Intersection Of Leadership Theory

No doubt, you are aware the Church is in decline—both in membership and in its influence in the world, for the past several decades. Several key elements are missing in the lives of most Christians, which are rarely addressed in our church pulpits or in the books we read. How We Christians Miss The Boat unabashedly addresses these issues, with dead-on solutions, which will change and revolutionize the lives’ of all its readers.

A church whose pastor and others in leadership have failed to put in place a proactive plan for discipleship for Believers is usually a “growing” church — growing stagnant, growing cold, growing spiritually immature Christians, and eventually, many growing closed. Patte said, “There is much at stake in accepting or rejecting the challenge of discipleship…” When a pastor or a church makes a conscious decision to make discipleship of Believers a primary focus in their

There are many well-meaning, devout, knowledgeable Christians who well never intentionally build even one world-impacting, world visionary, reproducing disciple. This is because they will never seriously pursue a systematic curriculum designed for the purpose of discipling another to his ultimate destination (Hodges, p117). This need is not reserved for pastors, as evidenced by the writings of Luke. Luke was a layman, a busy doctor with his hectic schedule. Yet, he made

The New Testament is characterized by the existence of imperative Biblical figures, with the likes of Jesus Christ, the Apostles, among many others. Peter was among Jesus’ first disciples. From his turning point, as manifested in the book of John 21, to his progress as a dedicated leader as manifested in Acts, to his final emergence as a co-elder as manifested in the Epistles of 1st and 2nd Peter, Peter exhibited traits of a transformational and charismatic biblical figure (Neil & William 409).

As I sit and ponder what the cost is to follow Jesus, I know that while every disciple is a believer, not every believer is a disciple. I believe many people think the term disciple refers only to the early followers of Jesus Christ. I know they were loving, praying, worshipping, giving, and evangelizing group of people who refused to keep the truth of the gospel to themselves. Yet, God still desires disciples today – ordinary people like me whom God can use to do extraordinary things. The first century church may seem radical to many in the church today, but to those early church believers, it was normal Christianity. These early church men and women, empowered by the Holy Ghost, turned their world upside-down for the sake of Christ.

In 2 Timothy Paul was writing to his beloved colleague Timothy, pastor of the church in Ephesus, who Paul had called his “dear son” (2 Timothy 1:2; 2:1 NLT). The theme of 2 Timothy is Paul trying to impress his final instructions and encouragement onto Timothy. Within the letter of 2 Timothy, Paul encouraged Timothy through five prominent subjects’; foundations of Christian service, chapter of metaphors, the last days, God-inspired Scriptures and Paul’s farewell (Jensen 1981, 396–398).

Apostle Paul was a man who dedicated himself to the evangelism, church planting, and disciple making. This author will examine the biblical answers of relationship evangelism for contemporary churches through the research on Paul’s ministry revealed in Acts.

Paul wrote letters to churches and went on long, dangerous journeys in order to share the Word. Humbly serving the Lord, no matter what the cost, he became a disciple who made disciples. His personal, deep relationship with Timothy reveals the kind of atmosphere and level of commitment required in discipleship. The discipleship model Paul follows allows for a personally invested relationship between any amount of gathered people whether it be an entire church congregation, a small group, or

bible we see the main person, but we fail to see his trusted friends and companions who

Howell gives us some profound insights concerning Paul’s protégé, Timothy he states, “Timothy has been appointed to be the multi-task leader of a local church. His success will depend on how he disciplines himself, communicates the truth to God’s people, and handles relational challenges” . Paul demonstrated secure in his identity and was not afraid to nurture the spiritual gifts in Timothy and several other spiritual sons.

The Apostle Paul explained the foundation for salvation, faith, the church, and Christian growth. Paul established some basic principles of the faith and left instructions and directions for believers to follow that aid in pastoral leadership and one’s personal, daily walk with Christ. These teachings continue to impact the lives of believers and unbelievers.

A large amount of credit is given to Bass 's transformational leadership theory identifies four aspects of

In the 21st century many different issues are affecting each and every one of us in one way or another. Whether it be from the simplest of things or the most complicated the bottom line is the world is changing. While the world is changing many of us carry on and sometimes not even notice it, but more specifically drastic change has been hitting the Christian faith. When Christianity was founded in Jerusalem it had a set of specific beliefs that everyone was supposed to follow, however in today’s status quo the change in Christianity has all too much slowly tearing Christianity apart. Nonetheless the challenges of change and modernity to Christian belief and practice are the different types of Christianity, absence of unity, and the lack of cultural significance.

Leadership is an important factor within a business environment and often plays a significant role in achievement of organisational success (Landis, Hill & Harvey 2014). However, leadership is an art, therefore there is no simple formula for effective leadership (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy 2015, p.33) and a leader’s effectiveness can often only be understood in the context of the leader-follower-situation interaction model.

Chapter sixteen discusses various leadership theories which can implemented by leaders to achieve success. The choice of leadership theory differs from leader to leader as they possess different vision and way of managing. A theory isn 't always perfect in itself, it is the endless effort of the leaders which makes the theory a perfect one. Two approaches of leadership that I prefer are Situational Leadership Theory and Servant Leadership Theory. Among many theories I prefer these two because I tend to practice those principles most of the time and I assume these are theories that I truly tend to continue in a long run.