Leadership From Within

When I was in church today the pastor was talking about raising up leadership from with when working with those who are easy to fall. He spoke about a ministry in which they are associated with a large denomination that has two major churches nearby within that ministry and yet he has to raise people up from within because no one from the other churches will help. It struck me because I think it is key to raise up leaders from within because they have a credibility with the people. Yes have some from the outside but they need more from the inside. Yes they will fall and mess up but they can get back up and go again. Then they can run the race and bring in others because the are not perfect. My goal is to build up leaders from within so that I am no longer needed.