Hey everyone! The Leadership Summit team put together these Next Step Questions to help you or your team take what you have learned and apply it to your life and mission. Whether you personally journal with God or take an afternoon to go over them with your team, we pray that God will use these questions to challenge and inspire you wherever you lead.
If you think of any Next Step Questions that you want to share, we would love for you to post them in the comments section. Let's grow together as we process all that we've learned!
Think back to a "this
is church" moment that you have experienced. If you're with a team, ask
each person to share a moment. If not, journal about the moment that
comes to mind.
Session 2 Questions:
Leadership that
matters is leadership in endeavors and issues that matter to God. If an
outsider were to observe your leadership, would they conclude that you
and Jesus are passionate about the same things? If they were to observe
your church, would they conclude that your church is passionate about
the things that matter to God?
How have you experienced God’s
power, wisdom, and love when you have been willing to follow Him
outside of your comfort zone? If you're with a team, try to think of at
least one experience - large or small - to share. If you're by yourself,
journal your thoughts.
Session 3 Questions:
Are you doing
everything you can to develop your God-given gifts as a leader in order
to make a positive impact on the world? Reflect on the ways that you
nurture your leadership, and pick one area to ramp up your efforts.
Wendy
emphasized that it's one's personal level of conviction that makes it
easy to ask others to get involved. As a church leader, do you find it
difficult or easy to invite others to get involved? Why do you think
that is?
Session 4 Questions:
John described several
barriers that prevent people in his community from turning to God. What
barriers do you think exist for people in your community? How effective
is your church at removing them?
Efrem described four
qualities, based on 1 John 4, that leaders need to effectively lead
across cultures and races. Which of the four, listed below, would you
identify as needing the most work in your life?
- Loving - loved by God with God’s love flowing through you
- Abiding - abiding in God and being willing to go where the pain is
- Confessing - confessing your excuses and where you’ve gotten it wrong
- Perfecting - be willing to prune what needs to be pruned
Session 5 Questions:
What are you or your church doing that you need to stop doing?
What is God trying to show you or your church through your greatest limitations?
What has God called you or your church to do that you're afraid to attempt?
If you don't have it, what are you going to do to get it?
Session 6 Questions:
Which
fundamental truth of the Christian faith that Chuck outlined resonated
with you the most? Which do you tend to overlook the most?
Chuck
mentioned the difference between imposing our faith on others and
proposing a new way of life. When you talk with non-Christians about
your faith, do you feel like you're imposing or proposing?
Session 7 Questions:
Catherine's
calling to start Prison Entrepreneurship Program was fueled by her view
of grace. Many have consciously or unconsciously considered prisoners
to be excluded from grace. How have you typically viewed those in
prison?
Catherine quoted her pastor, Keith Zafren, who said, "Just show up in the morning, get your orders for the day, and execute
in obedience." Have you executed the instructions you've received in
obedience? Have you allowed fear or criticism to stop you from pursuing
your calling?
Session 8 Questions:
True leaders get a
higher level of fulfillment from empowering other people than from
their own personal achievement. When you're honest with yourself, which
is a higher priority for you: empowerment or personal achievement?
Bill
asked Brad what he would like his leadership era at Best Buy to be
known for. Wherever you lead, when your tenure is finished, what would
you like your leadership era to be known for?
Session 9 Questions:
Honestly
reflect on this question: Am I one of the ones with a fully-committed
heart whom God is searching the earth to find and strengthen?
Have
you ever sensed a calling from God? How have you responded to it? Now
that you've experienced this session, what actions are you going to
take?