Leadership Requires Greatness, Sacrifice, Refusing Status Quo – Cleric
The Lead Pastor, Hope Restoration Ministries and a Leadership Consultant, Chris Mathebula has proposed five attitudes to grow as a servant leader.
The five attitudes according to him is greatness and sacrifice; Refusing the status quo; Choosing 'the road less travelled'; Embracing the future; Living with a sense of urgency; Giving up temporary for eternal and having the value to the next generation.
Mathebula made this known while speaking at the Christian Leadership Empowerment Summit and Church Leaders Conference in Lagos with the theme: "The Resilient Minister".
He said sacrifice is not something that comes naturally to us, adding that greatness in life would never be established without sacrifice.
He reminded all the attendees of the significance of leading sacrificially.
Also speaking at the summit, a Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mr Tony Arenyeka said leaders failed when they failed to be resilient.
He counselled that for a leader to be successful, he must be firm and be decisive.
He said a good leader must also be committed, think positive and have unforsakeable focus in himself .
The convener of the summit, Pastor Adekunle Olusanya said the choice of the theme for the summit: " The Resilient Minister" is as a result of the current realities in the country.
He said economic crisis, global epidemic, political polarisation, diseases, marital earthquakes are impacting negatively on the church.
"So it is becoming very difficult to stay the course, to remain focus on the works of the ministries. If we lay emphasis on the challenges, we will backslide. We have to stay the course, be resilient, not minding the challenges",
"That is why we convene this conference to challenge ourselves, to encourage ourselves, and to let the people know why they must keep doing the right thing in spite of the challenges", he said.
Pastor Olusanya said circumstances are making the people to walk away from the church, saying, "they are no longer focus attention on the churches as the hope of mankind".