Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Single-Minded Ministry

In one of my Master's theses (I was awarded cum laude), the following observation was among the closing Conclusions and Recommendations: "The leader should carry out the responsibilities which God places upon him or her without seeking to exercise (human) influence on followers, and perhaps renouncing influence on followers, since it is the divine influence which can be depended on to do this. In other words, Christian Transformational Leadership would be far more single-minded, with far less consideration given to moving others." OBSERVATION: Rather than being a theological observation, this was a conclusion which followed from the research: The alternative, namely seeking to influence others, was destructive. Of course, one needs then to ask how one should lead if there is no deliberate influence.

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