Factors Influencing UMC Clergy Leadership Effectiveness

Spiritual Factors Influencing Clergy Leadership Effectiveness

Lack of vision
Not enough time spent in prayer and Bible study
Relationship with God
Spiritual gifts
Holy Spirit movement
Covenant - order of elders
Emmaus walk
Aldersgate Renewal
Spiritual director
Desire for more spiritual support from conference

Need for “A gradual and prayerful awareness that God is at work...understanding and appropriating the Holy purposes of God and the powerful implications of God's sovereignty. A deep desire to continue probe the depths of theology and the Bible...further studies in organic systems and openness to the ministries of the Holy Spirit. A deepening appreciation for the Wesleyan tradition and those of the merged denominations.”