Empowerment 5 ~ Empowered Individuals

Empowerment 5 ~ Empowered Individuals

This is the final piece in the jigsaw where we will briefly look at “Empowered Individuals”.

The Empowerment (Trust) Matrix

Low trust       Entrenched in Bunkers          Caged Eagles

High trust       Flying Blind                            Empowered Individuals

                  Low Enablement                 High Enablement

The goal of all organisations/churches and its leaders should be to get as many people as possible into the empowered performer category ~ the lower right quadrant. 

The message is obvious for those who want to build an empowered organisation/church: reduce the number of people who are entrenched in bunkers, flying blind or caged eagles.  Increase the numbers who are fully trusted (EMPOWERED).

Oxford dictionary ~ Empowered

• give (someone) the authority or power to do something
• enable someone stronger and more confident

Strong’s

·      from strong’s 1743  (dunamoo); to empower :- enable, (increase in) strength (-en), be (make) strong

·         from strong’s 2901  the Greek krataios meaning to empower

“Empowerment”

Refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, educational or economic strength of individuals and communities.

Biblical reference: Luke 10 v 1-16

Read and absorb what Jesus did, he briefed fully the 70; he told them what to do, what to expect there were no surprises. Jesus communicated effectively and efficiently releasing every person in to being who they can be in Christ.

How effective was Jesus in empowering all 70 read verse 17, look at how they returned.  That is true empowerment, how empowered are your leaders, team leaders and members of the church?

To enable individuals to fulfil their purpose for God, I believe they should be free, free from self doubt, self limiting beliefs and most of all free to be who they can be in Christ.

Finally empowerment includes seven capabilities or similar:-

1.     Ability to consider a range of options from which to choose (not just yes/no, either/or.)

2.     Ability to exercise assertiveness in collective decision making

3.     Setting people free to Be Who You (They) Can Be in Christ

4.     Having positive-thinking about the ability to make change

5.     The ability to make decisions about personal/collective circumstances

6.     The ability to access information and resources for decision-making

7.     Ability to learn and access skills for improving personal/collective circumstance

I have underlined the first four as amongst other areas these are covered in our empowerment programme ‘Be Who You Can Be in Christ’. Follow the link and if your church would like our ministry to teach empowerment, confidence, assertiveness, remove self doubt and self limiting beliefs, please contact to discuss.

On behalf of our Ministry we wish you all a joyous Christmas and a blessed 2012 and we look forward to sharing more in the forth coming year.

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