Leadership Principles from the Apostle Paul Ma Ross

Mary Angeline Ross © August 8,2008

A Leadership Legacy for Equipping

Today’s Leaders & Organizations

Leadership Principles

from the Apostle Paul

Transformed

Worldview

Calling/Vocation/Purpose

Transformational

Servant-Leader

Spiritual

Serving greater good & greater purpose

Principle Pursuits

Right Relationship (s)

Right Things

Righteousness

Holiness

Faithful

Submitted in Love

Trusting & Truthful

Peace

Best Interest of Others

"I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it" (Gal. 1:13). Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison …(Acts 8:3,NIV)

Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit… said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God… they covered their ears …yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him dragged him out of the city and began to stone him… [while] the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul (Acts 7:55-58).

Kouzes & Posner, 2002

The Servant-Leader helps others develop feelings of purpose, direction, dignity (Patterson, 2003, p. 20); and facilitates their transformation on a spiritual level (Umidi, 2005; Daft, 2008) .

The Servant-Leader also:

Leads from the inside – out (Rima, 2000; Umidi, 2005; Daft, 2008)

Is motivated by Intrinsic rewards; ‘In-spired’

Motivates self and others toward sense of spiritual expression through calling & membership; connects with others in relationship (Daft, 2008)

TRANSFORMED LEADERS PURSUE THE RIGHT THINGS!

Right Relationship (s) Right Thing (s)

God Righteousness

Holiness

Jesus Christ-centered

Faithfulness to Him

Follows Servant-

Leader Example

Leader/Follower Best Interest of Others

Agapao Leader/Love

Submitted in Love

Serving One Another Trust & Truthfulness

In Pursuit of Peace - Always

What is good for others 1Th 5:15

The Apostle Paul wrote,

“ I press [on]…

toward the goal…

for the prize …

of the upward call of God…

in Christ Jesus”

Daft, R. L. (2005). The leadership experience. (4 th ed.). Mason, OH: Tomson South-Western.

Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2002). The Leadership Challenge. (3 rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

McIntosh, G. L. & Rima, S. D. (2007). Overcoming the dark side of leadership: how to become an effective leader by confronting potential failures. (Rev. ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

Miller, D. L. (1998). Discipling nations: the power of truth to transform cultures. Seattle, WA: YWAM Publishing.

Patterson, K. A. (2003). Servant Leadership: A Theoretical Model. Doctoral Dissertation. Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va. Retrieved August 10, 2008, from http://www.regent.blackboard.com