1 Peter 5:1-4Being a Good Leader

5:1-45 To the elders among you, I appeal as

a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed:

Target Audience?

Old Testament: Exodus 18 (Moses)

New Testament:Acts & Epistles

Today’s Equivalent?

The titles “elder” (presbyteros) and “overseer” (episkopos) are interchangeable. (Titus 1:5, 7)

Context

Elder Board

Equipping Staff

Small Group Leaders

Target Audience Today =Leadership

Everything in the local church rises or falls with leadership. No matter how large or small a fellowship might be, the leaders must be Christians, each with a vital personal relationship with Christ, a loving concern for their people, and a real desire to please Jesus Christ.

Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (1 Pe 5:4). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

5:1-45 To the elders among you, I appeal as

a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed:

Relational Credit

Reliable Witness

5:1-4

2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;

not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

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1 Peter 5:1-4Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason.

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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

Shepherding Role

Executive Role

Function

• Teaching Biblical Truth (Galatians 6:6; I Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:9)

• Modeling Christian Behavior (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6 I Thessalonians 2:10-12)

• Maintaining Doctrinal Purity (Acts 20:29-30; Titus 1:9)

• Disciplining Unruly Believers (Galatians 6:1-2)

• Overseeing Financial Matters (Acts 11:29-30; 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12)

• Praying for Those Who Are Ill (James 5:13-16)

Function

2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

Shepherding Role

Executive Role

Elders serve as Small Group Leaders and exercise a shepherding role.

All Small Group Leaders exercise a shepherding role.

A few Small Group Leaders serve on the Elder Board and exercise an executive role.

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1 Peter 5:1-4Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason.

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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;

not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;

not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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Voluntary ParticipationLife TransformationTotal MobilizationGrowing GenerosityKingdom PartnershipStrengthening Families

2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;

not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—

not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;

not greedy for money, but eager to serve;

3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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1 Peter 5:1-4Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason.

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4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

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When? Who? What?

Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Galatians 6:9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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1 Peter 5:1-4Good leaders in the church family do the right things in the right way for the right reason.

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