tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011314028160236945.post9176845286873022495..comments2023-05-07T06:33:50.037-04:00Comments on Disciple's Diary: Leadership in Biblical PerspectiveR. Wayne Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17082799151578983563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011314028160236945.post-89385447180308555762012-07-13T11:09:14.329-04:002012-07-13T11:09:14.329-04:00Astute observation, John - that Paul likely would ...Astute observation, John - that Paul likely would never have been approved by a search committee in today's churches, a testimony to how deeply flawed the whole search process is and how fully assimilated today's churches have become to the world's ways of doing things. The mantra in today's churches seems to be, "If it will work in the board room, it'll work in the church." Yet, when I read the New Testament, one thing is crystal clear - The church of Jesus Christ is a COUNTER-cultural reality. I get uneasy when the best ideas we can come up with in the church always seem to come from whatever is trendy or fashionable in the world.R. Wayne Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082799151578983563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011314028160236945.post-54190390267703009172012-07-12T13:02:56.312-04:002012-07-12T13:02:56.312-04:00A very interesting post. I think you are right. ...A very interesting post. I think you are right. However, could it be that the biblical perspective of leadership, a calling is a call for leadership in a space that is not what we call "the church" today. I wonder if Paul would ever have been approved by a search committee of any of the churches today. Maybe the call is to a particular task, function, or mission and not a call to a "position" within an institution. Maybe when we listen for the word of God today, we are listening to the wrong people. Maybe the ones called are not "in" the church.....hmmmmmm. Just wondering.John Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064451981374409565noreply@blogger.com