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This summer, Andrew Wommack Ministries and Charis Bible College have the privilege of welcoming John C. Maxwell as our keynote speaker for the 2021 Kingdom Business Summit, live and in-person<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maxwell is a number one New York Times bestselling author, speaker, coach, and leader who has sold more than thirty-three million books. He has been called the number one leader in business and the world\u2019s most influential leadership expert. His organizations\u2014The John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation\u2014have trained millions of leaders from every nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you ever heard how Maxwell stepped into his God-given calling to train leaders? Below, he shares his story and what he learned during this time of transition in his life. All of the principles he teaches are based in the Word. This is only a taste of what you will receive at the Summit!\u00a0Click here to purchase your tickets\u00a0for the Summit<\/a>, this June 16\u201318 at Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, Colorado!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leadership, Values and Transformation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By John C. Maxwell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I still remember the moment that my life changed. It was forty-five years ago. I stood on an outdoor stage leading a worship service celebrating America\u2019s Bicentennial\u2014July 4, 1976. As I spoke to a crowd of around three thousand people, I sensed from God an overwhelming call to not just lead people myself, but to train leaders.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n After the service, as my wife Margaret and I drove home, I told her about that moment on stage. I told her that the calling to train leaders was bigger than I understood and went beyond just pastoral ministry. It was a calling that I knew would change my life\u2014our life\u2014forever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat are you going to do about it?\u201d she asked.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNothing,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m going to wait and see how this plays out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Within a week I received calls from pastors all over the country, each one asking me the same thing: Can you train me in leadership?<\/em><\/p>John C. Maxwell<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n What I knew about leadership came mostly from my personal experience, so I knew that I would have to hit the books and do some serious thinking about the concept of leadership, what it meant, and how it was best applied. I began thinking about leadership principles and practices that could be taught to others and created leadership systems that others could easily adopt or adapt to their circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I reinvented myself and, in the process, discovered not only a passion for the subject of leadership, but the purpose of my life: to add value to leaders who would multiply that value to others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, here I am in my mid-seventies, still teaching about leadership, still learning new principles, new practices, and new possibilities for the ways good leadership makes everything better. I am more convinced than ever that leaders aren\u2019t born, they\u2019re made; it\u2019s a choice to lead, and it\u2019s a choice that many people make without really thinking about it. They hear the word leader and decide that doesn\u2019t apply to them. Nothing could be further from the truth because the simplest definition of leadership is influence\u2014nothing more, nothing less. That means that anyone who wishes to can lead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But that doesn\u2019t make everyone a good leader. No, good leadership is rooted in good values, in positive beliefs about what makes a person\u2014and the world\u2014better. Values like forgiveness, integrity, generosity, passion, responsibility, self-control, and hard work. When people learn and live out these good values in their daily lives, they develop influence with the people around them, influence that can be used to direct people toward a cause that makes a difference.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That kind of influence is stronger than a title or a position. Someone may call themselves a leader, or they may have a leadership post at work, but that doesn\u2019t make them a leader; it makes them a title holder. You\u2019re not a leader until someone is following your lead, and people naturally follow people who have a positive influence with them. You can lead at work or in your community simply by living out good values and inviting others to join you in doing something worthwhile. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Influence is increased exponentially through service, so when you work alongside those you lead, you amplify and increase your leadership.<\/em><\/p>John C. Maxwell<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a lesson I learned from my greatest leadership influence. I should go ahead and tell you that in all my years of teaching leadership, I readily admit that everything I know about the subject is found in the Bible. Every principle and practice I teach can be traced back to some portion of God\u2019s Word. And it\u2019s in the Bible that my greatest leadership influence\u2014my leadership model\u2014is found. Truly, this person\u2019s life has impacted me more than any other.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That person\u2014that great leader\u2014is Jesus.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n After reading the Bible several times over and studying some of the greatest leaders in human history, I can say with all certainty that no one has ever led better than Jesus. He could\u2019ve come as a king, but he chose to come as a servant. He could have dominated through power, but he led through love. He could have marshalled an army, but he mentored a few. And in the ultimate act of love and leadership, he gave himself as a sacrifice for our sins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Two thousand years after his death, the leadership legacy of Jesus lives on in the lives of Christians who call him Savior and Lord. The church he founded with only twelve disciples now claims more than a billion disciples worldwide. His teachings still shape our thinking to this day and his example is so well known that even people who don\u2019t believe he is the Son of God still hold him up as an example of virtue and character.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When I stood on that stage forty-five years ago, I never imagined that one simple word\u2014leadership\u2014would so beautifully transform my life. And I certainly never imagined how it might transform my world! Yet it has done exactly that: transformed my world, and the world around me. In fact, transformation has become my life\u2019s pursuit because that\u2019s what great leadership yields: transformation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone can train a leader; transformation requires something greater, something simple, yet more. Transformation is available to anyone who is willing to live and learn good values, value every person, and collaborate with others to make a lasting, positive difference. It\u2019s the leadership principle I want everyone to understand because the ability to change the world is within our grasp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am committed to spending the rest of my life (and I expect to live a lot longer) teaching people this principle because it is the key to seeing our world made better. It\u2019s the calling that I heard that July 4, the one I\u2019ve chased ever since. I don\u2019t teach leadership just because I like it; I teach leadership because it\u2019s the key to unlocking a better world for everyone, everywhere.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no greater mission that I could have. And thankfully, it\u2019s not a mission that\u2019s mine alone. It\u2019s yours too. To learn more, visit C<\/a><\/strong><\/em>hangeYourWorld.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and read all about our vision for transformation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We need you to join us. We need you to lead. It\u2019s your time, and I look forward to joining you on the journey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n John C. Maxwell will be the keynote speaker at the Kingdom Business Summit 2021, taking place June 16\u201318 at Charis Woodland Park. Visit\u00a0KingdomBusinessSummit.net<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to learn more and to purchase your tickets today. You do not want to miss this live, in-person event!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n