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Nations crumble, churches and business fail, families become dysfunctional, children lose their way, and men stray from God for one disturbing reason; lack of leadership. These failures are often because of the lack of instruction, proper leadership, and confusion over what Christian leadership is and how that leadership is applicable to every facet of business and personal life.

The Webster Dictionary defines leadership as an office or position, the capacity to lead, the act or an instance of leading (Merriam-Webster, 2011). Leader is defined as; a person who directs a military force or unit, a person who has commanding authority or influence (Merriam-Webster, 2011). The Army defines leadership as the process of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. (Department of the Army, 2006 pg 1-2)

Robert Clinton states “The central task of leadership is influencing God’s people toward God’s purposes” (Clinton, 1988). George Barna defines a Christain Leader as “someone who is called by God to lead; leads with and through Christlike character; and demonstrates the functional competencies that permit effective leadership to take place” (Barna, 1997). It is a shame we as Christians fail to recognize that Christ would have us be leaders in more than the church.

Nations crumble for lack of Godly leadership, many nations though they have good leaders fail because they take their eyes off of God and focus on the worlds version of success; they store up their treasures in this world where they are easily destroyed, and they believe that worldly treasures are a mark of success and base their success off of that. But God calls us to plac...

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...lled me to submit to that supervisor. Jesus empowered his disciples to perform tasks and go out and fulfill their calling.

Works Cited

Barna, G. (1997). Leaders on Leadership. Ventura.

Blackaby, H. B. (2001). Spiritual Leadership. Nashville: B&H Publishing.

Clinton, R. (1988). The Making of a Leader. Colorado Springs: NavPress.

Crockett, K. (2001). Making Today Count for Eternity. Sisters: Multnomah Publishers.

Howe, W. S. (1998). The Fourth Turning An American Phrophecy. New York: Broadway Books.

Nelson Bibles. (2005). The New Century Bible. Fort Worth: Thomas Nelson Inc.

Posner, J. M. (2007). The Leadership Challange. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Young, D. S. (1999). Servant Leadership for Church Renewal: Sheperds By the Living Springs. Scottdale: Herald Press.

Zondervan. (2002). The Holy Bible New International Version. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

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