Missional leaders not only feel the burden of God’s mission but they also act on the burden and act upon it sacrificially.

Missional leaders not only feel the burden of God’s mission but they also act on the burden and act upon it sacrificially. Leading a missional church is not for the faint of heart. It takes courage to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and to lead the church beyond it personal limits. Brokenness, inner turmoil and sacrifice will always be part of the missional leader’s life.

God is so much bigger than our ‘what ifs’ that he can turn them into ’why nots.

Fasting is more about replacing than it is about abstaining – replacing normal activities with focused times of prayer and feeding on the Word of God.

Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader’s worst enemies.

Change leads to growth. Resistance leads to rigidity. Rigidity leads to...

Missional leaders know that their church will only grow as large as its capacity to provide ongoing care through a network of small groups and ministry teams.

There is nothing so unattractive as a whiny person. We can have empathy for a person in deep emotional pain. But a whiny person who gets overwhelmed with perceived unfairness and acts like a two-year-old child who did not get his or her way—well, it can be difficult to relate to that person.

One of the landmines that church planters never dodge is the landmineof leadership development. I will never forget the day when I realizedthat there are no such things as 'ready-made leaders'.

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.