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LEADERSHIP: A FOUNDING STORY

 


Pastoral Messages by Matriarch Elnette Edwards

Beloved family,

Let me take you back to a time when leadership meant something different from what we often see today. I remember sitting on my grandmother's porch in the thick summer heat, watching her welcome every soul who passed by with the same grace—whether they were the mayor or the man who swept the church steps. She had no title, no platform, but people followed her wisdom like streams flowing to the river.

"Elnette," she would say, her hands never stopping their work, whether shelling peas or mending clothes, "a true leader doesn't stand above the people. A true leader stands among them, bearing their burdens, celebrating their joys, and pointing them always toward what is higher and holier than themselves."

I didn't understand then that I was witnessing the foundation of servant leadership—the kind that doesn't seek position but accepts responsibility, that doesn't demand honour but earns respect through faithful presence and sacrificial love.

When the Lord called me into ministry, I carried those porch lessons with me. I learned that leadership isn't about having all the answers; it's about having the humility to seek wisdom and the courage to follow it. It's not about commanding followers; it's about cultivating other leaders. It's not about building your own kingdom; it's about advancing God's Kingdom, one soul at a time.

The greatest leaders I've known were those who led from their knees first—in prayer, in surrender, in brokenness before God. They understood that authority without humility becomes tyranny, and power without love becomes oppression. They knew that the measuring stick of leadership isn't how many serve you, but how many you serve.

I've watched leaders rise and fall, and the difference was always the same: those who led for their own glory eventually crumbled under the weight of their pride, while those who led for God's glory were sustained by His strength, even in the hardest seasons.

So I say to you today, whether you're leading a family, a ministry, a business, or a movement: lead as Christ led. Wash feet. Break bread. Speak truth wrapped in love. Lift up the fallen. Make room at the table. And never forget that the greatest in the Kingdom are those who become servants of all.

This is the leadership legacy we must pass down—one generation faithfully serving the next, always pointing upward to the One who leads us all.

With love and conviction, 

Matriarch Elnette Edwards

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