Leaders Protecting the Status Quo

"I have heard leaders use the notion of a church member’s interests to safeguard their own position. "

The more I look at the way the apostles reacted (inappropriately - badly) to major change, the more optimistic I am about myself, and those I am training as leaders, in the churches in Manchester to succeed. Having had the tragic argument of who was the greatest exposed by Jesus, the apostles changed tack and complained to Jesus … “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.” Luke 9:49

The desire to protect the status quo in a time of change is a very strong instinct. Sometimes, like the apostles, we can use what seems a very noble thing to protect ourselves. I have heard leaders use the notion of a church member’s interests to safeguard their own position. They argue that the proposed change would not go down well with a certain group of people, when it is really the leader who has the problem with the impending changes.

Leaders can also get very defensive in times of change and uncertainty. The Apostles reaction to the Samaritans villagers who did not welcome them was way over the top “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” (Luke 9:54). Before we look at Jesus response to their call for total destruction there are still other ways the apostles reacted to change. The next blog highlights the theme: Where do we fit?

Leaders Protecting the Status Quo

The more I look at the way the apostles reacted (inappropriately - badly) to major change, the more optimistic I am about myself, and those I am training as leaders, in the churches in Manchester to succeed. Having had the tragic argument of who was the greatest exposed by Jesus, the apostles changed tack and complained to Jesus … “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.” Luke 9:49