You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender.

This week, Dan and I conclude the Bindership series by talking about the need for

authenticity and humility and leadership.

Authenticity has become a buzzword in our culture,

but it is crucial to an understanding of leadership

that allows us to be in perfect human beings committed to the process of growth.

Well, we are on our final podcast, Rachel,

talking about the unique binds that leaders are in.

And you made an excellent point offline to say that leadership almost has to be defined.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, I think I just, I wanted to name that we're aware that there are lots of different ways

to lead.

You know, pastoral leadership, parish church leadership, even the leadership you do in a home.

So just want to name that we're speaking more generally and broadly about leadership,

knowing that there are so many particular ways in which people experience leadership,

either as a leader or someone who's experiencing the leadership of another person.

It's just crucial to be able to say,

anyone that you can name you have influence with or about implies that you're a leader.

And so it may not be a formal position,

but Bible study leaders,

people who are leading a small group in a church

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