Hillsong United Conference: Phil Dooley – “The Leadership Journey”
The last workshop was with Phil Dooley titled “The Leadership Journey”:
- sometimes God moves through hiring for a position
- however, most people on staff are simply getting paid for things they were doing for free previously
- if you fight over benefits, pay, etc. you may not last long
- if you adopt the attitude of just being there because you are called, you will experience longevity
- longevity builds something that otherwise wouldn’t be built
- Hillsong has had only 3 youth pastors in 20+ years – that builds community
- trees don’t move from one place to the next and grow effectively
- longevity allows mistakes to be made and learned from
- it would have been easy to say “that’s not fair” or “that’s not right” and left, but the fruit would not have come that way it has
- the last words of a dying church is “we’ve never done it that way before”
- innovation is just new and creative ways of reaching people, presenting the gospel, doing church
- often times it comes from empowering the next generation
- Hillsong United came from putting ministry in the hands of the next generation
- Paul said this to Timothy (1 Tim 4:14)
- the young bring passion
- the older bring coaching
- at times you may be playing, at times you may be coaching, but at all times embrace an innovative spirit
- Zec 4:10 – Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings? They’ll change their tune when they see Zerubbabel setting the last stone in place!”
- have you ever come home at the end of the day and says “if one more person encourages me… that’s it!”?
- if things get too intense, no one will want to hang around
- encourage everyone around you for their effort, their skills, their talent, their willingness to be available and part of the team
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