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LEADERSHIP

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CONTENT:

 Introduction to Leadership

 The Subject of Loyalty

INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP
In every person, there is potential for leadership. Despite the latent ability lying
below the surface, there are very few individuals who realize this power and
fewer still who have answered this call of leadership. Because of this, our
churches, communities and nations as a whole are suffering from astounding
leadership vacuum.

Leadership is the ability to influence people to follow you in accomplishing a

course. Therein lies the problem. Most people define leadership as the ability to
achieve a position, not to influence followers. So, they pursue positions, ranks,
titles and when they get it, they think they have become leaders. The true
meaning of leadership is influence – basically. Take away for a moment the
moral and spiritual aspect of it, that‟s basically what it is. Hitler was a leader
and so was Martin Luther. When you define leadership in its basic form, then
it‟ll be easier to identify the factors that make for leadership.

God has ordained that all of His Children are to be leaders. Consider the
following scriptures

Matthew 5:14
“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid”

Light reveals. Light gives clarity. Light gives direction. Light defines. Light
stands for leadership.

Matthew 28:18-19
And Jesus came and spake unto them saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. Go therefore and teach all nations…

To teach is to instruct, enlighten, to educate. To teach therefore is to provide

leadership. Therefore, all believers have been called unto leadership – spiritual
leadership.

Naturally speaking also, everyone has the potentials to lead in natural things,
Sociologists tell us that even the most introverted individual will influence ten
thousand other people during his or her lifetime! This goes therefore to show
that each one of us is both influencing and being influenced by others. That
means that all of us are leading in some ways, and in some other ways, we are
being led. No one is exempted from being a leader or a follower.

Everything God has accomplished in the world aside creation, He has done
through men yielded to Him through whom He provides leadership to others.
When God wanted to make humanity, He simply made Adam and left with him
the responsibility to reproduce and replenish the earth. When God wanted to
raise a people through whom the world will be saved, He picked Abraham.
When God wanted to save the people from the flood, He chose Noah. When
God wanted to save Israel from Egypt, He raised Moses. When God wanted to
give the world eternal life, He gave us Jesus. Jesus Himself gave us the Apostles
and till today, He still gives us ministry gifts that continues to provide
leadership in the church. God does His work through men whom He uses to
provide leadership for others.

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

THE PURPOSE OF LEADERSHIP

To say this as simply as possible, the purpose of leadership is to produce other
leaders in that particular call of life.
The maintenance of followers or subordinates is not the goal of leadership. A
leadership that only create perpetual followers is a failed leadership. Paul
describes such followers succinctly in 2 Timothy 3:7

“Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

Many who occupy leadership positions believe that their leadership should be
measured by how many people look up to or depend on them. They boast of
being in great demand by so many followers for so long. But that is a failed
leadership.

Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time you ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such
as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
The true leader measures his success and effectiveness by the diminishing
degree of the dependency of his followers. Effective leadership makes itself
increasingly unnecessary. The very fact that Jesus left before even the disciples
began ministry proves that He had provided excellent leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP

True leadership cannot be divorced from the basic qualities of a good and sound
character. There are some who insist that their personal lives should not be
linked with their professional position as a leader, and that their activities and
behavior outside of their role as leader has no bearing on their ability to
perform. This is a grave error and has accounted for the tragic fall of many great
men and women who attempted to violate this principle of the integration of the
complete personality. This is particularly true in the high and holy calling of
leadership in ministry.

Since leadership is a matter of inspiration based on character, then a careful

understanding of the qualities that make for strong character building must be
studied and embraced if you‟re going to exercise the capacity of quality
leadership the world so desperately needs today.

 Character Qualification
Leaders must demonstrate their commitment to the highest ideals and principles
of the word of God. Never compromising the standards of truth, honesty and
integrity in all walks of life. A leader must not allow himself be given to
indulgences or secret lifestyle that would undermine his character or mar his
public witness. He must be above reproach.
Every time you‟re put in a position of responsibility, you automatically become
a target for temptation. When you become a leader, you are put in a highly
visible position and you become attractive to many interests. If you want to be a
leader and you cannot control your passions, you have to wait and get trained
and discipline yourself.

 Intellectual Qualification
True leaders are constantly reaching for more knowledge. If you desire to
become an effective leader, you must give yourself to study and never graduate
from the University of Life. Any effective teacher is a deep and continuous
learner. They continually discover that all they know is what they have learnt
and all they have learnt is not all there is to know. True leaders initiate their
own learning.
Mastery and absolute competence is non-negotiable for a leader, therefore he
must have passion for more knowledge.

 Emotional Qualification
A leader must have his emotions in check. He must not act by impulse of based
on emotions or the rave of the moment. This is why patience will be a very
important virtue for a leader. There will always be situations that will scare
others, challenges of life will come to him just as much as they come to those he
leads, and even probably more, but he must remain composed because of his
knowledge and faith in God‟s word, so that he can truly be a leader to his
people as they will need his strength to draw from and be encouraged.

 Spiritual Qualification
The leader must have answers or know how to get his answers. Of what use is a
leader who is as confused as the people he leads? A leader who does not know
how to persevere in prayer, who does not know how to wait on the Lord with
fasting, who does not know the rudiments of Bible study, who does not know
hoe to exercise his faith independently and does not know how to hear from
God himself, how will he lead God‟s people successfully?
THE SUBJECT OF LOYALTY

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF LOYALTY

The subject of loyalty is very important in the ethics, etiquettes and character
required for ministry. The scriptures are replete with accounts of faithful and
treacherous people and there is just so much to learn from these bible accounts.
Satan‟s most potent strategy to attack is from within.
There is a story of an army general who surrounds a large city with the aim of
conquering it. This city being heavily fortified with heavy and high walls and
gates, was impregnable.
A friend of the General came around asking him “Sir, how do you think you can
overcome the defenses of this city? No one in recent history has been able to
conquer this great city”.
The General smiled and replied “it‟s my 5th column I am depending on to do the
job.”
The friend was interested so he asked “I thought you had only four columns, I
only know of four”.
The Army General replied, “I do have a 5th column”
“Oh, I see. Is it a special commando unit or are they airborne paratroopers?” the
man asked.
The general laughed and replied “No, it‟s none of those you have mentioned,
my 5th column consists of my spies, agents, friends and supporters who are
already within the city. They will open those big gates from within and my
armies will rush in”.
This is the only way the enemy can destroy a successful and powerful ministry
that is doing all the right things. The 5th column comprises the disloyal, double-
faced, double-tongued and discontented people within every ministry. Just like
Jesus‟ earthly ministry, He had said
John 14:30
“…the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me”
So, Satan could do nothing to attack His ministry from outside but from within
– Judas.
Psalm 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up his heel against me”.

If such are allowed to thrive in the church, they will wreck havoc and such a
church cannot stand.

CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LOYALTY

1. It begins from the top
It must be understood that everything that must be seen in an organization must
begin from the top. Whatever is at the top will be found in the ranks. If the head
or leadership of any ministry is not loyal to his followers, they will be unfaithful
to him.
Can I be loyal to this man?
The leadership of any church, ministry or organization must know that this
question runs in the mind of every follower, particularly the newer or younger
ones and must be proven.
This question: Can I be loyal to this man is a question that must continually be
answered by the leader through his conduct. This is why loyalty is very difficult
to be taught in many churches and ministries – the leaders are not loyal to their
followers. It is difficult, or rather impossible, to teach people to be loyal to a
disloyal leader. A leader who treats his followers without respect, without
commitment, and without empathy will lose their loyalty.
Why do many Africans prefer to live abroad?
What are they running away from? Of course, it‟s not the weather they are
running away from. They are not running away from their homes or family or
friends. They are running away from disloyal leadership. I am convinced many
Africans will return to their home countries if their leaders will be loyal enough
to the people to be committed to build a working system.
It has been observed and noted that the greatest motivation for people in
workplaces is not money parse. A sense of self-worth and achievement is the
highest motivation for workers. If someone does not feel important and
appreciated in an organization, he often begins to look elsewhere.
One day, a young pastor asked his senior pastor, “Do you know why I am loyal
to you?” “The senior pastor smiled and asked, why?” “I think the main reason I
am loyal to you is because I feel you are loyal to me. I can sense you care about
me and you want my prosperity and wellbeing in all sincerity and naturally, I
find myself being loyal and committed to you”. This young pastor was
unwittingly expounding on the principles of loyalty.

2. Loyalty is the key to expansion

Look around and observe ministries that have branch expressions in different
locations all over the world you see something that is impossible without
loyalty. It is practically impossible to have people follow the vision, structure
and pattern of a ministry and continually replicate same in their different
locations without the spirit of loyalty. Such miracle is only possible to loyalty.
There are churches and ministries that don‟t even want to run cell groups not to
speak of expanding and establishing daughter churches. Many church planters
have watched as satellite or branch churches or even cells have been overrun by
disloyal and rebellious people over and again that they have lost interest in
expansion but would rather stay with single church they feel they have some
control over. Without loyal people every ministerial effort you put in will
crumble after a while. In fact, a single church needs loyalty to keep its different
arms, units and departments functioning appropriately and continuously.
Ministry is impossible without loyal men.

1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

3. Breed loyalty in your followers by being loyal

Your loyalty must be expressed in several fronts so that it can be visible enough
for your followers to emulate.
 When it‟s time for your followers to be rewarded in their service, be
faithful enough to let it happen.
 When one of your followers is in trouble, that is the time your loyalty will
be much needed and appreciated.
 Your followers are following and watching closely how loyal you are to
your superiors in ministry and you can be sure they will replicate same to
you.
 Breed loyalty in your followers by being loyal to your friends and those
who have shown him some kindness in the past no matter how small or
long past.

2 Samuel 9:1
And David said, is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I
may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

Such acts of loyalty are loved and appreciated by everyone and people are
more inclined to follow such demonstration of character and loyalty.

 A leader must also show his loyalty by being loyal to his spouse and
being committed to their marriage. Marriage is a real test of ones
leadership, commitment and loyalty, so if your followers see that
example, it ministers same to them.

1 Timothy 3:2,4,5
A bishop must be blameless, the HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE, vigilant,
sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; One that
RULETH WELL HIS OWN HOUSE, having his children with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care
of the church of God?)

 A leader must also be loyal to his own vision. A person who comes from
time to time to change what he said God told him cannot be trusted.
Nobody wants to follow an unpredictable and continually changing
leader, who changes his vision always.

Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that
are given to change.
  A leader breeds loyalty in his followers by being loyal to God. Like
attracts likes. A leader who is disloyal to the revealed word of God and
clearly written scriptures will breed followers who are disloyal to him and
all forms of godly authority.
If you want your ministry to be marked by much loyal men and women serving
faithfully and doing their best to serve the course of the gospel and the vision
God has committed to you, then you must have a system that encourages and
celebrates faithfulness and loyalty. Whatever happens at the top will be
cascaded through the ranks – loyalty or disloyalty.

4. Loyalty has a single eye

To have a single eye means to be completely committed, to be focused, to see
only one thing and go in one direction.

Matthew 6:22-24
The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body
shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness!
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.

Notice Jesus says “if your eye is single, your whole body is full of light…” then
He gives the opposite of that case and instead of Him to say, “but if your eye be
double” or “if your eye be multiple” or “if your eye be divided”, He rather says
“But if your eye be EVIL, your body will be full of darkness”.
So, from Jesus‟ statement, we see that the opposite of a “single eye” is an “evil
eye” in the same way that the opposite of light is darkness.
No one can have dual commitments and still be said to be loyal. Loyalty
requires or rather, demands a full and complete commitment to a course without
turning back. Once you are loyal to your wife and some other woman
somewhere else outside your home, it ceases to be loyalty. Once you are faithful
to your husband MOST OF THE TIME, it ceases to be faithfulness at all.
Loyalty demands full devotion and total commitment.
Another example is the local assembly you are loyal to i.e the church you are
committed to. You can‟t be committed to two churches. If you say you belong
to a church, then your allegiance must be to that church, her leadership and your
pastor. You must see one person as your pastor and your church as your only
church, fully involved in it. You cease to do your own thing outside what your
local assembly is doing. You learn to sink your opinions into the cooperate
decision and run as one body with the other brethren and pastor. Don‟t forget,
loyalty has a single eye.
Your allegiance, your commitment, your loyalty must not be divided.

2 Samuel 1:1-17,20
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; It came
even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from
Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he
came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. And David said
unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of
Israel am I escaped. And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray
thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and
many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are
dead also. And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest
thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? And the young man that told him
said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon
his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. And
when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered,
Here am I. And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an
Amalekite. He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me:
for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. So I stood
upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he
was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that
was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. Then David took
hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan
his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because
they were fallen by the sword. And David said unto the young man that told
him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an
Amalekite. And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed? And David called one of the young
men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. And
David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified
against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed. And David lamented
with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of
the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

If you‟re loyal to someone, you cover their mistakes and never discuss their
mistakes to strangers or his enemies. You believe his heart is right but only
made a momentary mistake. You take decisions for his best interest even if he
will never learn of it forever. This is true loyalty. This is how God expects us to
be loyal to our brethren, to our church and to our pastor.

5. Loyalty is constant.
What if the object of our loyalty changes, stops being loyal to us and walks
away from the principles of what is good and right?
Well, loyalty doesn‟t forget past favours and although may not have the access
to the former, it never judges by the present wrongs while forgetting the past.
Loyalty remembers past favour it enjoyed and keeps blessing back for that
reason alone. But it does not keep record of wrongs done. A person who leaves
a marriage, a church, a company, a friendship and all he talks about the past
they shared is the soured stuffs, he is a disloyal person. Be careful with disloyal
people. You‟re not perfect yourself, when you fall out of favour with them, they
will treat you same way they have treated others.

6. Loyalty has no suspicious tendencies.

Suspicious people are never loyal people. Loyalty trusts. People who are afraid
to be vulnerable to others –people who trust no one – prove that they themselves
are not trustworthy. They are not loyal people.

7. Loyalty never forgets past favour and yet doesn‟t keep record of wrong
things done in the past – Easily forgives.
When, for instance, you see a man of God who ministers in a powerfully
anointed way, you may become confused if a disloyal friend of his has said
some bad things about him in your hearing. “How could God still use a man like
this?” you might be wondering. Your confusion will essentially cut you off
from being blessed by his ministry. What you heard about him has affected you
receiving. Whereas, the truth is God only used imperfect vessels. You miss out.
A loyal person keeps honouring even when a mistake has been made. Think
about someone who used to drink from a pool that took care of his thirst and
others too. Then one day, he decides that he doesn‟t want to drink from the pool
anymore for some reasons and instead of him to simply walk away, he decides
to urinate in it so that no one would benefit from it anymore. Who would want
to drink from a pool or pond after perceiving the smell of urine in it? This is
how disloyal people are in essence, they leave a church, and instead of leaving
peacefully and let everyone else be, they would rather try to destroy what God
is doing there and destroy peoples trust toward that ministry and the man of
God.
If you are the leader of a ministry, keep no shady part. If things happen that
need explanation, please clearly explain. Clear explanation is the antidote to
suspicions and confusions that anyone may cast in people‟s minds. Secrecy is
the breeding ground for disloyal people to sow the seeds of suspicion and
confusion in the heart of the followers.

8. The source or root of disloyalty is pride.

Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention:
The rebellion and divisions that happen in churches and ministries are often out
of a spirit of pride. Consider the rebellion of korah

Numbers 16:1-3, 8-11

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of
Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the
children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous
in the congregation, men of renown: And they gathered themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take
too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of
 them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves
above the congregation of the LORD?
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: Seemeth
it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you
from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the
service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near to
him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the
priesthood also? For which cause both thou and all thy company are
gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?

Moses was surprised to see people coming out to rebel. The bible says among
them were famous and renown men – two hundred and fifty of them.

…two hundred and fifty PRINCES of the assembly, famous in the congregation,
MEN OF RENOWN… Numbers 16:2

It is clear these people felt they were important and indispensable. It is when
people begin to let such get into their head that they become rebellious. It is
pride that makes people disloyal and rebellious. You only rebel against a person
when you think you are as good as or even better than him. This is just what
they said to Moses “why do you make yourself different from us?” they felt
they should be equal to him.
“Why do you lift yourself against the congregation of the Lord?” Numbers 16:3

This was their accusation. God Himself ordained Moses their leader.
They had forgotten it was Moses, not them, whom God used to deliver them
from Egypt with mighty miracles. Disloyalty is dishonor. Dishonor forgets.
Rebellious people often forget whom they are dealing with. They forget that the
man they speak against has God‟s hand on him and how that he has been a
blessing to them severally in the past.
Moses sent for Dathan and Abiram, leader of the reform, rebel movement and
they sent a rude reply back to Moses “we will not come. Who do you think you
are to call us?” “You better come yourself if you want to talk to us”. Something
they couldn‟t say to Moses before (Numbers 16:12).
A spirit of pride had taken over them at their invitation. They now see
themselves equal to Moses. No one is equal to anyone. God made us all
different. Whether you like to accept it or not, some people are ahead of you
and some are behind.
You need to realize this: God is against any form of rebellion against
constituted authority whether spiritual or natural or civil, according to
scriptures, unless they rebel against the truth themselves openly. Rebellion is a
road that always ends in destruction.

Numbers 16:28-33
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all
these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the
common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men;
then the LORD hath not sent me. But if the LORD make a new thing, and the
earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them,
and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men
have provoked the LORD. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of
speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and
all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that
appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon
them: and they perished from among the congregation.

Do not allow pride lead you into the road of disloyalty and rebellion which ends
in destruction.

HOW TO IDENTIFY DISLOYAL LEADERS

Pastors must be wise to quickly spot tendencies of disloyalty within their
workforce in order to do what is right to checkmate it before it becomes a
cancerous growth in the church. The scriptures teach us to strive to maintain
unity in the church.
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump

Ephesians 4:3
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

1. A leader who „corrects‟ his head pastor‟s teachings in his absence and
teaches a different doctrine to those entrusted to him in his leadership
capacity.
A disloyal person always holds his opinions higher than and seeks to push it
down to those committed to his trust. His heart is clearly not one with the senior
pastor of the ministry. Scriptures teach to mark those and stay away from them.
They cause divisions in the church.

Romans 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

2. A leader who thinks too much is being spent on the head and questions
how much honour he should receive.
When a person is unwilling to contribute or give to or take care of the pastor, he
has the spirit of Judas Iscariot who said what was given to Jesus was too
expensive to be given to him. Such a person can betray you because he never
thinks you are worth much. Such are disloyal men.

John 12:5-6
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had
the bag, and bare what was put therein.

3. A leader who is always late for meetings or absent without permission

Everyone goes early for something important to them. Everyone goes early to a
meeting called by someone they hold in high regard. It is very unlikely to keep
the governor of your city waiting if he called for an important meeting with you.
So, to have a habit of showing up late to a meeting called by the pastor shows
there is less sense of worth or value attached him or what he represents. It is
even worse for those who skip the meetings called by the pastor without any
prior permission (and there is a difference between permission and
information). It is a sign of disloyalty.

4. A leader who is unduly quiet, reserved and detached

Take note of the people who always have no comment and nothing to contribute
in your meetings, especially when they normally make contributions in other
discussions elsewhere. Constant undue quietness is also a statement. It might be
a bad sign of something in their heart which proves disloyalty. Absalom said
nothing for two years when he was hurt and when he had the chance, he struck.
Beware of leaders who always have nothing to say and pretend that all is well.

5. A leader who doesn‟t take note when the pastor is teaching

Taking note is a culture in the church. People who habitually do not take note
during the pastor‟s teaching are usually proud and care less about the pastor‟s
words. The Bible teaches us to write down true and faithful words, but since
they don‟t think their pastor has something important, true and faithful to say,
they don‟t take down anything. They don‟t believe his words can bless them.
The case is usually not because the pastor is not anointed, it is because of
disloyalty and dishonor in their hearts.

Revelation 21:5
…he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful

6. A leader who believes he can do what his pastor is doing better

A person who entertains a taught that he could do what his pastor is doing better
is yielding to an ungodly thinking. Remember, Absalom believed he could do a
better job than his father, the king.
2 Samuel 15:4
…Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or
cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

The truth is, no true pastor is doing the work he does because he is the best that
could have done it. He is only doing it because God put him there. Everyone in
the church should dwell in peace with that. It is God‟s choice we are in
ministry.

1 Corinthians 12:28
And God hath set some in the church…

7. A leader whose financial contribution is not in the work of the ministry

A person‟s allegiances and commitment will be seen and proven by where his
money goes and how it is spent. Anyone whose money is not in what the church
is doing clearly does not have his heart in the vision of the ministry.

Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

8. A leader who is involved in other ministries, honours invitation to

minister in other ministries or have a separate ministerial organization
without the consent of his pastor.
A leader who is involved in other ministries, honours invitation to minister in
other ministries or have a separate ministerial organization, outreaches or
crusades that the church or pastor is not aware of should be called to order
immediately. A strict step should be taken quickly. He has to be called back and
submit the separate organization to the ministry where he belongs. If he
involved in another ministry, he must clearly state where he belongs and be
called to order accordingly. If has been taking invitations secretly, a disciplinary
action should be taken against him. It is disloyalty. It is disorderliness. Such
should never be encouraged or treated with levity.
 9. A leader who tells and entertains discussions about the natural
weaknesses or personal matters of his pastor
A person who doesn‟t mind divulging information concerning the church, the
pastor or his family is disloyal. Pastors are humans too and have natural human
weaknesses. A leader who takes such information which he is privileged to
know out to tell others is disloyal. David knew the weaknesses of Saul, yet
recognized the anointing of God upon him; that is the character of loyalty.

2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of
the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

10.A leader who is not accountable to the leadership and authority of the
church
A leader who believes how he lives his life is his affair alone and nobody‟s
business. Who is not consistent in submitting his ministerial reports, or runs a
shady business, or has a secret marriage of love affair, or travels constantly
without informing his leaders and has a lifestyle of secrecy to the church. The
epistles have many instructions concerning the personal life of church members
and no believer lives or dies to himself. We are all responsible to each other.

11.A leader who makes friends with those who are clearly against you or
your ministry
A leader who enjoys the company of those who hate or have no regard for you
or your ministry definitely feels same way about you. His heart is with them,
not with you. Such people should be removed from your team with an
immediate effect.

12.A leader who keeps making reference to his former ministry and doesn‟t
want to be retrained in ministry
A person who always says “In my former church we did this that way and that
this way” has not truly left their former church. They want to make this church
into their former church and if you permit that, they will leave again for the
same reason they left their former church. Such people should be watched.
Every church is different and has a unique vision within the vision of Christ and
so each one will have different patterns, systems and operation. Any one who
joins the team of the church should leave their old church behind and match
forward with the present church.

13.A leader who argues or react angrily when the head corrects them
A head leader will often have to correct his subordinates. In the church, there
will be occasions where an erring person must be corrected as the scriptures
instruct. But when a person get angry or offended when corrected, it shows
where their heart truly is. A true student will never feel insulted or irritated
when reproved.

Ecclesiastes 4:13
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more
be admonished.

14.A leader who is vying for recognition and promotion

The church is not a political party and we do not run around for positions;
rather, we a present ourselves to be used of God how he deems fit through the
ministry of the pastor whom He set over us. A leader who is position-minded is
not service minded. They are impatient and carnal. Such are disloyal men and
will cause problems if they succeed in their quest for position.

1 Kings 1:5
…Adonijah…exalted himself, saying, I will be king…

15.A leader who secretly supports someone the head rebuked for his wrong
When a person is rebuked or corrected for a wrong, watch out for those who go
around to support him and insinuating that it was wrong and unjust for him to
have been rebuked. Such people are disloyal, dangerous and a threat to the unity
of the church. The whole church is expected to stay on the side of the leadership
of the church in correcting an erring brother, not take his side.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no
company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but
admonish him as a brother.

16.A leader who does not follow instructions and „adjusts‟ the instructions of
his pastor to his own small group.
If the church trusted a leader well enough to put him in charge of an aspect of
the church, he is expected to be faithful and serve for the purpose and common
good of the church, not to create a faction. Adjusting an instruction given by the
lead pastor of the church is wicked thing to do. It is one of the most obvious
signs of a disloyal person.

17.A leader who finds it hard to quote his pastor or publicly honour him.
When a leader finds it hard to tell those who listen to him that he learnt this or
that from his pastor, when he finds it hard to quote his pastor‟s words verbatim
or to publicly honour him, he is not to be trusted, such people most likely have
other allegiances.

2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner…

18.A leader who does not pray for or give materially to his pastor
Paul severally encouraged the brethren to pray for him in all the churches he
wrote to. This is so because that is a sterling character of a loyal person.

1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brethren, pray for us.