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Sabbaticals – seven good reasons (4)
4. Sabbaticals are great ways to develop local church leadership
Even those of us who put our money where our mouths are and identify and train up new leaders know that it can be a bit of a hit and miss affair – and, simply put, there aren't the opportunities to demonstrate leadership for up and coming leaders that a sabbatical actually provides. Take preaching. I might encourage a young guy to preach, say, once a month. All well and good. But that does nothing for him like giving him a month long series of his own where he's got to work at a book and wrestle with a weekly message. Quite a different skill, as anyone knows who has done it. Or any other leadership issue.