Defining culturally appropriate leadership: $hRichard Hibbert

The development of Christian leaders is a key need in much of the Global South. Research has shown that churches that have a contextualized pattern of leadership are more likely to grow and less likely to be perceived as foreign. This article describes a process that missionaries can use with local...

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Authors: Hibbert, Richard Y. (Author) ; Hibbert, Evelyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Missiology
Year: 2019, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 240-251
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
KBA Western Europe
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Leadership
B Muslim background believers
B Millet
B culturally appropriate
B Contextualization
B leadership development
B people movement
B Turkish
B Turks
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Summary:The development of Christian leaders is a key need in much of the Global South. Research has shown that churches that have a contextualized pattern of leadership are more likely to grow and less likely to be perceived as foreign. This article describes a process that missionaries can use with local leaders to define a God-honoring, culturally appropriate pattern of Christian leadership. It does this by drawing on research on Millet Christians' perceptions of what makes a good leader as well as literature on cross-cultural variability in leadership. Three practical steps that cross-cultural workers can take to work with local leaders to define a contextualized pattern of leadership are outlined.
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0091829619858595