Biblical Leadership Styles: Implications for Christ Apostolic Church’s Administration in the South Western States of Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
Leadership is a universal phenomenon and necessity which cuts across all spheres of life. Wherever there is a structure or organisation, there must be leadership.
At home, school, work, church, society and nation, leadership is inevitable. The call for improved and responsible leadership therefore becomes of urgent necessity.
This was one of the reasons that prompted the researcher to embark on the topic of this dissertation titled ―Biblical Leadership styles: Implications for Christ Apostolic Church‘s Administration in the South Western States of Nigeria‖.
Basically, the focus was to identify the various leadership styles identifiable in the Bible; identify which biblical leadership styles had been adopted by Christ Apostolic Church;
assess whether biblical leadership styles had impact in the administration of Christ Apostolic Church in the South Western States of Nigeria;
and examine the implications of biblical leadership styles in the administration of the church in the South Western States of Nigeria.
Independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the responses of the sampled 1200 respondents. A self-developed questionnaire and oral interview were administered.
These instruments were vetted by experts in statistics, counselling, Psychology and Christian Religious Studies to ascertain their content and face validities.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
The vast number of books appearing in the market, and the various conferences organised on leadership in the contemporary world testify to the importance of the subject.
The world today is going through a lot of political unrest, economic instability, social insecurity and bigotry, educational decline, moral decadence, injustice, poverty, wickedness and religious emptiness.
All these developments make discussion on biblical leadership a relevant subject for consideration, because of the role the church is expected to play in bringing about decorum.
Leadership itself is a universal phenomenon and necessity which cuts across all spheres of life. Wherever there is a structure or organisation, there must be leadership.
At home, school, work, church, society and nation, leadership is inevitable. The call for improved/credible and responsible leadership, therefore, becomes of urgent necessity.
Reed (2011:28), says that: Leadership is known by the personalities it enriches, not by those it dominates or captivates. Leadership is not a process of exploitation of others for extraneous ends.
It is a process of helping others to discover themselves in the achieving of aims which have become intrusive to them. The proof of leading is in the qualitative growth of the led as individuals and as group members.
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