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The Frustrating Paradox of Serving with an Amiable Autocrat

By Filings on Fri, 09/17/21
Church & Ministry
Leadership
Pastoral Leadership
Authoritarian Pastors

“Nice dictators exist, at least in the leadership sense. I refer to these types of leaders in the church as amiable autocrats. Friendly church dictators rule from their positional authority. They order everyone around because their title enables them to do so, and they do it with a smile.” - Sam Rainer

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There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

(NASB, Proverbs 12:18)

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