National Leadership Seminar for the Church of God Continues in Sofia

We were again privileged to teach the next two levels of the National Leadership Seminar for the Church of God in Sofia. This is the of tenth leadership event we have held for the Church of God in Bulgaria since August, 2008. The two levels presented were the “21 Laws of Leadership” and “52 Leadership Principles of Jesus.” As we taught the topics in the Salvation Church of God in Sofia, we were all amazed by the fact how relevant and applicable Biblical leadership is in the Bulgarian context. The particular team we were working with that night, is a multicultural group of people that ministers both in Bulgaria and to Bulgarian immigrants in Europe. They have an extensive ongoing work with Bulgarian communities in Spain and Portugal. Just recently, they returned from a missions trip to Greece which we were also invited to join, but were unable to do so due to our full preaching schedule in Bulgaria. The night of the leadership course, the team was leaving on a ministry trip to England and Germany that same night. Yet, they were eager to sit around the drawing board with us, learn new leadership principles and draft new strategies for ministry to implement in their trip. While many claim that the times of revival in Bulgaria re long gone, we were again amazed by the enthusiasm and motivation of the ministry teams in Sofia. And it seemed clear that true revival comes not from the crowds that it draws, but from the internal God-given motivation of people that are willing to dedicate their whole lives for bringing true spiritual revival to the land. For revival must go on …