At DeoWorks, our vision is to create wholistic servant leaders for God’s kingdom mission by providing programs that address both leadership formation and leadership development.
Leadership formation and leadership development may initially seem like they are the same thing. But the reality is that the formation of godly leaders and the development of effective leaders actually address two distinct spheres of Christian leadership. When we talk about leadership formation, we are primarily talking about issues of the heart, the formation of a leader’s soul and their affective relationship with God.
Leadership Formation
This is primarily talking about issues of the heart, the formation of a leader’s soul and their affective relationship with God.
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Leadership development
This is concerned with the external aspects of a leader’s life and practice.
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A Christian leader needs both leadership formation and leadership development in order to become wholistic servant leaders in God’s Kingdom mission.
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Leadership Formation
Leadership formation is concerned with addressing the inner life issues that may hinder authentic, intimate relationship with God.
Through the course of our development as humans, created in the image of God, but marred by the Fall, we all experience various events and traumas that wound us in unique ways, leaving us with insecurities, feelings of inadequacy and often a sense of guilt and/or shame, which create barriers to our full experience of God’s immeasurable and unconditional love for us in Christ. Unfortunately, many of these inner life issues remain unacknowledged and unidentified until they begin to surface as a result of the inevitable pressures and stress of leadership, often creating challenges in the life of the leader and in the organizations they lead.
Leadership formation helps leaders identify these issues and proactively deal with them so that they might continue to grow in their experience of, and response to, the love of God. One of the most helpful tools that can enable a Christian leader to process these inner life issues is the discipline of Spiritual Direction.
Spiritual direction is a key discipline for Christian leaders because the dynamics of the ministry world are complicated and, at times, lonely. Spiritual Direction is also a clarifying and transformative discipline for spiritual growth for all believers as we navigate the spiritual journey.
Through the course of our development as humans, created in the image of God, but marred by the Fall, we all experience various events and traumas that wound us in unique ways, leaving us with insecurities, feelings of inadequacy and often a sense of guilt and/or shame, which create barriers to our full experience of God’s immeasurable and unconditional love for us in Christ. Unfortunately, many of these inner life issues remain unacknowledged and unidentified until they begin to surface as a result of the inevitable pressures and stress of leadership, often creating challenges in the life of the leader and in the organizations they lead.
Leadership formation helps leaders identify these issues and proactively deal with them so that they might continue to grow in their experience of, and response to, the love of God. One of the most helpful tools that can enable a Christian leader to process these inner life issues is the discipline of Spiritual Direction.
Spiritual direction is a key discipline for Christian leaders because the dynamics of the ministry world are complicated and, at times, lonely. Spiritual Direction is also a clarifying and transformative discipline for spiritual growth for all believers as we navigate the spiritual journey.
Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership
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Sam Rima is the Director of Leadership Formation.
Sam hosts a workshop, Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, which has been successfully conducted in hundreds of churches and non-profit organizations.
The workshop is designed to assist leaders in the process of identifying and processing inner life issues that are the most frequent cause of friction and dysfunction in their personal life, relationships and leadership. Click here to learn more Click to donate to Leadership Formation |
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Leadership Assessment
National Indigenous Leadership Formation
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National indigenous leaders in countries that have the highest concentration of Unreached People Groups (UPG’s) in the world are catching the vision to reach the unreached people in their midst. They have the language and culture and have more influence than the western missionary. India, China and Pakistan are a few of the top ranking countries
On a positive note, we are seeing a rise of national (indigenous) leaders coming from countries which contain the largest numbers of unreached people groups. Within these shame based cultures, we are seeing that the capacity for ministry among these leaders is high… they have passion, they are skilled, they have a vision. However their capacity for ministry often outstrips their character capacity. The distortion of “godliness” and what is being modeled for the underground network of believers is not healthy. Systemic issues such as pornography, spousal abuse, neglect of children (in order to do ministry), lying, abusive power, control, manipulation are some examples that we are seeing. |
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Our Vision
To see a movement of national leaders who can imitate Christ’s model of authenticity and transparency of the heart. As a result, Christ’s power and His authority are demonstrated through our dependence upon Christ and His body. |