“You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:25-28 · WEB
“It shall not be so among you.” Resource Council exists for churches and faith-based organizations ready to obey that sentence: to reform dominating leadership, to help congregations recover from its harm, and to rebuild around the servant way of Jesus.
Three steps toward lighter leadership.
Describe your situation
A power struggle, a wounded congregation, a structure that centers one personality: say it plainly and confidentially.
Counsel is drawn from the Voices
A report is composed drawing on the published work of each Trusted Voice, applied to your specific situation.
Walk it out with real people
The report ends in concrete next steps for your board or eldership, plus reading and coaching paths for the road ahead.
Reformers whose published work leads the way.
Each voice is described factually: who they are and what they have published. Reports draw on that public body of work; the authors themselves are not involved in preparing them. More voices will be added as they join.
Lance Ford
Author, coach, and church consultant. His books examine how command-and-control leadership entered the church and how leaders can shift the weight of leadership onto the shoulders of Jesus.
deconstructing dominating leadership · servantship over positional authority · leading as a peer among peers
A real sample report.
“I’m on the board of my church and our board members aren’t getting along. I don’t know what to do.”
Read the Full Sample ReportFor churches ready to trade domination for servantship.
Boards & elderships
Reforming governance that has centered on one personality, before or after it breaks.
Wounded congregations
Naming harm honestly and rebuilding a culture of goodness that resists repeating it.
Planters & networks
Building decentralized, multiplying leadership from the start instead of importing the corporate ladder.
The Resource Council members are real authors and practitioners. Reports are AI-composed summaries drawing on their published, publicly available teaching; they are not written, reviewed, or endorsed by these authors, contain no quotations from their books, and do not represent their words or views. Resource Council reports are a tool for reflection, not a substitute for pastoral care, counseling, legal advice, or professional consulting. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).