Are Pastors Primarily Facilitators?

One of the principles of church-based training is that, 'Pastors and elders are primarily facilitators in their roles as teachers and overseers.'

The roles of pastor and elder have been divided in various ways based on ecclesiology, but this discussion isn't aimed at that question. Are they primarily facilitators in those roles (regardless of how their roles are defined)? Does the passage in Acts 20 support this? Maybe Ephesians 4?

What about the pastor who says, "My call is to preaching the Word?" Or the elder who says, "I am to oversee the flock." Are they to mainly be facilitators? How do you see it?

Live Blogging from the Dialogue on Leadership

I'm in Naples, Italy with Tim Faulkner for the event he is hosting, 'A Dialogue on Leadership - Developing Christian Leaders'. I'll try to put some of the more provocative ideas up here for discussion. The first one is easy. It came in the first few minutes of Dr. Steven Moyer's initial presentation.

Leaders are stewards, not owners.

Wow. He referenced Luke 12:42 if you want to look at that.

How would that attitude change what you do in your relationships? Have you tried to help anyone else understand this principle in their leadership? What have you done and how has it gone?