Excellence in Leadership (Rogers) – Course Study Guide (Print)

The textbooks used in this course were selected because we consider them to be two of the best available and well adapted to this course of study. “They Smell Like Sheep” by Dr. Lynn Anderson and “Leadership After God’s Own Heart” by Dr. L. Ken Jones, president of Lubbock Christian University, contain a wealth of knowledge which will increase your understanding and significance of true biblical leadership. Both of these men are members of the Lord’s church and have a depth of understanding about spiritual leadership which will assist you in your continuing growth and effectiveness as leaders. As with all books written by men, we need to be aware that they are just men and their writings must not be viewed on the same level of authority as the inspired Word of God. The principle, “use what is good and discard what is not good” applies to all textbooks used with our courses. Please be wise enough to discard any and all teaching that is not biblical.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• LESSON 1: Introduction: Identifying Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
• LESSON 2: The Church Is the Body of Christ (1).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
• LESSON 3: The Church Is the Body of Christ (2).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
• LESSON 4: The Church Is the Body of Christ (3).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
• LESSON 5: Leadership in the Body (1) Leaders In A Living Organism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
• LESSON 6: Leadership in the Body (2) The Leader’s Prime Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
• LESSON 7: Leadership in the Body (3) The Servant’s Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
• LESSON 8: Leadership in the Body (4) The Servant’s Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
• LESSON 9: Leadership in the Body (5) Leaders, Guardians and Shepherds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
• LESSON 10: Leadership in the Body (6) Developing Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
• LESSON 11: Special Study on “Example”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
• LESSON 12: The Leader’s Goal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

INTRODUCTION:
Every institution is but the lengthened shadow of its leaders. When you find a church which is dynamic and growing, you will find a church which has a leadership which is dynamic and growing. Find a congregation which has merely been “keeping house” for the Lord, little changed for the past ten years, (except maybe getting smaller), and you will likely find a leadership which is stagnant and lifeless.
The church is the body of Christ. It is the only medium through which the world is to know the way of salvation from its sins. It was purchased with the blood of Christ. How important it is to our contemporary world that the lengthened shadow of the church, with its leaders, be growing ever longer and reaching toward perfection.