Dr Stanley Jebb on the Authority of the Pastor

"Strictly speaking, the only authority a pastor has is the spiritual authority inherent in the message he preaches ... One thing, however, is clear, and that is that a minister should never be a dictator. Autocracy is quite out of place in the pastoral office".

Dr Stanley Jebb - "Authority" - Alethinos Reflections - accessed April 27th 2009.

Andrew Walker on Leadership Personality

"The more insecure leaders were, the more they would invoke heavenly backing for their advice".

Andrew Walker - "Restoring the Kingdom" - Eagle Publication (1998) - (p187).

Ern Baxter on Authoritarianism

"Let us not be afraid of authority for remember that he who has or exercises authority over us is in turn under authority to someone else".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Becoming a Love Slave" - New Wine Magazine - October 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p9).

Ern Baxter on Being a Slave of Christ

"It is not possible to be a Christian in the fullest, experiential sense if we have not become involved in the life of love slavery where serving Christ by serving one another brings us to the highest sense of fulfillment".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Becoming a Love Slave" - New Wine Magazine - October 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p9).

Ern Baxter on True Authority

"It is the nature of the master that influences the response of the slave".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Slaves, Choose Your Master!" - New Wine Magazine - September 1975 - (p12).

C Peter Wagner on Apostlic Authority

"The charismatic leader possesses qualities the followers perceive as emanating from superhuman sources".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p134).

John Stott on the Authority of Scripture

"Scripture is the Royal Scepter by which King Jesus rules His Church ... Scripture has supreme authority in the Church".

Dr John Stott - "The Bible and the Christian Life" DVD - Session 1; "The Authority of the Bible" - Zondervan (2006).

John Stott on Authority

"It is right to protest against an oppressive authority but the Christian mind distinguishes between tyranny on the one hand and authority on the other.

True authority combines freedom from tyranny with freedom under authority".

Dr John Stott - "The Bible and the Christian Life" DVD - Session 1; "The Authority of the Bible" - Zondervan (2006).

Albus Dumbledore on Leadership and Authority

"Those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it".

J K Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - Bloomsbury, London (2007) - (p575).

Don Basham on Submission and Authority

"The measure of our submission to God then is not expressed when we submit to just authority but when we submit to unjust authority".

Don Basham in "Secular Authority and the Christian" from "Vintage Years - Selected Articles from New Wine's First Decade: 1969-1979" - New Wine Publishers, Mobile, Alabama - (p56).

Don Basham on Submission and Authority

"Submission to authority is not based on the personal character of the man in authority nor is it based on how justly or unjustly the authority is applied. Our submission is to God who gives the authority".

Don Basham in "Secular Authority and the Christian" from "Vintage Years - Selected Articles from New Wine's First Decade: 1969-1979" - New Wine Publishers, Mobile, Alabama - (p54).

Don Basham on Authority

"Submission to authority is essential for us to grow in maturity in Christ".

Don Basham in "Secular Authority and the Christian" from "Vintage Years - Selected Articles from New Wine's First Decade: 1969-1979" - New Wine Publishers, Mobile, Alabama - (p51).