 6 churches in 5 years and the reality is I haven’t saved ½ a week. I haven’t done much. There’s so much more to do.”
- “Man’s three greatest struggles are pride as it deals with your ego. A lot of men will go to hell because of their pride. Pride says I’m coming to do it my way. Number 2 is money as it pertains to his greed. If you want to get a man riled up, talk about his money. The reason people don’t want us talking about money is they don’t want us talking about their God.”
- “The reason people think preachers make a hard statement is because they don’t know what the Bible says.“
- “11 of the 12 disciples bled and died for what they believed. People saw Him. People don’t die for speculation.”
- “Our church is a refugee church for people who are being persecuted for their faith in their own countries.”
- “I want to be in a church that when I get sick someone will go before the Throne of Heaven.”
- “You can’t be a leader without a vision. You can only manage it.”
- “If you can’t be faithful in the prison you’ll never see the palace.”
- “The Principle of Vision – A vision is a clear picture of what the leaders sees his people being or doing. From that clear picture the leader then plans how that vision will become reality.”
- Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.”
- “Joseph knew if he messed with Potipher’s wife he would lose his vision.”
- “He lost his coat. He kept his character.”
- “A lot men don’t disciple men because they don’t know what to do with them.”
- “A leader never has to think about what they need.”
- “You’ve never found anything worth living for until you’ve found something worth dying for… There’s not enough of that God-given determination.”
- “You will never know joy and peace until you know He has a purpose for your life.”
- “God never told us we had to come down from working the walls and answer every stupid accusation.”
- “I’ve had a vision for this church and have had it for 32 years. This year we are having our largest attendance and largest giving in 32 years.”
- “You need a vision for work. But you also need a vision for your life.”
I want to thank Keith for the invitation to Man Church! What an incredible event! What is one lesson you learned from Pastor Johnny which will make you a better leader?
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