Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church

by Paul David Tripp

But a leadership community that has been tenderized by the gospel, so that its members are humbly aware of their own susceptibilities and the extent to which they are being forgiven and protected, is not quick to judge and separate but joyfully gives and does whatever necessary to rescue and restore this loved one who has given way to sin. I will address this more fully in chapter 10. Does your leadership community have a track record of leader restoration? If we, as leaders, are ever going to lead those entrusted to our care to give their time, energy, and resources to the cause of the gospel in their generation and at their location, we must function as a gospel community so that we have the humility to battle together, the courage to do great things, and the insight to confess and forsake those things that may be in the way. So we remind ourselves of the massive forgiveness we have received and that our Savior battles for us so that the gospel will shape us even when we don’t have the sight or the sense to battle ourselves.