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Church Leadership Session 10: “What are the marks of a good leader?” Or “Is (s)he a leader worth following?” We look today at the marks of a good leader. Put another way, what leaders are worth following? In trying to answer this question, there is the danger of describing “Superman” or “Wonderwoman” – so I will hopefully keep to a few practical points that will help leaders to grow and those being led to follow wholeheartedly. And, as we have said in previous sessions, some leaders are gifted in certain ways and some in others – so, just because a leader is an exceptional teacher and preacher, (s)he may not excel in pastoral ministry or children’s work. Added to that, we are all fallible human beings and get things wrong from time to time – I’ll look at this in more detail next time. The first thing we need to emphasise is that those who lead in Church must be, to be effective, men and women of God. And what does that m