Right Now Conference- Barna

George Barna is the President of the Barna Research Group. He shared the following:

"Why We Need Leaders to Step Up"
1. The more selfish our society becomes, the more important Godly leadership is
2. The more choices we have without a biblical worldview, the more confused our priorities become and the more crucial Godly vision and strategy are
3. In times of rapid cultural change, superior leadership must guide us
4. Recent poor decisions have ushered in skepticism; Godly leaders must restore trust
5. Focused leaders make sense of reality and promise vision in a culture that rejects absolute moral and spiritual truth
6. Team based leadership is needed in a culture of hyper-individualism
7. Churches have given lip service to leadership but there is a lack of real leadership

"Six Leadership Checkpoints"
1. Leaders can strategically change reality, but they cannot change people
2. Nobody is the complete "leadership package" so it's important to work in a leadership team
3. One of the most undervalued and lest common skills among leaders is listening
4. Leaders must master conflict and confrontation
5. Success is helping people achieve their potential
6. Do not accept a leadership position unless you're ready to pay a stiff price. The more significant the outcome you seek to achieve, the more substantial the price you can expect to pay

A few other thoughts from Barna:
People need to be led
Leadership is a calling, not a job
Commit yourself to others and a vision; the vision should be from God
Success is cooperating with God to facilitate life transformation