A case study in the need for training leaders

Former US mega-church pastor Francis Chan recently left his home in the US with his family, and moved to Hong Kong in order to try and  plant small churches amongst unreached people.

He and his team started 3 small churches since then in Hong Kong, each about 15-20 people, and before they had chance to get "settled", Chan received some shocking news - his visa was revoked and he had to leave Hong Kong within roughly 4 weeks and return to the USA.

The question was, what about the churches we have to leave behind? Will they survive? Will new leaders emerge? How is this going to work?

In the above video, Francis' story illustrates why it is so important to train new leaders.

1. Ephesians 4 says leaders should "equip the church for works of service", not to "do all the service",
2. Biblical leadership involves teams more than  it involves 1 person
3. Practical things (including Visa complications) can force leaders to move elsewhere but God is in charge and leaders must identify new leaders and start to train them up

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