Leadership Competency and Church Growth

This study examines leadership competency and church growth. A survey study of 25 randomly selected churches in Port Harcourt Rivers State was carried out. The population was 125 leaders of the churches, but only 96% (120 leaders) were used as sample. The data was analyzed with Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient statistical tool. The findings revealed that leadership competency is related to church growth. It was thus concluded that leadership competency enhances church growth by increasing the spiritual and numeric growth.