15th MCCC #7 Developing Younger Leaders #dumcMY #fb #MCCC

Pastor Daniel Ho, Pastor Chew Weng Chee, Pastor Philip Lyn, 11/06/2011

From Pastor Daniel Ho.

One bishop visited his diocese. He decided to stay in the house of a church member instead of the hotel. The church member was overjoyed. The wife and the children were also happy. In UK, a bishop is addressed as ‘My Lord.” They decided to offer him breakfast in bed. The mother wanted to give an opportunity for the son to serve the bishop in the morning. He was trained to say “My Lord, Sir. Your boy here, breakfast is served.”


In the morning, the mother drilled him some more and he said the right thing. At 0730, he went up, knocked. The bishop shouted “Who’s there?” The boy knocked again the bishop shouted again. This happened another time. “Your boy, Sir. My Lord, here. Breakfast is served.”

Sometimes we train so much and the next generation may still make mistakes.

Why do we do it?

1. It’s about the future of the church. In many churches in the west, young leaders are not developed and most of the leaders are old.
2. It’s about long-lasting influence and impact, e.g. the marketplace. Billy Graham predicted that that marketplace people will be the next to shake the world.
3. It’s about taking leadership. The Christian education program or equipping track in DUMC is called the School of Leadership. Even thought not all will become leaders, that’s our ethos / emphasis / push. We are out to raise leaders.

If we are worried about our children getting bad influence, then we are raising followers and not leaders. Our children should influence instead of being influenced. What is a test when our School of Leadership has kicked off? When our children tell us they want to go to Chow Kit to mix with the gangsters? What if our children tell us they know we are worried but they assure us in 2 years, all the gangsters will end up in our church?

The Biblical Basis

1Jn 2:12-14  I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.  (13)  I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.  (14)  I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

We read about children, young men and fathers. We grow from children to young men and then fathers. It’s about spiritual fathering.

How do we do it in DUMC?

The Kind of People

Very helpful people comelah.

• V – Vision – Sow a vision / dream
• H – Heart – tuned in and aligned to the purpose of God, recognize the values of God
• P – Passion – be excited and enthusiastic about the things of God
• C – Challenge – tell them the can do better than us.

People are ready to rise up in their passion and challenged when we give them a vision.

What do young people need?

• Guidance – not control.
• Modeling – Pastor Daniel thinks the young new leaders he sees augurs well for the future of Malaysia. We must be willing to live a sacrificial lifestyle to serve as models.
• Encouragement – when we instill the desire to serve from young and encourage them along the day, it helps them to serve.

Pastor Chew was made the medical director of Tong Shin Hospital when he came back from Sabah. He received the call to serve God and decided to resign. He was offered to work one week and everything remained the same.

2. The emphasis in DUMC

• A two-generational leadership – mentoring and accountability group (MAG) in DUMC. There is no guarantee anyone will become a leaders. But if we remain humble, teachable, broken and submissive, God can do His work in us. The worship team in the children church are made up of children themselves. Everyone must be thinking 2 generations ahead. We need to think long term and invest in our future.

3. The Outworking

• In all areas of ministry – youths and children have their own CGs. Youth themselves server as leaders, no just the young working adults. The adults stand alongside them.
• At every level of leadership

Fathering the Next Generation

From Pastor Chew Weng Chee.

The broad / big picture

5 big pictures how we look at fathering leaders or developing young leaders.

1. Cinemascope
Pastor Chew spent 2 years dong his M. Div in the Regent University. He remembered taking a ride to the Grand Canyon and got a 360 cinemascope picture.
Vision:: To build a strong excellent and dynamic church to influence the nation and also to impact

2. Telescope
We bring the future to the present situation Allow young leaders to make mistakes. Don’t stifle them.

3. Periscope
Not every young people can be mentored to become a leader. We need discerning eyes to select potential leaders.

4. Microscope
We examine them and test them – not to find flaws.

5. Kaleidoscope
The old and the young working together.

What is the best practices

1. Believe in them.
2. Be a role model for them. Young people love role models.
3. Build strong foundations. Make sure their Bible knowledge is sound. Make sure they read broadly.
4. Befriend them.
5. Brag about them. Pastor Chew did not get a hug from his dad and he doesn’t remember his dad ever praising him. Encouraging the young people does wonders.

Pastor Chew said he unapologetically support Manchester United. I will not let that change my view of him.

From Pastor Daniel Tan (who has an iPad with him.)

The Blessed Prototype

Generasi Gemilang is the Persatuan Kebajikan Generasi Gemilang, fully funded by SIBKL (love transforms lives.) It’s a neutral and non-religious NGO. The vision is Influencing the Nation, Impacting the Generations. Mat 5:16 is the underlying idea of serving in GG.

• Touching lives through loving & serving (with no strings attached!)
• Transforming communities & families (hand outs do not transform.)
• Reaching out the the next generation (hopefully influencing policies eventually)

They reach out the to the urban poor and orphanages. It’s non-regilious so they can reach out to the spiritual cousins. The church has sometimes become a wall to enter certain places. God has open doors for them to gain access to a prominent orphanage (200 including 80 babies) to become the one active NGO working with them.

The Community Transformation includes Kidz Services and family services, They also offer life skills and cyber wellness, leadership & mentoring and service learning (recruiting universities and colleges students to the process of learning and serving.) There is also a care and counseling service centre in Sunway Mas.

How is it developing the young generation?

Many of them have caught this vision of something bigger than their own lives. They see greater things they can really do. Service is no longer confined within the four walls of the church. Many who otherwise won’t serve have seen opportunities to serve and they are serving.

GG is officially registered last year. There are now 9 fulltime staff and 5 part time staff. There are as many as 500 SIB members going out to serve. There are 300 college students and there are 1800 college students who have committed to join.

How Barca beat Manchester United? The midfield of Barcelona are all from the La Masia Academy. They train the players since young. They have been playing like that since young.

From Pastor Philip Lyn

Family

One potential blindside for a pastor is the family. Pastor Philip has 3 children, 23, 21 and 13.
Pastor Philip realized he must do the following for his family.

1. Pray
2. Play
3. Pass the truth (when children reach teen, it’s not your time, it’s their time.)
4. Pick – pick areas that will grow them.

Mentoring

If Paul passed on the wrong things to Timothy, then Timothy will do the same to the others.
Paul wanted to build up Timothy as a leader who can

1. Endurance
2. Engaged
3. Excellence
4. Envision (the farmer sees the crops, not the seed.)

You can only reproduce your own kind.