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Questions to ask yourself:

★ Why have you come to the praise team?

★ Do you have the passion?

★ Are you committed?

★ Can you be called faithful?

★ Can you be the model the kingdom requires?

Leadership is not for the weak. It is not for those seeking position or popularity. It is for
someone seeking the presence of God.

What is leadership? In one word—influence. The ability to influence action to accomplish a
common goal. In this case, it is the ability to influence the team to embrace the vision and the
purpose of the ministry they have connected themselves to.

● Leadership is through visibility. It is what is seen and not by what is said.

● Leadership is by example. Be able to model what you expect.

● Leadership inspects what it expects.

● Leadership can separate relationships from responsibility. Your “friends” will not put you
in the position to compromise the guidelines and expectation of the ministry to please them.
Your justice and Judgement must be fair and untainted by friendship and favor.

Leaders are not to oppress and overpower others with their authority, like the Gentiles practiced.
Instead, leaders serve others, which Jesus demonstrated when He “made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found
in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even
the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:7-8).

The Ministry in its essence, is not a democracy, but rather, a Theocracy. Although some decisions
can be put to a vote, it is not the task of leadership to always have a consensus to decide the
outcome of certain situations. As a leader, you must be bold enough to make
“hard” decisions. There are times that “voting” confuses the situation and hinders the execution
of the task.