{"id":895,"date":"2024-01-04T16:06:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:20:53","slug":"why-we-fail-to-raise-up-other-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/why-we-fail-to-raise-up-other-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Fail to Raise Up Other Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every church leader knows the story of Exodus 18 &#8211; how Moses used to do everything himself, but then switched to raising up others to help lead. It&#8217;s hard to read a book on leadership or attend a pastor&#8217;s conference without someone covering this all important topic. But what so few ever mention are the manifold reasons why most leaders never make the switch. Well, I&#8217;m so happy to have finally come across a book that specifically addresses this issue, called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Multiplication Effect<\/span> by Mac Lake. Even though we all know the wisdom of raising up other people to lead, here&#8217;s why many never do&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Because of fear. <\/strong>If I raise someone else up, they might take my job. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Because of ego.<\/strong> If I raise someone else up, everything won&#8217;t revolve around me.  If I raise someone else up, they won&#8217;t do it as good as me. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Because of insecurity.<\/strong> If I raise someone else up, people might praise them vs me and like them more than me. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s wonderful to raise up others. It maximizes impact and allows you to expand your ministry reach and influence, but it&#8217;s a <em>tough<\/em> transition. Just ask anyone who has made it. But if our church is to reach its full redemptive potential, we need leaders, who by God&#8217;s grace, overcome fear, ego and insecurity. You will die a thousand deaths along the way&#8230;and it&#8217;s totally worth it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DISCUSSION QUESTION: Are any of the above reasons preventing you from raising up other leaders? And if so, what will you do about it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every church leader knows the story of Exodus 18 &#8211; how Moses used to do everything himself, but then switched to raising up others to help lead. It&#8217;s hard to read a book on leadership or attend a pastor&#8217;s conference without someone covering this all important topic. But what so few ever mention are the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-leadership","7":"category-staff","8":"category-volunteers","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mike","author_link":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/author\/mike\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/withskillfulhands.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}