A strategy of developing leaders from and for the Harvest is central to the HARVEST culture. The goal of this area is to assist students in discovering and exercising their spiritual gifts by serving in leadership roles in BSM. |
The Givens for Leadership / Team Building
- Biblical Basis:
- John 13, Philippians 2, Ephesians 4:11–12
- The Equipping Ministry - A Biblical Basis for Leadership Development & Team Building by Rick Spencer
- Servanthood - A Biblical Basis for Servant Leadership by Rick Spencer
- Setting Things Straight - Five Images of Christian Leadership by Rick Spencer
- Pacesetter: Involve 10-15 students per staff member as leaders of the BSM appointing leadership prior to the next semester start date
- Spiritual Focus: Meet regularly with leadership of BSM as coach/mentor assisting each student in spiritual formation, personal concerns, and ministry focus
- Equipping: Train students so they can train others, creating exponential growth
- Incarnational: Exhibit an equipping ministry throughout the entire BSM structure
Leadership / Team Building Tasks for New Workers
- Complete The Equipping Ministry - A Biblical Basis for Leadership Development & Team Building.
- Apply a Gift Assessment for students using and the PLACE profile.
- Use a spiritual growth plan for the Leadership Team that includes weekly conferences.
- Read A Manifesto for Growing Leaders on Your Campus by Tim Elmore.
- Complete Servanthood - A Biblical Basis for Servant Leadership by end of your second fall semester.
- Organize and implement two Leadership Team Retreats - one before school in the fall and one in the spring.
- Develop a leadership strategy for your BSM including leadership structure, recruitment plan, and personal growth plan (implementation to begin April of first year).
- Read Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders
- Continue developing your campus leadership strategy.
- Enlist a Campus Missionary Intern for year 3.
- Visit another like campus (with similar leadership structure).
Leadership / Team Building Reading
Top Reading Recommendations
- A Manifesto for Growing Leaders on Your Campus by Tim Elmore
- Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders
- Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry by Ruth Haley Barton
Additional Reading Recommendations
- Habitudes Series by Tim Elmore (use with students)
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Bradberry & Greaves
- StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
- Growing Leaders Website offers events, tools and comprehensive programs that promote healthy character and leadership development in the next generation. We also offer a variety of resources for the parents, teachers, coaches and mentors who shape their lives
Further Reading Recommendations
- Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels
- Disciples Prayer Life Walking in Fellows by T.W. Hunt
- Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God by Henry Blackaby
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
- Jesus on Leadership by Gene Wilkes
- Mentoring: How to Invest Your Life in Others by Tim Elmore
- Personal Bible Study Methods by Rick Warren
- Revolution in Leadership: Training Apostles for Tomorrow's Church by Reggie McNeal
- Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System by James M. Strock
- Spiritual Disciplines Companion: Bible Studies and Practices to Transform Your Soul by Jan Johnson
- The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow by John Maxwell
- A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders by Reggie McNeal
- Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction by Gary McIntosh and Samuel Rima
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James Collins and Jerry Porras
- Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi
- Uniquely You in Christ (spiritual gifts and personality types profile) by Mels Carbonell, 1-800-501-0490
- Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems by Barry Johnson
- The Bridger Generation by Thom S. Rainer
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John Maxwell
- What Leaders Really Do by John Kotter
- The Equipping of Disciples by John Hendrix and Lloyd Householder
Additional Leadership / Team Building Helps
- Leadership Culture
- Leadership Team
- Spiritual Growth Tracts adapted from Roger Matkin's Nurturing Spiritual Growth (used with permission)
- State Lead Team
- The Mother Duck Principle of Leadership
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