How would you define a leader or leadership? How would you compare a leader to a dictator?
Both a leader and a dictator could be said to have the same skill sets, however the greatest difference in the two is proximity. Great leaders are closer to the subjects than good leaders.
How can One lead from afar? Do they not then Dictate their wishes? I can lead you out of the forest better beside you than I can 300' ahead.
Do you wonder why members in mega-churches do not do a very good job of being involved? I contend that the Pastors have quit leading and began dictating. There seems to be the unapproachablility of Pastors today. This disconnect is what defines Leader from Dictator.
Psalm 23 declares that HE will lead me beside the still waters. It does not say HE will tell me how to walk beside the still waters!
As churches get larger and larger, we have fewer and fewer leading and more and more telling.
As Pastors you need to get back to being closer to those you "felt called" to lead.
Allen
