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7 Questions with John Bond
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7 Questions with John Bond
Name: John Bond
Current title: Minister @ Large
Current organisation: Lifestreams Christian Church
Ministry for 49 years, Apostolic and Church Planting in 40+ nations.
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1. What have you found most challenging as a church leader?
Recruitment of Leaders
2. How did you become a church leader? Can you please briefly tell the story?
Call of and anointing by God - came naturally
3. How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep?
Spiritual Routines. Time with the Lord, the review priorities and commitments, preparation and the face to face ministry
4. What's one book apart from the Bible that has had a profound impact on your leadership so far? Can you please briefly tell the story of how that book impacted your leadership?
Spiritual leadership by Oswald Sanders and lead on by John Haggai. Spiritual disciplines and practical spirit led planning
5. What's the most recent significant leadership lesson you've learned?
Always plan succession from the beginning
6. How do you develop a healthy leadership pipeline in a church?
Structure it / you need a plan
7. What is one meaningful story that comes to mind from your time as a church leader so far?
2 major ministries one where succession wasn’t planned that had faltered, one where it was prayerfully planned and implemented that is continuing to flourish