Spirit-Inspired Diversity in Leadership

Recently I gave a message from Acts 6:1-7 that teaches the importance of diversity in church leadership.

An Acts-type of Spirit-filled church will be moving in the direction of equal and fair representation in its leadership

And yes, I deal with why they chose 7 MEN and why it does NOT teach in any way that leadership teams should be made up entirely of males (in fact, quite the opposite I argue).

You can watch/listen to that teaching above or HERE.

I end that message focusing on our church's story.

An often overlooked component of church (re)vitalization is the connection with empowering women leaders in the church. This has been true throughout history and throughout some of the great revivals of the church.

So part of my prayer has always been that God would raise up women and men leaders in our church who adequately represent the makeup of our church as well as those we are called to reach with the good news.

Are we doing this perfectly? Of course not, we’re on the same progressive journey in some ways as the church in Acts, but with the help of the Spirit we’re trying.

Our church's story is very unique and, although we don’t promote it, it has received attention and we’re sometimes asked to share it.

I was recently asked by a leadership conference in Alberta to share examples of how equal representation of women in leadership in our church has been key to our growth in discipleship together.

It's included at the end of the above message, but also separately here if you only want to watch the 3-minute clip: