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Why Servant Leadership is Not Enough
The Multi-Dimensional Aspects for Leadership as Taught in Scripture| posted 11/02/2007
In Christian ministry (and elsewhere), the term "servant leadership" is often cited as the model to which all leaders should aspire. However, the biblical model for leadership is significantly more inclusive and only by understanding the various models and metaphors for leadership used in Scripture can we come closer to understanding how God wants us to carry out leadership.
Leading by Following
Models of the leader who serves tend to focus on what the leader does for the people, without recognizing the tremendous contribution people can make to the life of a leader. It doesn't allow for the "one anothers" frequently referred to in Scripture: love one another, serve one another, prefer one another, forgive one another, exhort one another, comfort one another, etc.
A second model—one that I and others have championed—is the idea of the leader as follower and the follower as leader. Often in an organization, leaders follow while followers lead. Even basic definitions of leadership ...
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