Real good stuff on leadership. Reposted from @tcniganmu ???’? ???? ?? ??? ????? 18 | 12 | 2021 ?? ??????? ?? ??? ??????? ??. ? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pastor Poju Oyemade (@pastorpoju)
Relating with those in authority can be very “tricky.” Some have found themselves in abusive relationships with those in authority over them where they feel undermined and lose their sense of self-worth. In other cases, people have been outrightly rebellious and divisive in their relationship. I will focus in this article on spiritual authority only I.e the pastoral office. What…
A friend of mine asked me a question during my 50th birthday party. She said every facet of your life is represented here. Those who knew you in kindergarten, primary school friends, Secondary school friends, University days when you were in the world and then the Christian friends, ministers of the gospel, etc. How did you do it she asked?…
When I became the president of our campus fellowship back then in the University of Lagos around about 1989, I asked a senior colleague in ministry Rev Kola Ewuosho (sitting to my far right) in this photograph or to the far left of what you are looking at) how best to administer the finances of the fellowship. He gave me…
Mentorship in ministry is not about getting advice from the “biggest person” but from the right person for you. It’s not a social thing it is spiritual; may just be the person a few steps ahead of you who can show you the next moves to make because it’s still fresh in his memory. ~ Pastor Poju Oyemade
Paul’s encounter with the crippled man at Lystra defines what purposeful leadership is all about. Paul preached and by that, faith was kindled in the heart of the man to do what he had never done before. Paul fulfilled the second aspect of leadership when he recognized what the crippled man possessed which he the infirmed man wasn’t even aware…