What bottlenecks of leadership have you seen?

Do you identify with any of these? What can you do to overcome them?

If you don't possess these characteristics, you might be in the wrong business.

What other blessings have you discovered during your Christian walk?

Do you find it scary to be a leader sometimes? What's the scariest time you have faced as a leader?

Kindness is a powerful piece of fruit.

Do you display these characteristics?

These are all red flags when it comes to outside media's perceptions of pastors.

If this is something that holds you back, you're not alone. But you can do something about it.

Take it from a pastor who has been preaching at the same place for 40 years. It works.

Pastor, if you haven't done a spiritual self-reflection yet this year, you should review these questions.

John Wimber's story represents the quintessential testimony of a changed life. A beer-drinking professional musician before his 1963 conversion, Wimber went on to lead hundreds to Christ and teach numerous Bible studies.

Many Christians do not receive from God because they have substituted mental agreement for genuine heart faith. Heart faith works. Mental agreement does not.

Do you respond to criticism in a mature way?

Bad habits will produce bad leadership.

Unfortunately, it's a way of life for many in the ministry.

Should your church have any guidelines for this?

Here's the story of a pastor who committed a heinous crime many years ago and his struggle to to keep that shame in the past.

Can you admit than you're human and that you can't do it all?