Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.
If we stop learning today, we stop teaching tomorrow.
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual.
Most people don't think, they just rearrange their prejudices.
Vision without integrity is not mission - it's manipulation.
You cannot impart what you do not possess.