May 10, 2025

8 Quality Characteristics #1: Empowering Leadership

Recently, I was at the conference office for a pastors meeting for two days, and the guest speakers on Natural Church Development, and they talked about eight quality characteristics that all churches should have. I would like to share them here each week.

Paul says in Ephesians 4:12, “for equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying the body of Christ.” Empowering leadership is what Jesus did for His disciples to expand the kingdom of God. The disciples of Jesus came from different backgrounds, where many were fishermen, a tax collector, and such. Most of them did not stand out in terms of social status, but Jesus empowered them with the Holy Spirit, as we find in Acts 1:8, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…”

We see similar examples in the Old Testament as well. God called Moses out of the wilderness after 40 years to lead God’s people out of Egypt. God chose young boy David, over his qualified brothers, as the next king of Israel. A generation before that, God empowered Samuel in his childhood to be the spiritual leader for God’s people. God empowered Queen Esther to rise up in times of crisis for her people. God uses people for His work, He works through us.

I remember the time when I gave my first sermon, I was in sixth grade. My dad told me to give a sermon one day, which did not make any sense. I didn’t think I was old enough or qualified by any means to give a sermon, but he empowered me. He walked through the steps of what I needed to do, we rehearsed and prayed. It was a special moment for me. Empowering leadership will come in different forms, but it is an important characteristic that is needed for our church today. I know we all can be leaders, it’s time to empower you with the Holy Spirit.

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