A leader leads whereas a follower follows. A leader cannot lead if there are no followers, likewise a follower cannot follow if there is no leader. Do you now see, why probably some leaders want to hold on to people? It’s followership they want, and of course yourself you want to be led. If you are a believer, ask yourself who should I be following? Please let it not be a hypocrite! The Holy Spirit is the only one who can lead you into all truth. Not this business where " one saith, I am of Paul; [and another saying,] I am of Apollos " 1 Corinthians 3:4. If that’s what you do, you are yet carnal, and you need one teach you again the foundations. If you’re still looking to men as your leader; you’ve lost the faith towards God and that of sound doctrine. If you’re a leader who’s busy pointing people to yourself, " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more th