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Your Character Matters: 10 Character Traits God Calls Every Christian Leader to Demonstrate
Many leaders define themselves by what they do or how much they achieve, but God is much more interested in who they are.
Your Character Matters provides a firm understanding of the spiritual qualifications required to lead God's people. Whether you are the leader of your family, a team at work, or an entire church congregation, this book is for all Christian leaders who want to model Christlike behavior and are willing to make changes in their lives to be great for God.
You will be challenged to cultivate ten character traits that the apostle Paul requires of every spiritual leader. Traits such as blamelessness, humility, being servants to your family, and being lovers of good are examined to help you become the leader God desires. You will also discover how Jesus models each character trait perfectly as you learn to lead like Christ.
Your Character Matters includes a study guide for group discussion or personal reflection and a character traits assessment to help you evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your character.
About the Authors
Dr. Johnson and Dr. Woolsey are founding members of Genesis College & Seminary, an international ministry serving thousands of inmates across the nation. Both have been faculty members at Christian colleges and universities. Johnson is blessed with four wonderful children and six cherished grandchildren, while Woolsey has two children who are a true blessing.
Your Character Matters provides a firm understanding of the spiritual qualifications required to lead God's people. Whether you are the leader of your family, a team at work, or an entire church congregation, this book is for all Christian leaders who want to model Christlike behavior and are willing to make changes in their lives to be great for God.
You will be challenged to cultivate ten character traits that the apostle Paul requires of every spiritual leader. Traits such as blamelessness, humility, being servants to your family, and being lovers of good are examined to help you become the leader God desires. You will also discover how Jesus models each character trait perfectly as you learn to lead like Christ.
Your Character Matters includes a study guide for group discussion or personal reflection and a character traits assessment to help you evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your character.
About the Authors
Dr. Johnson and Dr. Woolsey are founding members of Genesis College & Seminary, an international ministry serving thousands of inmates across the nation. Both have been faculty members at Christian colleges and universities. Johnson is blessed with four wonderful children and six cherished grandchildren, while Woolsey has two children who are a true blessing.
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Published June 1, 2025
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February 24, 2026
This book was written for use by Christian leaders presenting to them spiritual qualifications to be a godly leader. I believe it accomplishes its purposes if read with the understanding that the ability to model the character qualities discussed comes only by drawing on the power of God’s grace purchased on our behalf by the Lord Jesus Christ. Remembering that Jesus bought all our sin, weakness, natural strengths and talents at the cost of His own life so that we may exchange that natural life for the power of His divine life lived through us. This means that to take back any of our natural life would be stealing from Jesus since He bought it and at such a high price. Who would want to do that?
This book highlights those character qualities that the Apostle Paul exhorts leaders to display. It encourages the reader to embrace each quality while living their daily lives. These include blamelessness, humility, servanthood, trustworthiness, discipline, uprightness, gentleness, hospitality, to be lovers of good and holiness.
The book concludes with a character trait assessment test to be completed by the reader and preferably fellow believers who know them well.
I believe there is a lot of value in reading this book and assessing one’s own character whether it be as a leader as intended or as someone who genuinely wants to live for Christ. As mentioned before, doing this through drawing on the power of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.
This book highlights those character qualities that the Apostle Paul exhorts leaders to display. It encourages the reader to embrace each quality while living their daily lives. These include blamelessness, humility, servanthood, trustworthiness, discipline, uprightness, gentleness, hospitality, to be lovers of good and holiness.
The book concludes with a character trait assessment test to be completed by the reader and preferably fellow believers who know them well.
I believe there is a lot of value in reading this book and assessing one’s own character whether it be as a leader as intended or as someone who genuinely wants to live for Christ. As mentioned before, doing this through drawing on the power of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.
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