As a small group leader or a church leader our primary role is to challenge our people spiritually. To identify the areas they are lacking or fearful about and going head on challenging it.

Logic and rationality is the enemy of spiritual breakthroughs.
Challenging your peoples rationality and pushing them in the Abyss of the unknown with an unwavering promise that in the darkness Jesus would be your guide is another role of a spiritual leader.

Most of the time it is expected of the leader to dare and push the people in the
Abyss. Will the people protest? Will they mumble as they fall? Absolutely. For those doubting Thomases, it’s the role of the leader sometimes to demonstrate the fall right before their eyes , if needed be to fall with them.