Becme Like Me

I have been studying in preparation for the 2026 teaching sessions for the Valley Baptist Missions Education Center.  We will be looking at “Biblical  Role Models for Church Leadership.”  I have rediscovered at least three things to be consistent in every character that we have chosen. For one, they walked with God consistently.  You can’t be a godly leader on Sunday if you walk with Satan Monday through Saturday.  Second, they gave  God their best.  When you give God your best, God gives you, His best. Third, when God calls someone to lead, any confusion or hesitancy comes from the recipient, not from God.  I won’t teach about every character but invite some of my friends to assist me.  Every month we will study one Old Testament role model and one New Testament role model.  So, who are we studying?  From the Old Testament, we will look at Abraham, Joshua, David, Moses, Jeremiah, Ruth, Jonah, Jehoshaphat, and Caleb.  From the New Testament, we will look at Barnabas, Luke, Peter, Jesus, Paul, Epaphras, John the Baptist, Anna, and the father of the Prodigal Son.  One of our role-models said to his followers, “Brethren, I urge you to become like me” (Galatians 4:12).  A role model is defined as “a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others.” As we teach, this is a phrase that we will be inserting into selected characteristics of each role model – “become like me.”