5 Qualities of a Spiritually Healthy Leader -

A leader’s spiritual well-being impacts the effectiveness of the ministry; this is true whether it’s behind the pulpit of a church or a desk in a business. The lives of others, such as a leader’s family and those he or she leads, are also affected. The not-so-good news concerning being spiritually healthy is this: no leader is perfect or complete. The good news, however, is that a person can grow.

Excerpt from The Spiritually Healthy Leader

What is a spiritually healthy leader? The consensus of what it means to be spiritually healthy includes such things as personal values, connecting with God as well as others, transcendence, and growth or becoming. In The Spiritually Healthy Leader, our focus stems from the understanding that a spiritually healthy leader consists of the following:

5 Qualities of a Spiritually Healthy Leader

You have a clear sense of your God-given purpose and are aligned with it.
Your beliefs and philosophies are scripturally sound.
You understand your life impacts others and live accordingly.
You are engaged in being a fully dimensional person with multifaceted components
You are given to growth and progress, becoming versus doing.

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God’s Word explicitly asserts we will give an account of everything we are before Him, including our spiritual health. To this end, we have been given great responsibility; it is our responsibility to grow, to become spiritually healthy.

For leadership stewards of His church, responsibility takes various forms. For example, a pastor’s time is earmarked with spiritual matters connected to God’s people, such as relationship building, pastoral counseling, community building, sometimes temple building, and ministerial functions such as baby dedications, baptisms, funerals, and so on.

In contrast, an evangelist’s role may be more transient in nature. This still requires responsibilities to both God and people but with a different degree of authority among people. Likewise, a Christian leader’s activities in the workplace might entail meetings, business travel, an expense account with long lunches or late dinners, such activities as firing someone, or making decisions that could greatly impact the livelihood of employees and so on.

The roles and responsibilities a leader fulfills often occur in environments where it is impossible for any one person to pay close enough attention to account for your time or gauge your pursuit of being spiritual. It is impossible for others to give an account for what you have done or where you have been. So who are you responsible to, especially in the most important of matters, such as being spiritually healthy? The answer is no one but yourself.