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Church Leadership Session 5: What does the New Testament tell us about what characteristics we should expect from a church leader” Part 1 Over the next couple of sessions we are going to look at what the New Testament teaches about the characteristics leaders in Church should exhibit. We will draw particularly on what Paul has to say to Timothy and Titus in the letters he addressed to them and which forms the general guidance for recognising and appointing leaders today. If a church were to place an advert in a local newspaper or a well-known Christian magazine inviting applications for a leader in a church, what would be the job description and what would the person specification include? Would we see “able to lead worship” in there? What about “having a heart for evangelism”? And then there is “able to work with young people” and perhaps “good administrator” – and so the list could go on – with the hope that “superman” (or “superwoman”) – the person that can do everything - will apply. While these thi