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Resources to Cold Churches Great Commission Resources Products Welcome to the Family Greeters Ministry REACH OUT! Shepherding  Search Seeds for Growth is a periodic, low-volume email newsletter giving ideas and tips for churches and church leaders.
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1. Identify people you would like to see as leaders in the
future, from elementary school aged children to adults. Keep a list and
pray for them regularly by name.
2. Write a letter of praise to a young person who shows leadership potential. Point out specific reasons you think that person will be a leader in the kingdom of God. 3. Take a young man to lunch and talk about how he can begin to prepare himself to be a deacon or an elder. 4. Invite a young person to sit in on an elders’ meeting. Be sure to seek the input of the young person as decisions are made. 5. Ask a potential leader to prepare an outline for a scriptural study on a question the elders are considering. 6. Participate fully when the youth ministry has leadership training. 7. Teach an elementary aged Bible class, or at least substitute teach. 8. Ask a young person to share his or her dream for serving in the Kingdom of God with you. If they do not yet have a long term dream for serving God, help them to form one to work toward. 9. Ask a potential leader to read a book on leadership that you are also reading, then schedule time to discuss the ideas you both discovered. 10. Offer to pay for a young couple to attend a church growth seminar or lectureship. This article is from Shepherding: Ten Ways to Be a More Effective Elder |