{"id":23556,"date":"2019-06-20T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/?p=23556"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:21:58","slug":"theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/theres-gold-in-them-thar-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s Gold In Them Thar Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I absolutely love reading Tom Camacho, Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching. <\/em>I spoke to me on many different levels, and while it was not the most prolific academic work we have read thus far, it is powerful, practical and I would even add prophetic for where leadership is going.<\/p>\n

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Camacho self discloses early on that the book purpose is \u201cwritten to help in this vital process of identifying, molding and shaping thriving kingdom leaders[1]<\/a> This is done through the lens of coaching and mining, specifically mining gold. Tom says this is a Spirit-led process that incorporates the best of coaching practices to develop others. For him, the process is broken down through the analogy of GOLD- G<\/strong>old is everywhere, O<\/strong>pen your eyes to see it, L<\/strong>earn the skills to draw it out, D<\/strong>evelop others continuously. These four core aspects are worked out through the six principles for mining for gold or Coach Leadership. He states the six principles as,<\/p>\n

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    1. The Holy Spirit does the Work of Refining. He is in charge, not us. Our role is to learn to work in dynamic cooperation with Him.<\/li>\n
    2. Our True Identity is the Foundation of Thriving. We are beloved sons and daughters of a perfect Father and King. Any other foundation is false and will fail us.<\/li>\n
    3. We Thrive When We Cooperate with Our God-Given Design. Something powerful happens when we align our time and efforts with how God wired us.<\/li>\n
    4. Each of us Has a Sweet Spot\u2014A Place Where We Naturally Bear the Most Fruit. Finding this place is like being set free from a cage. We have permission to be ourselves and thrive.<\/li>\n
    5. The Cross is God\u2019s Great Refining Tool\u2014There is no escaping this painful reality. The great heat of the cross is God\u2019s primary tool in purifying thriving leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      While I could point out many things that this book helps to clarify for me as I continue to research Paracletic Spirit-embodied Leadership, chapter seven The Holy Spirit Does the Work of Refining,<\/em> add the most benefit. One of the many issues I see with current models of church leadership, at least in Western American Christianity, is that many focus on leadership as \u201cCEO\u201d over people and not \u201cShepherd\u201d of people. David Fitch states that \u201cthe idea of \u2018leadership\u2019 has captivated evangelicals in the last twenty years\u201d and \u201c. . . has led to the meteoric rise of CEO style \u2018pastor-leadership\u2019 among evangelicals.\u201d[2]<\/a> \"\"<\/a>In a critique of CEO leadership style in the church, Ray Anderson encourages us to understand that Christ did not leave us with a technique but the promise of the Father, the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Anderson, therefore, states, theology and practical theology, particularly, \u201c. . . must reflect on the contemporary work of the Holy Spirit as the praxis of the risen Christ.\u201d[3]<\/a> Circling back around to Camacho in laying out his six principles for thriving leaders, the first principle centers us in the Holy Spirit. He states,<\/p>\n

      \u201cThe Holy Spirit Does the Work of Refining. He brings forth the gold. He helps people thrive. The Spirit does the heavy lifting. We simply learn to cooperate with Him.\u201d As another advocate, the Holy Spirit comes alongside us and develops us. The role of leaders is beginning to become clear to me, that it is less about being out front and more about being alongside. See there is work involved in mining for the gold<\/em>, but the God who put it there knows how much dirt we need to go through we simply follow the direction he says, we should not try and create a brand new path.<\/p>\n

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      [1]<\/a>.” Tom Camacho, Mining for Gold: Developing Kingdom Leaders Through Coaching, <\/em>PDF version, 5.<\/p>\n

      [2]<\/a> David Fitch, \u201cWhen Evangelical Pastors End Up in Moral Failure.\u201d (Unpublished manuscript, 2004), 2.<\/p>\n

      [3]<\/a> Ray S. Anderson, The Shape of Practical Theology: Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis <\/em>(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 46.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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