Resources: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Below is a list of resources in this section. If you are looking to jump right in, start with the resource with the on-ramp symbol.

We encourage you to skim through all the resources in this section, choose 1 or 2, and make a plan to implement use of those resources within the next 3 days. (In short, pick something and just start!)

Tools:

• Scriptures for Prayer, Meditation, and Strategic Response - a collection of Scriptures for meditation and guided prayer on the subject of leadership development (8 pages)

• Apostolic Prayers for New Churches - list of apostolic prayers for new churches - could be used as source for DBS with leaders learning to pray for their people and their emerging movement (5 pages)

• Prayer for Leaders: Bobby Clinton's Leadership Traps and Enhancers - crafted prayers to pray for leaders with questions to ask of the Lord in listening prayer for leadership development issues (6 pages)

• Praying according to the 5 levels of leadership - crafted prayers and questions for listening prayer for the first three levels of movement leadership: gospel sower, church planter, and church plant multiplier (5 pages)

• Praying for Love & Obedience - Biblical Overview - Scriptures to Pray - Scriptures to pray for emergent leaders (1 page)

• Praying for Emerging Apostles - prayer priorities for emerging apostles within a movement (4 pages)

• Praying for Emerging Elders - prayer priorities for elder teams and \ or teaching elders within a movement (5 pages)

• Praying for Emerging Deacons - prayer priorities for deacons (by whatever name - those who serve the church, administer funds to care for the poor, etc.) within a movement (3 pages)

• Scriptural Prayer for Movement Catalysts (Trevor Larsen & Team) - excerpt from one of Larsen's books, focuses on prayer priorities for apostolic agents within an emerging or existing movement (7 pages)

• Wholeness Prayer for Teams & Movements, Cole - brief explanation with examples of how wholeness prayer can be used with seekers, new disciples, house churches, and leaders (1 page)

Podcast \ Video

• 1. Interview - Trevor Larsen - How to Pray for Movement Leaders \ Building Prayer into Movements- interview with a movement practitioner connected to a growing international family of movements about how prayer figures into a movement, how to pray for movement leaders, and more (59 min)

Articles:

• 5 Levels of Leadership - Troubleshooting & Prayer - document originally intended to help strategic focus for specific levels of leaders within a movement, but which can also be easily used to pray against potential traps and issues for emerging leaders (13 pages)

• Praying for Kingdom Leadership DNA - Case Study - case study with specific prayer priorities related to overcoming worldview issues for different kinds of leaders within a young movement (3 pages)

For Further Study:

• The Ascent of a Leader, Thrall - wonderful book on leadership in general, but also useful to understand the traps and challenges facing emerging leaders
• Deep Mentoring, Reese & Loane - encapsulates several important lessons about walking alongside leaders, and gives background
• Focus on Fruit! Book7: Core Skills of Movement Leaders, Trevor Larsen and team
• When the Church Was a Family, Hellerman - excellent book which gives helpful perspective on communal cultures and what challenges leaders in such cultures will face