A Leadership Analysis
Below are seventeen statements regarding leadership. Place a ‘yes’ next to those
with which you agree, a ‘no’ next to those with which you disagree, and a ‘?’ next
to those you are not sure about. Then within your group share your answers. Try
to find consensus as much as possible on those qualities that truly define
leadership, and apply them to your congregation. If you follow these agreedupon qualities, how might these help your church to be more effective in its
congregational ministry inwardly to its members and outwardly to the
community?
1. _____ Leadership is the ability to bring the necessary resources and personnel to a task to
ensure its completion and success.
2. _____ Leadership most simply defined is influence.
3. _____ Leadership is finding out what God wants you to do, and then doing it.
4. _____ Leadership is measured by how many people are following you.
5. _____ Leadership is defined more by who you are than what you do.
6. _____ Leadership (and Christianity) will always reproduce itself after its own kind.
7. _____ Leadership is best defined by our internal character and convictions.
8. _____ Leadership is measured by the people we influence, but who claim they did it
themselves.
9. _____ Leadership is successful if there are successors.
10. _____ Leadership is listening to God’s voice and sharing with others what He is saying.
11. _____ Leadership is becoming a person who is self-defined and who is not anxious about
his/her presence.
12. _____ Leadership is defined by one’s ability to visualize the future and create a pathway to
help others get there.
13. _____ Leadership is creating safe places for people to grow, and making the path a safer
place in which to follow.
21 - A
14. _____ Leadership is always measured first by our character, and not our career
advancement.
15. _____ Leadership is measured by our obedience, and not our ability.
16. _____ Leadership within our church is first a supernatural calling, and secondly a vocational
career.
17. _____ Leadership is finding out what God is doing, and joining God to do it.
18. _____ (What is your own definition of leadership?)
Adapted from a listing of definitions given by various authors, congregational consultants, and
church leaders and compiled by Rev. Eugene A. Heacock
21 - B