Jordan Rippy

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Innovative Leadership

Mark 2:1-5

• “You have everything you need to reach the people that God wants you to reach.”
• “Limited resources + increasing passion = exponential innovation”
• “God often guides by what he withholds.”
• “There are times where God blesses you with divine limitations, because if he gave you exactly what you need you would not see what He wants you to see.”

Four qualities of innovative leaders:

1. Innovative leaders care deeply about those who do not know Christ.

• Mark 5 - the person with the real need couldn’t get in to the church because the church was so concerned about what was going on inside. They had their backs to the person in need.
• “Innovative people are not innovative because they care about being innovative. They are innovative because they care about people who need to meet Christ.”
• “When was the last time you busted through an obstacle to get someone to Christ?”
• “You must lead your church to love people who don’t know Christ.”
• “If your going to reach the people that no one else is reaching, you’re going to have to do the things that no one else is doing.”
• “Who is God calling you to reach that no one else is reaching?”

2. Innovative leaders break the rules.

• “You have to care more about reaching the people than the world’s meaningless rules.”
• “What is God calling you to attempt that hasn’t been done before?”

3. Innovative leaders offend pharisees.

• “The things that are closest to the heart of God are the most offensive to the Pharisees.”
• Don’t worry when you’re offending pharisees and they’re criticizing you, be worried if they’re not criticizing you.
• “What new thing is God calling you to create that will be hated to day and embraced tomorrow?”

4. Innovative leaders redefine success.

• “Success was not when Jesus drew the big crowd. Success was when the purpose with the need was forgiven and healed.”
• “Success is not about how much we take in, but how much we send out.”
• “Success is not about drawing a big crowd. You can offer free beer and get a huge crowd.”
• When you look at 7 billion people, there are no megachurches. There are only microchurches with megavisions.
• “What heart adjustment do you need to make to honor God with true success?”