Shepherds and Servants: Models of Authentic Engagement

J. Lee Whittington

Chapter Chapter 5 in Biblical Perspectives on Leadership and Organizations, 2015, pp 123-150 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In chapter 4, I introduced several images of leadership that appear in the Bible. Following a chronological presentation, I examined leaders as parents, elders, priests, kings, and prophets as they emerged in the Old Testament. The images of leaders as parents, elders, and prophets are also present in the New Testament where they are supplemented with the emergence of apostles, evangelists, and masters (managers). Two of the most prominent images of spiritual leadership are shepherd and servant. Indeed, Jesus himself used these images to instruct his disciples on the attitudes and functions of leaders. These images are the focus of this chapter.

Keywords: Leadership Role; Transformational Leader; Servant Leadership; Greek Word; Green Pasture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137478085_6

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