Management-Performance or Character-Notes

SERIES: THE CHURCH IS NOT A BUSINESS!

Management: Performance or Character?

SCRIPTURE: Acts 20:17-38

THEME: In God’s work, the leader’s character determines the leader’s performance.

I. Who the leader is: He is a _______ of God (Acts 20:17-19; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Peter 5:1-4)

A. He is ________________ to lead (Ephesians 4:7, 11)

B. He leads by ___________________ (Acts 20:34-35)

C. He leads in _____________________ (Acts 20:19)

II. What the leader does: He is a __________________ of God’s flock

A. He ______________ the flock from the Word of God (Acts 20:20, 27)

B. He ______________ the flock through exhortation (Acts 20:31; 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12)

C. He _______________ the flock through teaching and warning (Acts 20:28-30)

III. What the leader’s focus is: He is a ________________ of God’s Church (Acts 20:24-27)

A. He must focus on the __________________ God has given him (Acts 20:24)

B. He must focus on ________________ and the _____________ (Acts 6:4)

C. He must focus on the _______________ of the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-16)

ANSWERS: man, called, example, humility, shepherd, feeds, leads, guards, servant, ministry, prayer, Word, growth