March 2006 Newsletter - A Special Essay
The Superiority Syndrome - by Steve Cohen
A few years ago, I attended the installation of Rev. Robert Roegner to the position of Director of World Missions for the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod. Bob and I have a lot in common in that we are members of the same church, Jan and I nearly purchased his home when we moved to St. Louis, both of our youngest children will be in the same confirmation class, we both like to eat and we share a passion for reaching the lost with the Gospel. He is also one of the members of the Board of Directors for The Apple of His Eye.
The dynamic and highly animated guest preacher that morning was Rev. Dr. Paul K. Flynn, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ghana. He exudes a passion for reaching the lost. He spoke on the text from Phillipians 2:1-11 reminding the standing-room only filled chapel that our positions of service are one of humility – but sometimes our positions could trap us as we project a Superiority Syndrome. We in the church are better than ... and fill in the blank. Or we who are in leadership position are better than… fill in that blank.