Great differentiation between "minister" and "leader." It's challenging to me as I often use "leadership" in the broadest sense of the word (maybe more cultural than biblical). Some of my use it intentionally to reach our culture and where they are at. "Minister" is a misunderstood and hard-to-digest word for people outside and (unfortunately) inside the church. Thanks for your work on this.
Right! If we're honest, the word "leader" is not in the Bible either, so it can be problematic. We're all "leaders" in some sense. But I'm using "leader"/"leadership" as a way to summarize the defined biblical roles of elder, deacon, apostle, etc.
Great differentiation between "minister" and "leader." It's challenging to me as I often use "leadership" in the broadest sense of the word (maybe more cultural than biblical). Some of my use it intentionally to reach our culture and where they are at. "Minister" is a misunderstood and hard-to-digest word for people outside and (unfortunately) inside the church. Thanks for your work on this.
Right! If we're honest, the word "leader" is not in the Bible either, so it can be problematic. We're all "leaders" in some sense. But I'm using "leader"/"leadership" as a way to summarize the defined biblical roles of elder, deacon, apostle, etc.