March 25th Jared Howell Speaking on Leadership to CPP Leaders

The times that we are living in have created a difficult dominant characteristic in the generations we are trying to work with in American society and that is the lack of lead ability. Lead ability is so very important; it is our ability to lead and our ability to be lead. My children are still too young for me to ask this question but it was asked of me and I am sure you have heard it as well; “if your friend jumped off a cliff, would you jump also?” While this is a valuable saying and is meant to protect us from bad influences, it also makes us leery of following good leadership; creating in us a lack of lead ability.

George Barnum after 15 years of closely reviewing the world around him offered the following….

The church in America is dieing due to a lack of strong leadership. At this time of plentiful resources and many opportunities, the church is actually losing influence. The Primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership.

There are many sources to learn from on the subject of leadership in the world around us. Educators, professional sports, corporate execs, management companies, consulting companies, government but the greatest source of leadership guidance is the Word of God. In it we find the truths of leadership principles established by God. In it lays the potential to change our lives and the lives around us.

Bishop T.F. Tenny, one of the greatest leaders of our movement, said this to me on the subject of leaders on many occasions…

”As leaders, we are not hitch-hikers but we are trail-blazers.”

We are blazing a trail down a pathway that no other leader has ever been down before.

We embark upon the adventure of leadership, we blaze the trail and as we do we discover that we are not alone but we are walking with Jesus.