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An Adaptive Change Project In Developing Leaders, Scott Laird
An Adaptive Change Project In Developing Leaders, Scott Laird
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
This study investigates a process for developing local church members to become leaders, people of spiritual influence. Organic, reproducible leadership development in a church located in a mission field is crucial for churches to survive and thrive.
Applying Robert Clinton’s “Leadership Emergence Theory,” where spiritual influence is a function of time, process items within life, and our responses allowed church members to discover and use their spiritual influence to bless others. We intentionally explored the theological concepts of discipleship, providence, giftedness, and community as being foundational in developing leaders. In addition, each person applied “Leadership Emergence Theory” to their own …
Oneness In Christ: A Qualitative Study Of Women’S Initial Experiences Leading In Public Worship At Broadway Church Of Christ, Shannon Clarkson Rains, Jennifer M. Dabbs, Kaley D. Ihfe
Oneness In Christ: A Qualitative Study Of Women’S Initial Experiences Leading In Public Worship At Broadway Church Of Christ, Shannon Clarkson Rains, Jennifer M. Dabbs, Kaley D. Ihfe
Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry
Few Church of Christ women have had experience with taking an active leadership role in a worship service since these congregations have traditionally believed women leading worship is unscriptural. Recently more Churches of Christ have begun to change their understanding of scripture in ways that are more inclusive of women. In March 2019, after a six-month church wide bible study at the historic Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, TX, women took on public roles in a worship service in what was for most of them the first time to serve in front of a congregation.
To document their experiences, …