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Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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3. Introduction
• Secular leadership?
• What is the central emphasis in the NT?
• Bible’s teaching – we are call first and
foremost to seek to be servants and not
leaders
4. The Case for Servanthood
as the Fundamental Character
of Christian Ministry
5. The Case for Servanthood as the
Fundamental Character of
Christian Ministry
(i) The contrast between the disciples and
our Lord
• The clearest illustration is found in
Mk 10:35-45
• John 13:1ff provides a further example!
6. The Case for Servanthood as the
Fundamental Character of
Christian Ministry
(ii) NT Vocabulary on ‘leading’ in the church
4 words are used to describe the function of
leading and governing.
7. The Case for Servanthood as the
Fundamental Character of
Christian Ministry
a. Three words are used a total of 7x
hērgōmai Acts 15:22; Heb 13:7, 17, 24;
governing and ruling
kubernēseis 1Cor 12:28;
governing and administrating
proistēmi Rom 12:8; 1Tim 5:17;
set over and rule
b. archō Used negatively 2x; Matt 20:22;
Mk 10:42; rule over
8. The Case for Servanthood as the
Fundamental Character of
Christian Ministry
(iii) Two words are used to describe ministry in
the church
diakoneō Acts 6:2;
word used for waiting at tables
diakonos ‘household servant’;
used for ‘deacons’ in NT
douleuō Acts 20:19; serving
doulos slave
10. Comparison with Some Recent
Thinking in Leadership Studies
i. Byron D. Klaus,
‘The Current Flux of Leadership and Emergent
Church Models in the USA and Their
Transmission Globally’
Warns the non-western churches against
superficial borrowing from American
models.
11. Comparison with Some Recent
Thinking in Leadership Studies
ii. Jim Collins, Good to Great
(New York: HarperBusiness, 2001)
“Level 5 leaders are a study in duality;
modest and willful, humble and fearless”
(p.22)
“They were seemingly ordinary people
quietly producing extraordinary results”
(p.28)
13. Some Implications
i. First, this should challenge us to get rid of
wrong ideas of Christian ministry in the
church
• Emphasis on developing true leaders
• Positions not central in God’s economy –
faithfulness is!
• CEO vs Sheperd?
14. Some Implications
ii. What goals should we set for ourselves in
our own ministry?
• Strive to serve. Leave issue of position
to God.
• “Servant Leaders” – emphasis should be
placed on the first word (Tan Siang-Yang
– Full Service, Baker 2006)
• “We should put others first period!”
15. Some Implications
iii. What goal should we seek in training
those under us?
• Our aim is to train men and women to
be spiritual and godly people.
16. Some Implications
iv. Finally, if we are all servants, then where
is leadership to be found in the church?
• Distinguish between servanthood and
call of God to certain positions/ offices
• The former is always central
• But the offices of positions are vocation
in which we must serve responsibly
• The responsible exercise of our duties in
these vocations is what leadership is
about
17. Some Implications
iv. Finally, if we are all servants, then where
is leadership to be found in the church?
• No contradiction between gospel call to
servanthood and real leadership
• True Christian leadership is not result of
striving
True Christian leadership emerges when
we serve faithfully as servants!