I’ve been hearing a subtle shift (and sometimes not-so-subtle) in some emerging leaders away from sacrifice and servant-hood to savvy staging and success, from empathy to empire, from celebration to celebrity. “I want to be famous for Jesus so I can influence many.”
Celebrity—not to be confused with having a broad influence as a leader—has no place in the church. Period. It is dangerous and subversive to the gospel itself. Celebrity puts leaders on pedestals (usually not of their own making) and then crucifies them when they fall off or fail to meet the image others have created for them. Celebrity creates unreachable “guru-status” with special inside knowledge or gifting and by default makes that gifting seem unattainable to the masses.
Jesus Himself rejected man’s pedestals and crowns, instead choosing a cross.
The gospel is a celebration of His strength in our weakness, His faithfulness in our failures, His beauty in our brokenness and His victory in places of our defeat.
Are we raising up a generation truly hungry for Jesus even if He takes them to a place of utter obscurity where they never see a stage or receive a speaking invitation?
(Source:4lah)
0 Comments
COMMENT
------------------
We love to hear from you, make use of the comment field after every post and drop your comments. Also tick the box in the comments area to get notified via your email for the replies on your comments. Thanks
DISCLAIMER:
*Comments on this Web are NOT posted by Tundegold.
*Readers are SOLELY responsible for the comments they post.
*Also, where necessary, all posts are duly referenced.Thank you.
COPYRIGHT WARNING!
We work really hard and put a lot of effort and resources into our content, providing our readers with plagiarism-free articles, original and high-quality texts.
Contents on this website may not be copied, republished, reproduced, redistributed either in whole or in part without due permission or acknowledgement. Proper acknowledgement include, but not limited to (a) Proper referencing in the case of usage in research, magazine, brochure, or academic purposes, (b)"FAIR USE" in the case of re-publication on online media.
About possible consequences you can read here:What are the consequences of copyright infringement?
Tundegold is a property of Grandunicorn Limited and we have all legal actions at our disposal to take within and outside the internet in effort to protect our intellectual properties. All contents are protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1996 (DMCA).