Biblical Leadership
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Lesson OneA Biblical Overview of Leadership11 Activities|1 Assessment
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Welcome to Biblical Leadership
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Overview and Objectives
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What Does It Mean to Be “Called” into Leadership?
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Affirmation of God’s Calling into Leadership
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The Responsibility of Ministry Leadership
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Lessons on Leadership from Jesus
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What the Bible Tells Us about the Heart of a Leader
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Exemplifying Servant-Hearted Leadership
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Make a Plan: Reflecting on Your Motivations for Leadership
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Lesson Summary
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References
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Welcome to Biblical Leadership
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Lesson TwoBiblical Models of Leadership Development7 Activities|2 Assessments
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Lesson ThreeBecoming a Redemptive Leader9 Activities|1 Assessment
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Overview and Objectives
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More about the Redemptive Process of Leadership Development
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Focusing on Transformation and Redemption
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Peter as a Redemptive Leader
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Make a Plan: Determining Your Developmental Stage of Redemptive Leadership
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Roadblocks to Redemptive Leadership
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Share Your Thoughts: Reflecting on and Sharing How You Measure Leadership Success
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Lesson Summary
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References
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Overview and Objectives
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Lesson FourBeing an Effective Ministry Leader in a Changing World9 Activities
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Overview and Objectives
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How to Be Intentional about Leadership Development
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Mitigation Plans to Maintain Self-Discipline
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How to Articulate a Ministry Mission
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Make a Plan: Reflecting on Your Own Leadership Development while Leading Others
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Trends of the Twenty-First Century Shaping Church Leadership
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Share Your Thoughts: How Can Leaders Respond to Changing Needs of the Church?
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Lesson Summary
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References
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Overview and Objectives
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion3 Activities
Participants 1
Lesson Summary
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of Lesson 1: A Biblical Overview of Leadership
Let’s recap
During this lesson we learned how ministry leaders are divinely called and affirmed into leadership. We examined how Old Testament leaders had covenantal relationships with God to fulfill particular purposes in specific communities and times. From these accounts of leadership, and the example of Jesus in the New Testament, we learned what the nature and heart of a ministry leader should be like, and how this is often the opposite of the secular conceptualization of leadership.
In this lesson, you learned how to…
- Deduce Bible-based principles of leadership from biblical teaching and examples of servant-hearted leadership.
- Reflect on the differentiation between the requirements of biblical leaders versus a secular understanding of leadership.
- Clarify your motivations for wanting to lead a ministry.
Now, continue on to Lesson 2: Biblical Models of Leadership. Here, you will learn more about biblical models of leadership that have been articulated by various theologians and Bible scholars to help leaders apply the principles of leadership that are evident in the Bible.