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๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก: ๐€ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก : ๐€ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Biblical Foundations: Romans 12:3–16; 1 Corinthians 12:1–31; Ephesians 4:11–16 The development of healthy leadership is one of the central challenges facing every mission church. From the earliest Christian communities to contemporary mission movements, the growth and maturity of a local congregation are closely related to the way leadership, worship, discipline, and financial responsibility are developed within the church itself. Among these areas, leadership is particularly significant because it determines whether a congregation remains dependent upon outside workers or develops the capacity to function as a mature body of Christ. Paul's missionary practice provides an important model for understanding this process. His goal was not to establish permanent...