Download or read book Servant Leadership Authority and governance in the Evangelical Covenant Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Servant Leadership written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1 and 2 Timothy Titus written by Walter L. Liefeld and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Download or read book Ephesians written by Klyne Snodgrass and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2009-06-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Download or read book Slaves of the Most High God written by Timothy Cochrell and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Servant leadership has been broadly and enthusiastically embraced by Christians as a model of leadership marked by humility and modeled by Jesus. But behind that attractive veneer is an approach to leadership that is problematic theologically and anemic biblically with humanistic goals and assumptions that are derived more from secular theory than biblical research. Careful examination of the servant metaphor in Scripture reveals that a leader is not primarily called to be a servant after all, but rather a slave who is obedient and ultimately accountable to God as his or her Master. This provocative picture conveys a much richer and more demanding model of leadership than servanthood when understood within its cultural context. Slaves of the Most High God provides a rigorous exegetical, historical, and theological analysis of the slave metaphor in Luke-Acts. The pattern of Christ’s slave leadership in Luke and the practice of slave leadership in the early church in Acts outline a paradigm of a leader who is in authority and under authority, redeemed by God to serve his people. The author proposes a countercultural model of slave leadership outlining seven practical principles drawn from the metaphor of slavery and shaped by personal pastoral experience.
Download or read book Servant Leadership for Congregations written by Kent Halstead and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no finer management concept than that of the servant leader, none more essential to organizational well-being. Servant Leadership for Congregations extends the concept to Christian congregations, a natural bonding exemplified by Christ. SERVANT LEADERSHIP DEFINED Servant leadership for Christian congregations is defined "as a democratic philosophy of guiding stewardship that values the responsibilities, interests, and abilities of all affected parties, and actively encourages their full involvement in planning and decision-making through study and open discussion toward consensus. The Christian servant leader is one who, recognizing God's sovereign will over all, leaps to do that will with the help of the Holy Spirit." BOOK DESCRIPTION Servant Leadership is organized in two divisions. The first, The Christian Servant Leader, presents the nature of the servant as a congregational leader, together with the impact on basic management functions. The second, Functional Responsibilities, a primer on application, reports ways in which the various church functions may be affected by servant leadership. The volume's 23 chapters and four appendices are listed below. Servant Leadership for Congregations Preface, Acknowledgements, Contents The Christian Servant Leader 1. Introduction 2. About Congregations Part I. Concept and Spirituality of Servant Leadership 3. The Concept of the Servant as a Leader 4. The Priesthood of All Believers Part II. The Nature of Servant Leadership 5. Bible Guidance and Derived Principles 6. Personal Dimensions of the Servant Leader 7. Peremptory Authority 8. Core Elements for Leading/Managing Part III. Church Structure and Leadership Roles 9. Statements and Organization 10. Leadership Roles Part IV. Leadership in Practice 11. Communications and Planning 12. How to Conduct Meetings and Reach Decisions Functional Responsibilities Part V. Worship 13. The Worship Service 14. New Needs, New Responses 15. The Spoken Word and Prayer Part VI. Discipleship 16. Parish Life 17. Small Group Ministries 18. Christian Education 19. Our Call to Stewardship 20. Evangelism - Basics and the Inreaching Responsibility 21. Evangelism - the Outreaching Challenge 22. Community Ministry 23. Administration and Property Appendices A. Christian Music B. Job Descriptions C. The Challenge of Seeking Perfection D. The Renewal Reader
Download or read book Bearing Rule written by Richard E. Theilen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Evangelical Covenant Church, ordination grants authority for preaching the Word, administering the sacraments, and "bearing rule in the church." The last of these, bearing rule, is the least defined and most confusing of the three and seems at odds with the denomination's commitments to congregational polity and servant leadership. The research question was "How do ordained pastors in the Evangelical Covenant Church understand their vow for 'bearing rule in the Church?''' Two methods of field research were used: a written survey of ordained pastors in lead or solo positions, and personal interviews with nine others. Additionally, biblical study, a historical review of pastoral ministry, and a review of leadership-related literature were engaged.
Download or read book NIVAC Bundle 7 Pauline Epistles written by Douglas J. Moo and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 3390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Download or read book Leadership or Servanthood written by Hwa Yung and published by Langham Global Library. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is obsessed with leaders: identifying them, training them, becoming them. Even in the church, this preoccupation is all-too apparent. Jesus, however, is not interested in developing leaders. Rather, he is interested in the formation of servants. In this powerful reflection on leadership and servanthood, Dr. Hwa Yung addresses the overemphasis on leadership development within the church. Challenging a culture of hubris, ambition, and self-seeking, he reminds us that ministry is not a call to position and power but to service and obedience. He draws us back to the example of Christ, who came as a servant of God and of his kingdom, who lived in submission to the Father, and who rooted himself in his identity as the incarnate Son of God. Linking spiritual authority to these three characteristics, Hwa Yung offers examples from both Scripture and church history to demonstrate that it is in fact the faithful practice of servanthood that leads to leadership impact.
Download or read book Leadership and Culture written by Eric Paul Sparrman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Servant Leadership the Heart That Serves written by Holly Spence and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As leadership and the Body of Christ ventures into outward focused ministries and develop inward ministerial structures to hold the impending harvest, we find a deficit in consistent faithfulness and service from pure hearts in leaders, as well as congregants. There is a vacuum of heart-based leadership development where we examine the motives and intents of the heart in order to labor in purity with one another that all men see the love of God as a bright light shining in darkness. True leadership is the salt of the earth and the light of the world. A leader's unrestrained service exemplifies the magnitude of God's love for man. Christ gave his all for us all, in order to show us all...God's heart. The Light of the servanthood of Christ must be seen by all men in order to build individual lives. It is time for leaders to reexamine themselves and become strengthened their resolve to serve the Lord without restraint, and thereby give our lives fully to Kingdom purposes.
Download or read book Biblical Servant Leadership written by Steven Crowther and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the concepts from Scripture for Servant leadership and compare these findings with contemporary models of servant leadership. It is an examination of Christian leadership for the contemporary world in its global and increasing secular context. Leadership studies typically view leadership externally from the results. This is a good beginning but leadership needs to also view the inside of leadership in the person of the leader. Scripture is uniquely qualified in this area since its first concern is the person who leads not just in leadership behaviors. The author uses examples from both the Old and New Testament to establish a new shepherd model of leadership that moves beyond the servant mode to the mode of caring direction. This model will provide scholars and researchers as well as leaders themselves with a way of leading that overcomes negative forms of leadership which lead to failure.
Download or read book The Servant Leadership Style of Jesus written by Dale Roach and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever thought about the leadership style of Jesus Christ? There has never been anyone who has had an influence on the world the same as Jesus. He began His ministry with a small group of men who He equipped to change the world. Jesuss strategy of leading did not focus on prestige, wealth, power, or force. The plan of Jesus, from the start of His ministry, was to be a servant-leader. The servant-leadership style of Jesus is a strategy that will benefit any organization, business, charity group, or congregation.
Download or read book Give Up the Purple written by Julyan Lidstone and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would seem that every culture on earth has a propensity towards controlling and authoritarian leadership – at its very core, the human condition has a desire for control and self-determination. In this book, Julyan Lidstone uses his decades of experience in western and central Asia and, most importantly, the authoritative teaching of the Bible, to shed light on issues of authoritarian leadership in honour-shame cultures. Gifted young leaders are gathering new believers in Jesus all over the world but the prevailing culture of domineering leadership is the single greatest obstacle to the healthy growth and firm establishment of these new churches. Lidstone winsomely and accurately applies the servant leadership modelled by Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul, as revealed by Scripture, as the cross-centred antidote to the pain, damage and disillusionment caused by leadership that does not reflect the Christlikeness of the kingdom of God.
Download or read book The Leadership Paradox written by Denny Gunderson and published by YWAM Publishing. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Loren Cunningham's dream began with a vision--waves of young people moving out across the continents announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Decades later, Loren's vision has grown into an interdenominational movement of Christians from around the world who are dedicated to presenting the gospel to this generation. Loren speaks and teaches internationally, and his missionary travels have taken him to every nation on earth. What is the key to effective leadership? The ability to organize and take charge? The ability to preach and teach? A charismatic personality? This refreshingly candid book draws us to the Master's side, where we discover surprising insights that will challenge our leadership stereotypes. Study guide included.
Download or read book SERVANT LEADERSHIP Leading with Unselfish Authority written by James Tarter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus introduced the idea of servant leadership and showed us how to do it. God requires leaders in His Kingdom to lead in this way so that every one of His children can have his or her true needs met. This is true on earth, but a shortage of servant leadership works against the total fulfillment of His loving design for mankind. This will be fulfilled far better in the great eternity that He provides His children. He works to prepare His children now for our life in eternity by teaching our hearts to love, lead, and relate to each other like He does. The Bible shows God's calling for servant leadership in His Church and in the family. We can also see its application to local and national governments wherever the Gospel has impacted these governments enough to change them from their natural way to do things. This book shows how the Bible clearly shows all of the above conclusions.
Download or read book Servants of the Servant written by Don N. Howell Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-11-14 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is a subject that has gained impressive visibility in the past two decades. The number of books, monographs and articles, as well as seminars, devoted to the development of one's leadership skills has been almost exponential growth. This study is an attempt to forge a full-orbed theology of Christian leadership grounded in the teaching of Scripture. What emerges from tracing the theme of leadership through the biblical record is a servanthood pattern, one that is wholly distinct from prevailing secular models. Our exposition begins with the biblical language of the servant, the term of choice for those great leaders used of God to further his saving purposes in the world. Eleven Old Testament and five New Testament leaders are profiled. The portrait of Jesus Christ focuses on three motifs that governed his training of the twelve for kingdom ministry. The Pauline letters are mined for those convictions that governed Paul's practice of leadership, both of his mission team and of the faith communities that emerged from that mission. The treatment of each leader, from Joseph to Paul, begins with a series of preliminary questions and concludes with a mini-profile that correlates the biblical data with these questions. The final chapter offers a summary profile of the servant leader, one whose character, motives and agenda align with the divine purposes. Though designed as a textbook for upper level college and seminary courses on leadership, the book's readable format is ideal for churches and parachurch organizations in their leadership training programs. The author's prayer is that this work will serve as a catalyst to call God's people back to Scripture and thereby raise up a whole new generation of authentic servant-leaders.
