5 Pitfalls of Christian Leadership and What to Do About It - David Novák

Paul encouraged the young Timothy by saying, "if a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work" (1 Tim. 3:1). However, good work does not mean easy work. There are some shadows in the work of ministry (e.g., power, loneliness, conflict, results, and perfectionism). Everyone who leads has a certain amount of power. How do we use it? What are its dangers? Everyone who leads sometimes experiences loneliness and misunderstanding. How do we deal with that? In every team, there will be conflicts. How do we deal with them? Can ministry be measured by visible results? We know that our ministry cannot be imperfect, but this talk will addresses how we might handle these shadows faithfully.

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David Novak (M.Th) is president of the Czech Brethren Church, which is the largest Czech evangelical denomination. He also teaches philosophy, ethics for helping professions, and missiology at Prague Evangelical Seminary. Prior to that, he led a denominational youth ministry for 16 years before pastoring a local church in Prague. While working in the church he also taught philosophy at several high schools. He has written several books about contemporary culture and Christianity, and he contributed to Tim Keller´s book Center Church Europe. He studied theology at Prague Evangelical Seminary, missiology at the University of Wales, and philosophy at Charles University. He has two sons.

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