...LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Theology of Christian Leadership LEAD 520 – D01 LUO The Life of Leaders December 11, 2013 Table of Contents I. Introduction 3 II. What is Leadership 3 III. Christian Leadership 3 IV. Biblical Perspective 4 V. Servant Leadership 5 VI. Leadership Disciplines 6 VII. Conclusion 7 VIII. Bibliography 8 Introduction According to Bill Hull, “While certain pockets of evangelicalism have grown, overall, the church is in a decline. Many congregations can attest to Hull’s assessment, in that, churches in America are indeed experiencing sharp declines in its numbers of baptisms and church attendance. Over time we have produced a body of people that enjoy hearing the word of God preached and experiencing the supernatural presence of God. This is not enough, people must be taught, nurtured, and mentored toward living a transformed life reflecting the resemblance of the Lord, Jesus Christ. This paper will explore the importance of the role of leadership in developing leaders in the body of Christ. Leadership There are different definitions and different styles of leadership. Leadership can be viewed as the process of influencing other people to work together to accomplish a desired purpose. Dr. Michael Mitchell defines a leader as one who possesses a clear mission with an attendant vision, stands before others effectively conveying the message...
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...Christian Worldview of Leadership Introduction The Christian worldview of leadership is distinctly different from most secular views on the subject. In the secular, leadership tends to be viewed primarily in terms of a company’s bottom line and how well the leader can urge employees to produce more and better work. That view is profit-centered rather than person-centered, and it does not give much attention to employees’ human needs and qualities nor on how developing excellent work relationships can promote productivity. In the Christian worldview, however, people are key, and their human needs are important. The leader in the Christian worldview understands how meeting employees’ needs promotes the kind of productivity desired and how developing strong work relationships can do more for the company’s success than micromanaging or other forms of harassment can achieve. This paper will discuss the characteristics of a leader and the keys of leadership, group behavior, and conflict management and resolution from the Christian perspective. Leadership Today’s business leaders often have difficult tasks to achieve in turning around failing companies and galvanizing an overworked workforce fearful of losing their jobs, but their tasks do not outweigh those of the great Biblical leaders, such as Moses, who led the Israelites out of bondage, or David, who had to slay the giant before becoming a leader. The characteristics of a leader in the Biblical context still differs...
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...Christian Concept of Leadership Christian concept of leadership adds wide range of moral values to the basic characteristics of every leader. The main dilemma is whether it is possible to be a committed Christian and a committed leader. The leadership is an art and it requires communication skills in order to reach mutual respect and understanding with your employees or team members. Committed Christians are successful leaders as they are concerned about others’ well – being and they strike to reach fairness and peace in the workplace. There are several responsibilities that are important for Christian leaders. It includes moral behavior, carrying the vision for the organization, open communication, team building and encouraging growth and creativity. Leader should be able to keep the balance and make those decisions that suit particular situation the best. Moreover, good leader is the one who first learned to be a good follower. This chapter basically explores the characteristics that every good leader should have. Christian leader is viewed as a model, as an example of moral behavior at workplace. However, not every committed Christian has those moral values as in this chapter is described. It is idealized more. On the other hand, moral values and mutual respect at a workplace has always been valued between employees and a leader. Mostly Christian leaders are opened and seek to relate people with gentleness, show forgiveness and respect. However, it is not...
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...Training Analysis Paper An Evaluation of the training program of Foundations for Christian Leadership -------------------------------------------- A Paper Submitted to Dr. Steve Hoke ------------------------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Doctor of Ministry Class LE812 ------------------------------------------- By Sarlito A. Sampan International Graduate School of Leadership Metro Manila, Philippines January 8, 2009 Training Analysis Paper An Evaluation of the Training Program of FCL TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2 Brief History of FCL 4 Analysis using Holland’s Two track Analogy 6 The FCL Analysis based on the 4 Components of Holland’s Model 8 The Input 8 The In-Ministry experience 9 The Cross-Ties dynamic Reflection 10 The Ballast Formation 11 Training Analysis: Which Components should be in Focus 12 Incoming participants 13 Total Training Process 14 Summary 16 Selected Bibliography 18 Appendix 19 Training Analysis Paper An Evaluation of the training program of FCL Introduction I choose to evaluate the program use by the Foundations for Christian Leadership or more known as FCL for I work directly with this organization. I have been with this program...
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...Grady Hedrick- Christian Leadership Program Application For most of my time in high school, my parents and teachers told me that college was the time to “take my faith into my own hands”. Rather than let my faith take become overshadowed by life in college, I intend to nurture and explore my faith. This is part of the reason for which I am applying to the Christian Leadership Program. I believe that being a part of this program will help me to keep my Catholic faith at the center of my life. It will also allow me to use the gifts I have been given to make a difference in the lives of my peers and in the community. I understand that the program will be a challenging one, but I believe it will be well worth it. My background is most likely very similar to that of many of the other applicants for this scholarship. I am a born-and-raised Catholic from a strong family background. I attended a Catholic school from kindergarten all the way through senior year of high school. However, I believe I stand out as an applicant because of my level of involvement, and dedication to excellence as well as service....
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...“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr., presents a well-constructed critique of the white church in the 1960s. In his letter, King skillfully composes an argument utilizing ethos, pathos, and logos to call the church to action. He remarks, “I have been so greatly disappointed with the white church and its leadership” (King 5). King’s letter, addressed to his fellow clergymen, describes a Civil Rights Movement that Jesus himself would have likely participated in: “Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists” (King 4). Furthermore, King’s frequent reference to scripture and citation of the...
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...The Drum Major Instinct. Martin Luther King, Jr. remains arguably the most recognizable African American figure in world history. First thrust into the international spotlight courtesy of his leadership of a boycott of the public bus system in Montgomery, Alabama, where he was pastor of a local church, King became the lightning rod for the civil rights movement that emerged in the wake of the successful boycott. During the 1960s he gave innumerable speeches characterized by oratorical genius, led a succession of mass marches in the heart of segregated America and helped to reconstruct American race relations before his assassination in 1968. Ever since Montgomery he has attracted the attention of biographers and historians keen to understand what made him such a magnetic and inspirational leader and what made the story of the civil rights movement so compelling. Martin Luther King is most remembered for a speech given during one of the finest hours of the civil rights movement -- a sermon that set the moral tone for the movement. But while the Aug. 28, 1963, sermon "I Have A Dream," delivered during the March on Washington, framed much of Martin Luther King Jr’s notions of a free America, it was not the speech that defined his legacy. One of the world's best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Martin Luther King Jr., synthesized ideals drawn from many different cultural traditions. Recent studies of him emphasize the extent to which his ideals were rooted...
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...focusing on how he is not an outsider, all of his actions were timely, he did not want violence, he was not an extremist, and he was disappointed in the church. Their attitude towards his matter is that they all disagree with what King is saying. In the letter King did a very good job using the three main appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is when the author tries to persuade an audience to agree with an argument by using reputation and character of the speaker or writer. An example is, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South, and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.”(paragraph 2) This is an example of Ethos because he is showing his character and repeating his affiliation with the Christian organizations. Pathos is an appeal that is attempting to persuade the audience by targeting...
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...Biography of Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Who was Andrew Young Jr.? Most people immediately associate him with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and the Civil Rights Movement. I chose to write about Andrew Young because of his strong feelings about the rights of black Americans. He felt that everyone, black or white, should have equal rights. Andrew fought along the side of Martin Luther King, Jr. and continued the work after King's death. The Civil Rights Movement required many dedicated and determined souls. Andrew Young, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of peace who believed in using love vice hate to settle disagreements. He accomplished many wonderful things to help Martin Luther King's Dream live on. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the depths of the Great Depression and Jim Crow segregation. His grandfather had been a successful businessman who had operated a drugstore, a pool hall, and a saloon. His father, Andrew Young Sr. was a dentist and his mother Daisy Fuller Young was a school teacher. The Young’s were among the elite of the city’s black population, which was largely poor and uneducated. Dr. Young Sr. could have afforded to live in a well-to-do white neighborhood, but no one would sell to him.(African American pg 104) .His parents were always very supportive of Andrew and his brother Walter. His parents always taught them the importance of religion and education and to treat others with respect...
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...Foster Wallace's. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” has become one of the most powerful pieces of writing in history. The intent of this letter was to respond to an open letter, “A Call for Unity,” written by eight white clergymen. “A Call for Unity” stated that African Americans should be treated equally, but now was not the time to demand equality. In addition, the clergymen stated that these protests were “unwise” and “untimely.” “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was a fierce response to enlighten the clergymen of the importance of taking action now. To respectfully respond to this letter King first establishes his credibility on the subject by saying, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference” (74). The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was a civil rights group lead by religious figures in the community. This automatically gives King credibility and authority, due to being well informed on the progress of the Civil Rights Movement through SCLC, and serving as a fellow leading pastor in the organization. By King establishing himself as a fellow pastor he continues to build a personal connection between him and the clergymen. On the other hand, David Foster Wallace’s purpose for writing, “Consider the Lobster” was to review the Maine Lobster Festival (MLF) for Gourmet magazine. Wallace cites in the beginning of his article the audience intended to read this article, “The assigned subject of this Gourmet article is the 56th...
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...defend themselves. From that, Andrew decided that violence was not the path he would choose to follow. After beginning his higher education at Dillard University, Young transferred to Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1947, and received his Bachelor of Science in pre-dentistry degree there in 1951. He felt a religious calling and entered the Turner-Boatwright Christian ministry school and earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1955. Young was appointed to serve as pastor of a church in Marion, Alabama. It was there in Marion that he met Jean Childs, who later became his wife. He became friend and ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at this time. In 1060 he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Young was jailed for his participation in civil rights demonstrations, both in Selma, Alabama, and in St. Augustine, Florida. Young played a key role in the events in Birmingham, Alabama, serving as a mediator between the white and black communities. In 1964 Young was named executive director of the southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), becoming, in capacity, one of Dr. King’s principal lieutenants. As a colleague and friend to Martin Luther King Jr. he was a strategist and negotiator during the Civil Rights Campaigns in Birmingham (1963), St. Augustine (1964), and Selma (1965) that resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and voting rights Act. He was with King in Memphis,...
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...King states, “I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth…” (203). He addresses to the clergymen that he believes that although they criticize and disagree with his civil disobedience, he still considers them beings with good intent and nature. In his letter, King also refers to his himself as, “…a fellow clergyman and a Christian brother” (219). This statement implies that because he obtains similarities with his audience, has as much right to address his concerns about unfair treatment to the African American community as they do. King is able to establish his credibility by accepting his audience’s sentiments and presenting his role as a clergymen and Christian in Southern...
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...In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters (under the protection of federalized National Guard troops) finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. The historic march, and King’s participation in it, greatly helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act, passed later that year.Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts by civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to register black voters met with fierce resistance in southern states such as Alabama. In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and SCLC decided to make Selma, located in Dallas County, Alabama, the focus of a voter registration campaign. Alabama Governor George Wallace was a notorious opponent of desegregation, and the local county sheriff in Dallas County had led a steadfast opposition to black voter registration drives. As a result, only 2 percent of Selma’s eligible black voters (300 out of 15,000) had managed to register.King had won...
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...more diverse america. King played a prominent role to civil rights by forming marches and delivering speeches during the 1960’s. During the Civil Rights Movement King was named president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). On August 28, 1963, King lead the March on Washington and carried out his I Have a Dream Speech, also in 1964 King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Lastly, on April 4, 1968 King was assassinated by James Earl Ray while delivering a speech in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. King’s interest in equal rights created America’s diverse society. To begin, King led the March on Washington in order to help guarantee jobs and freedom for the colored. Playing an immense role in deciding the future of Civil Rights, “ ...The event (March on Washington) is widely regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the American Civil Rights movement and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed that no one is to be discriminated against based on their skin color, sex, or ethnic background, meaning segregation was...
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...Letters from Birmingham PeeJay Nowling Argosy University Online Letters from Birmingham 1. King was in Birmingham to address the issue of injustice by organizing a protest. Define the injustice and the protest and explain how Judeo-Christian ethics were applied to allow for civil disobedience. How was the injustice in Birmingham tied to all communities in the south? Dr. King had the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization in every southern state. Their headquarters were in Atlanta, Georgia. They had 85 affiliated organizations and one of them was the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. They shared staff, educational and financial resources with their affiliates. Several months back Dr. King and members of his staff were invited because they had organizational ties there and they were asked to engage in a nonviolent direct-action program if it were necessary. Dr. King was in Atlanta and could not stand idly by while there was injustice in Birmingham. He said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” (King, 2006). “He wanted to carry the gospel of freedom” (King, 2006). King claimed without direct action there would be no change. 2. King lists four steps to nonviolent campaigns. Name them. “There are four basic steps to any non-violent campaign...
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