Learning from Big ‘Mo’

Unleash 2007 - Perry Noble

Myth — It’s all about style

Style doesn’t dictate church growth
If a church is growing - it’s not by accident — it’s leadership — God’s leadership
Thriving church doesn’t happen by accident –Godly leadership is in place

Leadership Lesson from Big Mo (Moses)

Listen and Obey
- Leadership is as easy as listening to God
- Time with God is essential
- Can’t have vision for church if not consistently spending time with God
- God never gave vision to a committee
- Most churches structured for failure
  - Pastor has to work thru committee and do what committee says when pastor is one with training — let pastor lead
  - Obey leader - get on board with their vision
  - Fight over dumbest things and hamstring pastor
  - God gave vision to a person who surrounded himself with a team — it never came to a committee
  - Leadership is as easy as listening to God
    - Pastors must listen to God
    - Members must trust that pastor is listening to God
  - If Stop seeking face of God, church will shut down
Do not compromise the vision of God
- Powerful people in church will try to alter vision
- Everyone will not be pleased - don’t alter vision to please them
Moses didn’t try to do it all
- Don’t believe pastor is only one who can do everything
- Pastor trains and equips people to do ministry — and they do it
- Members need to own vision
Attempt the impossible
- There is no safe vision
- Stop using size as an excuse — NewSpring started with 15 people
- Stop using facilities as an excuse
- Stop using money as an excuse — if it’s God’s will, it’s God’s bill — he’s not limited by money
- God is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine (Deut. 6:10-12)