Rio Summers

“All the way back to Genesis 3 we can trace twin instincts. On one hand the human heart has been hard-wired to seek solitary, authoritarian power and safety. On the other, there is a deep-seated responsibility-abdicating acquiescence to ungodly leaders or groups.”
― Marcus Honeysett, Powerful Leaders?: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong And How to Prevent It

“The key principle, however, is this: power must be exercised wholly for the benefit of others and not for the benefit of the leader. Christian leadership, modelled on Jesus’ leadership, is self-giving, not self- serving.”
― Marcus Honeysett, Powerful Leaders?: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong And How to Prevent It

“There is little that Satan hates more than godly repentance.”
― Marcus Honeysett, Powerful Leaders?: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong And How to Prevent It

“While Christians do have a general duty to be soft-hearted, forgiveness is dependent on repentance. To forgive in the absence of repentance is to validate sinful behaviour. And even when someone does genuinely repent, and forgiveness is appropriate, there should be no obligation to remain under their leadership – nor for them to remain in leadership.”
― Marcus Honeysett, Powerful Leaders?: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong And How to Prevent It