It is now possible to be accountable without having to be in control. Having accountability in common it is possible to share control. Shared control and shared accountability build community. Perhaps the challenge to Seekers is to discover ways in which to separate accountability and control. And in separately sharing them, the boundaries of the community may expand in ways that allow others to grow and learn, and support the achievements of the least privileged.
Distributed leadership is like the Japanese idea of a horizontal fast track.
Asked whether there is a fast track to responsibility for the best and the brightest in the midst of Japan's traditional business world, a Japanese manager put it this way. We move the better people around the organization as fast as we can in their early years, exposing them to different areas, different groups, and different responsibilities. That gives them a chance to discover themselves and to demonstrate their strengths. Perhaps servant leadership and the stewardship of all participants make a horizontal fast track possible in Christian community. They invite every one present to discover themselves and demonstrate their strengths and their weaknesses.