- The “Servanthood in the House – GCI.pptx” file is a presentation by Keith L. Moore for the Ministry Development Series.The main challenge addressed in the presentation is to help leaders understand that team cohesion is intentionally built through servanthood and mutual submission, regardless of title or position.Key takeaways from the presentation include:
- We are all ministers and have key callings: The Heavenly Call (Salvation), the Holy Call (Sanctification), and the High Call (Servanthood & Sonship). Maturing to Sonship requires submission to servanthood or ministry.
- Definition of “Servant” (doulos): A slave, bondman, one who gives himself up to another’s will, devoted to another with disregard for one’s own interests.
- Leadership 360° Model: This model emphasizes that mature servant-leaders must be willing to be examined by leaders, peers, and team members, and to give account of their work and ministry. It also highlights the willingness to “sit under judgment” at all times.
- Key Value: Stewardship: Defined by Responsibility, Accountability, and Continuous Improvement. Biblical references for these values are given (Matthew 25:14-30 for Responsibility, Matthew 18:21-25 for Accountability, and Luke 2:52 for Continuous Improvement).
- Foundational Study: Matthew 20:20-28: This section explores several principles through this biblical passage:
- Understand Authority: Obedience to God manifests in obedience to His sent leaders, and defying His leadership is defying God. Authority, direct or delegated, requires submission. This is tied to “Mutual Submission.”
- Be willing to Suffer: Leadership has a cost, and true leadership suffers in service to the vision. Anointing costs. This concept is linked to “Collective Experience,” where leaders bring past learning and continually learn as a team.
- Submit to your Set Place: God places members and leaders in the house where needs can be met and to mature members (1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Ephesians 4).
- Understand Dominion: Worldly Leadership vs. Spiritual Leadership: Contrasts the “Because I say so!” approach of worldly leadership with the “Because I serve so!” of servant-leadership. This is related to “Learned Structure,” where leaders understand all roles and master their assigned role.
- Master the Minister/Greatness Principle: To be “great” means to be a “minister” (diakanos – one who executes commands, a servant). This involves discovering one’s gift, place within the vision, and fulfilling purpose. This is called the “Priority of Ministry.”
- Master the Servant/Chief Principle: To be “chief” (protos – first in rank or influence) means to be a “servant” (doulos). This emphasizes putting Christ and others first, avoiding being position/power hungry, and not seeking the praise of men. This is the “Priority of Servanthood.”
- Live the Sacrificial Life of Ministry: Christ came to minister and give His life as a ransom. This means esteeming others more highly than self, denying and dying to self, and living through Christ unto others. This is the “Mutual Sacrifice.”
- Leadership 360° Summary: Reinforces the idea that team cohesion is built through mutual submission and lists the seven key principles derived from the presentation:
- Key Value: Stewardship (Responsibility, Accountability, Continuous Improvement)
- Mutual Submission
- Collective Experience
- Learned Structure
- Priority of Ministry
- Priority of Servanthood
- Mutual Sacrifice