When we think about leadership we usually think about one person offering ideas, suggestions or directions to many others. We tend to think of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, or some other larger than life figure that you have never met, or even know anyone who has met them.

I have been fortunate enough to have been taught and trained by someone equally important. He is in the person of the Rev. Dr. William E. Flippin Sr., the senior pastor of the Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, at 1879 Glennwood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316.

The simplist structure in which leadership plays a role is the encounter between two people. In this one-to-one relationship we are involved in leading one another from point to point, from view to view. Groups of people require more.

When I first attended this church I had given up on attending church services. I had found that I enjoyed the community instead. For the first time in my life I could not fix my brokenness. This is a question a lot of people have tried to figure out and have struggled to answer. They are not always successful.

I had not given up on God. Which is a grave thing to do. Rather I had lost touch with how to serve Him. Remember, we are not fit to go to Him; He draws us to Him. The church as we know it is a hospital and they are not created equal.

Some are not a fit for everyone. Some patients need care out of the realm of possibility that they can provide. It takes a special leader.