I was reading through the Bible and thinking about my role as a preacher and leader of my local congregation. I realize that if I do my job really well, then there will be little evidence that I was here.

My job is not only to teach people the Bible but I am also called to show them how to read it and understand it themselves.

My job is to love people by showing them Jesus so that they can then love Jesus and not me.

My job is to equip the people in my congregation so that they can do ministry with their gifts and abilities. I am not called to do ministry for them but to equip them.

My job is not only to make disciples but to raise up a generation of disciple-makers.

My job is to help people live like Jesus, and they will make good choices on their own in the future.

If I am leading a Church the way God desires, then I am totally dispensable. I am only here to help the people become all God wants them to be as a community and individuals.

Perhaps one mark of a truly great leader in the Church is that no one misses them after they are gone.