A Shift in Leadership

A Shift in Leadership

obey God. If churches do not release their leaders to move into a higher level of ministry, they will frustrate the leaders and grieve the Holy Spirit. Churches must be set free from what they think their leaders should be and do. We will see more leaders raised up who will not fit the traditional concept of "pastor." They cannot be locked into a position and place because of the expectations and demands of the people. Both leaders and churches must be free to operate in the higher callings and gifts of God. Leaders cannot be afraid to make this shift. Fear will paralyze you and prevent you from possessing your inheritance. There are many leaders who are even afraid of the term "apostle." They are comfortable with "pastor" because it is accepted and respected by most of the church and the community. We cannot be afraid of the terms God has given us in His word. We have received Holy Ghost inspired words to understand spiritual things (1 Corinthians 2:13). We are living in another time of great shifting. God is realigning and restructuring the Church. After years of building churches one way, we are all of a sudden confronted with a new and better way. In order for churches to shift, there must be a shift in leadership. The leaders of the church must make the shift into a new order of ministry. This is a paradigm shift. A paradigm is an example serving as a model. The model for building churches is changing. Even the world knows the importance of shifting. Economies must shift to continue to grow. We have

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