In its bid to foster leadership in Christendom, The Acts of Christ Theological Seminary (ACTS) Lagos – Nigeria recently held a seminar for Church ministers, leaders of ministries, Church Workers, and Christians in general in Lagos.
Speaking during the workshop which was themed, ‘The Faithful Servant Leader’, the guest speaker Bishop Austen Egiebor who is also the Canadian coordinator, Acts of Christ Theological Seminary (ACTS) stated that leadership as the name implies, is the ability and the responsibility of a leader to humbly and be disciplined while motivating his followers to achieve a set goals and objective. A good leader must be intelligent hard working, flexible and have the ability to transform vision into reality.
Bishop Austen Egiebor cited a scripture in the Holy Bible – Luke 22:26 and John 13:12-17, which pointed to leader and servant relationship.
He stressed that by saying believers should emulate Jesus Christ as an exemplary leader. Rev. Steve Joab who doubled as the second guest speaker emphasized on faithful Servant, that a servant is a person who is employed to perform some domestic duties adherents to specific instruction.
Rev Steve Joab added that a servant is expected to take instruction and be obedience so that he/she can take over from the boss at the right time. Corroborating the guest speakers the host Rev Hyacinth N. Anie Director ACTS lamented that some of the present Churches have derailed and lost their glories.
They allowed many things to happen such as materialism, worthiness, politics and other vices. Those things have entered into Churches and people are now compromising.
So this Integrity Seminar is organised to restore the lost glory . According to Rev. Hyacinth N. Anie, a good and Faithful Servant Leader is expected to be disciplined, have wisdom, courageous, integrity/sincerity, faithful and endure in discharge of duties.
He concluded by saying that the major challenges facing is how they can relocate to a better site and students living up to expectation in payment of their school fee so that lectures can be paid.
