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    New Covenant Leaders
    New Covenant Leaders
    New Covenant Leaders
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    New Covenant Leaders

    By Jonathan Welton

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    When it comes to leadership books, we find a vast sea of titles. How is this book any different? The answer is simple. This is not a book for those who want a highly controlled environment. This is a book for those longing for the biblical reality of New Covenant-styled leaders.
    New Covenant leaders are servant-hearted, vulnerable, affectionate, openhearted and transparent. They don't talk about covering or being under spiritual authority, rather they are true mothers and fathers in the faith, and their churches are easily described as spiritual family.
    If you want a revolutionary book on leadership, this is it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 15, 2014
    ISBN9781483533957
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      WASHING FEET

      On Thursday, March 28, 2013, the newly appointed Pope Francis made a bold leadership move. It was Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, and tradition dictated he should hold a foot washing ceremony in memory of Jesus' act of servitude at the Last Supper. The Pope did just that, only he changed it up. Instead of washing the feet of twelve priests during a mass held at Rome's St. John Lateran Basilica—as his predecessors had done for centuries—Pope Francis decided to hold his Maundy Thursday mass at a nearby youth prison. There, he washed the feet of twelve young prisoners, including two women.¹

      This decision endeared him among many but also shocked and offended a great number of traditionalist Catholics. Why did he do it? We can find some explanation in his words during a mass at St. Peter's Basilica earlier that week. He said, We need to go out to the outskirts where there is suffering, bloodshed, blindness that longs for sight, and prisoners in thrall to many evil masters.² In other words, as Jesus said, we need to serve the least of these (Matt. 25:40).

      I find Pope Francis' actions a compelling example of the type of servant leadership Jesus called His followers to when He walked the earth. Like Jesus, the Pope bent down to serve—not just other leaders, but delinquents and nonbelievers, too. When he washed and kissed their feet, he used his authority to honor, not control.

      Compare this to the actions of Jesus' disciples, in their early years, as they vied and connived in an attempt to gain power. The power-seeking undercurrents among the twelve surfaced when James and John, the sons of Zebedee, brought their mother to Jesus with a special request. She said to Him, Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom (Matt. 20:21). It was a classic attempt at political maneuvering, but Jesus would have none of it.

      To the two brothers, who were standing with their mother, hoping to be promised positions of power in Jesus' coming reign, He said, You don't know what you are asking....Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? (Matt. 20:22).

      Even in the face of this response from Jesus, these two were not short on confidence. We can, they boasted (Matt. 20:22). And Jesus promised to hold them to it. Still, He said, He could not promise them any such positions of authority in His coming Kingdom. He said:

      You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father (Matthew 20:23).

      Not surprisingly, the other ten disciples responded in anger when they discovered the brothers' scheme. To avoid an all-out brawl, Jesus called a family meeting. It was time for Leadership 101. He said:

      You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Matthew 20:25-28).

      In response to their jockeying for position, Jesus told them they were acting just like all the power-hungry leaders in the world, and He drew a line in the sand, saying, Not so with you. This is not how His disciples act.

      It's important, here, to recognize what Jesus was saying no to, and what He wasn't. While He rebuked their power-hungry attitudes, He did not censure their desire for greatness. He didn't tell them they shouldn't want to be great. He just redefined what greatness looks like. They'd grown up (like many of us) equating greatness with power and fame, with the ability to get what one wants. That was the dominant view, but Jesus (as He loved to do) called the standard into question. His formula for greatness probably seemed like the opposite of greatness to His disciples. And it begs the question, what is true greatness?

      Our definition of greatness is often based on what Jesus called the leaven of Herod. Using a metaphor based on a common activity of His day—the baking of

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