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Biblical Servant Leadership

An Exploration of Leadership for the Contemporary Context

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Steven Crowther

    1. Grace College of Divinity, Fayetteville, NC, USA

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  • Offers a study of servant leadership from the Christian perspective
  • Compares contemporary models of leadership and how the model offered can be applied to the business world
  • Views leadership as a behavior issue (external) as well as a character issue (internal)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Foundation of Servant Leadership Theory

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 1-12

  3. Servant Leadership in Context

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 13-24

  4. The Strengths of Servant Leadership

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 25-37

  5. Servant Leadership in the Old Testament

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 39-73

  6. Servant Leadership in the Life of Jesus

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 75-95

  7. Leadership in the New Testament

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 97-134

  8. Biblical Servant Leadership

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 135-151

  9. A Call for Biblical Leadership

    • Steven Crowther
    Pages 153-166

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 167-170
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About this book

This book explores the concepts from Scripture for Servant leadership and compare these findings with contemporary models of servant leadership. It is an examination of Christian leadership for the contemporary world in its global and increasing secular context. Leadership studies typically view leadership externally from the results. This is a good beginning but leadership needs to also view the inside of leadership in the person of the leader. Scripture is uniquely qualified in this area since its first concern is the person who leads not just in leadership behaviors. The author uses examples from both the Old and New Testament to establish a new shepherd model of leadership that moves beyond the servant mode to the mode of caring direction. This model will provide scholars and researchers as well as leaders themselves with a way of leading that overcomes negative forms of leadership which lead to failure.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Grace College of Divinity, Fayetteville, NC, USA

    Steven Crowther

About the author

Steven Crowther is President of Grace College of Divinity, USA and is involved in missions work training leaders in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. His research interest lies in organizational leadership. He also does consulting work to help colleges with accreditation and leadership development, particularly in Latin America. 

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