Primary Identity of Missional Leaders: Servant Leader or Leading Servant?
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What we need today may not be more servant leaders, but leading servants who are willing to serve by leading. I argue that though many, both in and outside the church, have benefitted from the idea of “servant leadership,” the term itself may cause a critical confusion if not carefully revisited, especially in and among Christians, for the emphasis is still given to leadership when our primary call in Christ is to serve. In response to the question as to what may hinder one from understanding leadership as a means rather than an end in itself, I suggest two potential answers: hunger for power and hunger for significance. Having explicated what power is and how leadership should be distinct from power, I argue that though one may lead both with and without power, power is not something to be sought after and kept within oneself but to be shared in leading servanthood. Further, I argue that most people in positions of leadership aspire to do things that are significant because of their want and need to be affirmed and accepted by others and such a desire to satisfy and quench one’s hunger and thirst to be recognized as someone important should be overcome in missional leading servanthood. The primary identity of missional leaders, therefore, should be “leading servant” who participates in God’s mission with the ultimate end in mind, which is to glorify God who should and will be worshiped in and among all nations.
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What we need today may not be more servant leaders, but leading servants who are willing to serve by leading. I argue that though many, both in and outside the church, have benefitted from the idea of “servant leadership,” the term itself may cause a critical confusion if not carefully revisited, especially in and among Christians, for the emphasis is still given to leadership when our primary call in Christ is to serve. In response to the question as to what may hinder one from understanding leadership as a means rather than an end in itself, I suggest two potential answers: hunger for power and hunger for significance. Having explicated what power is and how leadership should be distinct from power, I argue that though one may lead both with and without power, power is not something to be sought after and kept within oneself but to be shared in leading servanthood. Further, I argue that most people in positions of leadership aspire to do things that are significant because of their want and need to be affirmed and accepted by others and such a desire to satisfy and quench one’s hunger and thirst to be recognized as someone important should be overcome in missional leading servanthood. The primary identity of missional leaders, therefore, should be “leading servant” who participates in God’s mission with the ultimate end in mind, which is to glorify God who should and will be worshiped in and among all nations.
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