In a Part 1 of this posting topic I talked about how much I am inspired when I hear of, or see church leaders acting with a kingdom mindset.  In this post I want to give some examples of things that I believe kingdom-minded church leaders do when acting on their belief that all churches that believe "Jesus is the Christ" (regardless of different specific beliefs) are part of one body, and should work together to accomplish God's mission for the world. 

Kingdom-minded church leaders:

1. Think about how to reach the lost people in their town, city, state, country and maybe the world and don't just think about how to grow their church.
2. They love working with leaders from other denominations and movements. One of my pet peeves is when church leaders act as if their denomination or movement is all there is, or maybe the best there is.
3. They love to network with other church leaders in their communities.
4. They think about decades from now, not just years from now.
5. They try to stop gossip about other churches and leaders.
6. They don't believe gossip about other churches and leaders unless they confirmed it.
7. They support other churches with prayer, money, volunteers & resources.
8. They send people from their church (staff & volunteers) to plant other churches

Now, if somebody does most of that they think kingdom-minded for the most part.  But, the people who think kingdom-minded the most are the people that do those last 2 things, for churches that aren't a part of their movement, network or denomination.  That's huge, because now they can't really count them or control what they believe and how they "do church".  Many times the church or church plant they support won't be giving back to the church or denomination/movement that helped them either.  That means they're giving and getting nothing in return.  We need a lot more of that.

Side note – The 2 I need to work on the most are #5 & #6.  I have promised myself that I'll do #7 & #8 if I'm ever in a position to do so, and I'll do it for churches outside the network or denomination I'm in.  I fully recognize it's much harder to do than say, and I can't wait for the opportunity to fulfill my promise.