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Three differences between church and secular leadership Part 3

Posted in Life with tags , , , , , , on December 28, 2011 by Luke Farrugia

This post brings us to the end of our three-part series, I hope it has been as interesting for you to read as it has been for me to write about, please comment, subscribe and share.

3:Success is not yet Measurable

You are working long hours, there is that deadline on Friday, you are throwing everything you can at it, and you have the ulcer to prove it. With an hour to spare you open up a new fresh email to your boss starting with the statement “It is finished”. Relief floods your system when you click send. you achieved! you attained the results needed. Well that is the way it can work in the secular world…

In Spiritual leadership, it is not Continue reading

Three differences between church and secular leadership Part 2

Posted in Life with tags , , , , , on August 29, 2011 by Luke Farrugia

Here is part two of my observations, my objective here is simply to provoke thought and consideration, I welcome any comments and hope this post might give you a slightly different perspective.

2:Every decision is important

Decisions are important in every organization, they can destroy or build up, make or lose money, have you promoted or fired. Whatever job you happen to have, think of the worst decision Continue reading

Conservative? Liberal? who is right?

Posted in Adventist with tags , , , , , , on April 4, 2010 by Luke Farrugia

While surfing the blogosphere the other day and landed on a brother’s website (21st Century Adventism) where I noted a particular post asking about our current Church leadership;

If one were to label (which I don’t like to do) our current Church leadership (GC Level), what would it be? Liberal, Conservative, Ultra Liberal, Ultra Conservative, Moderate, Balanced, etc. What do you think? If not balanced, what would it take to become balanced in theology and methodology?

I replied to the post, but I thought I would also post it here. As most of you would know by my posts, I am a decidedly conservative believer, but I have never elaborated as to why, so here it is, re-posted for your benefit… Continue reading