I admit it, I am one of those guys who watches the NFL draft.
As a hardcore Steelers fan, I know that championships are won and lost on draft day. While teams can improve through free agency, it has proven time and time again that teams that draft well are the teams who win super bowls. Just look at the past few winners of the super bowl, they draft well.
Baseball teams are starting to learn this. For years, we have watched the Yankees spend millions every year on free agents and spend very little on their minor league system. The last time the Yankees won the World Series? 2000.
It is the same in churches.
I think many churches look for the superstar, bring that person in and hope that something great will happen. This can happen, but very rarely does. Many churches today that are effective, growing, and are healthy hire from within. They find volunteers who are doing a job in the church and raise them up to paid staff.
In his book Leaders at all levels, Ram Charan lays out a plan on leadership development and how to proactively raise up leaders.
As a church leader, have you thought through how people rise up in your church? How do you identify leaders? How do you raise up leaders? How do leaders join your team?
So True!