Learning to Lead

Again, it's been way too long since I've posted anything here... I'm sorry. I'm starting a new quarter at Fuller today and two out of my three classes (the third one being Hebrew) are classes about leadership. One of the classes works in conjunction with the internship in which I am currently involved, and the other class surveys the various forms of leadership portrayed throughout the Bible. It should be interesting taking these classes simultaneously to see how they play off of each other.

An ongoing conversation that I've been having with peers and classmates is about the role of leadership in the church. Some churches have enormous staffs with multiple paid professionals each in charge of a specific realm of the church. Other churches only have one or two paid pastors who are forced to be multi-role players. Some churches don't even pay their pastor in an effort to eliminate the "profession" of the clergy. Is there a "correct" form of church leadership organization? Do different methods work better in different places?

I guess those are a couple of the questions that I will hopefully be more clear about as this quarter progresses. Any thoughts?