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12 Warning Signs You’re a Power-Hungry Leader

By Filings on Fri, 05/30/25
Christian Living
Leadership
Authoritarianism
Authoritarian Pastors
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“Christian leaders are called to be servant leaders, willing to be last in order to lead (Matt 20:26). Even Christians, though, wrestle with a desire to be powerful and influential.” - Chuck Lawless

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Bert Perry

NewWe might state...

Fri, 05/30/25

....that the chief sign of a power hungry leader is that he's not following the Bible's mandate to make disciples. You can have your eye on developing people in Christ, or you can have your gaze on mroe and more power and prestige--both does not work.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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