Opening (5 mins):
- Icebreaker question: What comes to mind when you hear the term “indigenous leader”?
- Question: Why is it important for us to raise up local leaders from many cultures?
Our Value #6: We are called to champion young leaders from all cultures.
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young…” 1 Timothy 4:12
Our Vision for Local Leaders (15 mins):
- Talk about our commitment to raising up leaders from within their own communities around the world
- Why local leaders matter: they fit the culture, local people own the work, it lasts, etc.
- Question: What experiences or role models have shaped how you see local leadership?
- Let people share from their own cultural backgrounds
Our Value #2: We are called to make God known throughout the whole world.
“This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations…” Matthew 24:14
Writing Down How Each Culture Leads (20 mins):
- Why it helps to write down how leadership works in different cultures
- What a cultural leadership guide could include:
- How decisions get made
- How people communicate
- How people see authority and hierarchy
- Differences between generations
- Question: What parts of leadership would you highlight in a guide for your culture?
- How to build these guides on our core values and the Bible
Our Value #9: We have a biblical Christian worldview to guide our lives.
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16
Break (5 mins)
One Body, Many Cultures (20 mins):
- We celebrate how different cultures lead, but we also need to come together
- Talk about where leadership styles from different cultures overlap
- Question: What leadership truths show up in every culture? What can we learn from each other?
- How to bring these insights together into one way of leading for all of us
- Rooted in our values and the Bible
- Flexible to fit each culture
Our Value #7: We are broad-structured and diverse, yet integrated.
“There is one body and one Spirit…one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” Ephesians 4:4-5
Closing (10 mins):
- Question: How can focusing on local leaders help us reach more of the world, faster?
- Personal commitment: What is one way you can champion local leaders where you serve?
- Recap: Leadership from the ground up, fitting the culture, coming together as one
Our Value #3: We are committed to creating with God through listening and obeying.
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
