To be the Certain Kind 成为某确类
Author: Dea Nick Lim
“Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens”
I would like to thank Pastor Andrew for introducing this book: A Certain Kind by Reverend Edmund Chan. It helps me to understand the true meaning of Intentional Disciple-making Church (IDMC) and enriched me professionally on leadership. I am convinced that intentional disciple-making should be carried out both in small groups (decentralise) as well as in a person-person (mentoring) as I have experienced in our own cell group structure, the dedication from Rev Ng and Ps Andrew.
Back to why I say this book has also enriched me professionally. I will use mentoring as reference since I went through mentoring program in my company. As stated in this book: The key to winning today and creating an organisation that will win again tomorrow is mentoring.
What are some key benefits of mentoring?
1. Changes lives – Mentoring serve as personal support system for the mentored and allow mentee tap into a wider resource for growth.
2. Helps mentor to grow – Wise mentors know that in helping others, they are actually helping themselves as true learning is a mutual 2-way process.
3. Expands the leadership base – Those who is positively mentored can be groomed to be leaders, thus the leadership base expands.
4. Worthwhile investment – Personal fulfilment comes from the realisation that we are investing ourselves in lives and reproducing spiritually.
As manager of my team, I begin seeing myself constantly looking out to my team and extend my coaching to individual. My team is just like a small group and I have the opportunity to give person-person mentoring to weaker team members or strong candidate as future leaders.
Lastly, I would like to use Leadership by Mobilisation as discussed in this book to end off. Unless we mobilise the entire church towards action, nothing happens. As board members our primary role is to seek God’s agenda for the policies of the church and be the custodians of them. Therefore we have to start mobilising now. Let us render our support to Rev Ng and Ps Andrew and march towards our mission and Intentional Disciple-making Church (IDMC).
文/林天助执事
翻译/王佩瑾师母
“又要将律例和法度教训他们，指示他们当行的道，当作的事，并要从百姓中拣选有才能的人，就是敬畏神，诚实无妄，恨不义之财的人，派他们作千夫长，百夫长，五十夫长，十夫长，管理百姓”
我要感谢燕杰传道介绍我读一本由曾金发牧师所写的书，《某确类》。这本书不仅让我了解何为真正的“精心门训的教会”，还丰富了我的专业领导能力。我深信精心门训除了以小组方式（分散）进行，也应该以一对一（督导）的方式进行—如同我本身在小组里受到黄牧师与燕杰传道的指导。
言归正传，我为什么说这本书让我在职场上也获益良多。之前在公司里我也参加了督导课程，那我就以“督导”为这次分享的重点。书上写到：赢得今日的胜利与创造明日成功的组织，关键就在于“督导”。
良好的督导有哪些好处？
1. 改变生命—对于接受督导的人，督导相等于一种支柱，让他能够利用更广泛的资源，得到成长。
2. 督导本身的成长—有智慧的督导者明白在帮助他人的同时，自己也在帮助自己，因为真正的学习是双向的。
3. 扩大领导资源—受到良好督导的人可以被训练成为领袖，从而扩大领导资源。
4. 有价值的投资—当我们意识到自己正在把生命‘投资’在别人的生命里，帮助他们有属灵成长时，那是非常有成就感的。
身为团队的领袖，我发现自己开始关注自己的组员，并且对他们进行一对一的指导。我的团队就像一个小组，而我也有了一个可以对较弱的组员进行一对一督导，或是把较强的组员训练成未来领袖的机会。
最后，我想以书上提到的“以动员来领导”，作为这次分享的结尾。若是教会没有集体动员的话，那么我们将不会看到任何成果。身为总理事成员，我们扮演的主要角色就是在制定教会政策时，寻求神的旨意，并成为政策的监护人。所以，我们必须现在就开始动员。让我们给予黄牧师及燕杰传道我们最大的支持，一起往教会的使命及‘精心门训的教会’迈进。