The Pastor

Greetings everyone this is Pastor Bryant L. McNeal of Spirit & Life World Ministries Church in Phoenix, Arizona shepherding several churches throughout the valley to expand the Kingdom of God. I have been pastoring churches, associated with corporate America for many years; and I have discovered the awesome Power of Leadership.



Powerful Leadership in the church is vital today like never before. Powerful Leadership can only be manifested when a person or persons have yielded completely to the following: Having integrity and a wisdom seeking relationship with God, growing in the Word of God, commitment to ministry and counsel from other powerful leaders in ministry, a good business and economic mindset and ability, and a passion toward helping and mentoring people through the Word of God.



So one must be clearly stable, not double minded, sober, valiant, focused, whole in every area of life, influential, possessing a awesome level of self-control, prayer intercessor, both a student and teacher of the Word of God, humble, meek, loving, kind, and law-abiding. This is truly the anatomy of a powerful leader.



The Power of Leadership is focused on the ability to lead by example. A powerful leader is not an usher (one who points in the direction of the destination) but rather the guide - to the place where the leader has already been naturally speaking and/or by vision from God and directions given through the revelation of the Holy Spirit.



In my lifetime, I have seen awesome leaders who are mentors yet and still in my life. I believe a person should seek out more than one mentor because each mentor carries with them a specific gift or anointing to add to ones life. The Power of Leadership seeks to push people who are ready for the next level to go and prayerfully and accurately find someone who is on the level they are trying to reach. To be a powerful leader sometimes you have to step outside the box of your circle into an atmosphere of greatness beyond the traditional scope of vision.



In addition, you must be willing to receive constructive criticism from other powerful leaders and even at times followers depending on who they are, what they are saying and what they have achieved. This can only happen when one - lets go of their ego and surrender to the fact that there is always more to learn in all areas of study and profession. Ego-control is what I call it; the ability to take ones ego and construct it for success while making sure the brake pads are always at full functionality.



A Pastor must be confident in their pastoring the church while at the same time being self-confident in their inward resolutions regarding the vocation of their calling and their personal life/goals, bold, able to exercise restraint, must be able to delegate, not controlling and possessive of God's people, not a manipulator of God's Word to control the people of God, on ones knees praying daily, not mixed up in the negative affairs of this world, involved in the progressiveness of the church and the community, touchable, approachable, sociable, and lovable. This is the kind of powerful leadership we need in the 21 century.