David Lutz Research Paper

Rev. David Lutz. Lutz who has served as pastor of Napoleon Nazarene Church for nearly twenty five years, and now serves as District Superdentant of Eastern Ohio District Church of the Nazaarene, was recently interviewed regarding his leadership experiences. When Lutz was asked about his style of leadership and how it has developed over his career, he expressed many factors have effecting his leadership. In his youth, leadership was difficult and sometimes painful for Lutz. He pastored his first church freshly out of seminar and was much younger than most of his board members and congregants. With little experience and young, Lutz experienced many leadership pans in those first few years. Now with over 25 years of leadership experience, leadership …show more content…
As he currently leads nearly sixty pastors and churches, he expresses that many of his greatest leadership lessons have come from personal experiences through the years. “Everyone and every situation can teach you something”, explains Lutz (D. Lutz, personal communication, March 20, 2017). Lutz explains that most routine of problems can teach you about your self, your leadership style, your insticts, and escpecially your emotional health if you allow it too. “What you learn is up to you”, elucidates Lutz (D. Lutz 2017). Lutz learning to make the small decisions quickly and easily has prepared him for one the big hairy problems that often come …show more content…
(2015) Lutz and the church needed to put the right leaders in the right places and develop new ministry norms. In the next few years Lutz slowly began to eliminate team members that didn't reflect the vision he sensed God had given him. Painfully he admits, he removed the wrong people and slowly sought the right team members. The last few years in Napoleon, Lutz believed were the best days of his ministry career thus far. “Right people were in right places doing right things” Lutz explained (D. Lutz 2017). When Lutz put skilled leaders in the apporpiate places growth began to ensue. The church became better. Lutz learned the second most important life lesson in leadership. Having the right people, doing the right things, get the right