EM703-4 - Developing Leaders Across Cultures

  • 0 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • evangelism missiolUnit Discipline

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

  1. Principles of leadership and models of leadership development in the Old and New Testaments
  2. The influence of cultural values and preferences on leadership style and preferred ways of Developing leaders
  3. Concepts of and approaches to Christian leadership and its development in current practice and scholarly literature

B. Be able to

  1. Analyse the impact of culture on the way that Christian leadership and leadership development are practised
  2. Evaluate ways of Developing leaders in at least two cultural contexts in the light of biblical principles and insights from intercultural studies
  3. Formulate a coherent personal philosophy of Developing leaders across cultures

C. Be in a position to

  1. Design a contextualised approach to the development of Christian leaders for specific cultural contexts
  2. Evaluate programs of cross-cultural leadership development

Content

Biblical foundations: selection and preparation of leaders; divine activity in emerging leaders’ lives; Moses, Nehemiah, Jesus, Peter, Timothy; characteristics of a leader; fruit and gifts of the Spirit; servant role.

Concepts of Christian leadership, cultural influences on leadership, and ways of developing leaders: leadership styles in various (including Western) cultural contexts; cultural assumptions influencing leadership; traditional assumptions about and patterns of leadership in various cultures; questions of selection, training, credibility, authority, acceptance, age and tenure;

Ways of training leaders: formal, non-formal, and informal, e.g.  discipleship, mentoring, apprenticeship, schooling

Developing a personal philosophy of leadership development across cultures

Designing training approaches: needs assessment; outcomes; identifying the right people culturally and biblically; formal and non-formal options; contextualising in the light of social structures and cultural expectations;

Evaluating training approaches in the light of biblical principles and models and insights from intercultural studies

Set Readings

Prescribed: No prescribed texts

Indicative:

Banks, R. Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004).

Bevans, S., Chai, T., Jennings, N., Jorgensen, K., and Werner, D. (eds.), Reflecting on and Equipping for Christian Mission (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2015).

Burns, J., Shoup, J., Simmons, D. (eds.), Organizational Leadership: Foundations and Practices for Christians (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014).   

Brynjolfson, R., and Lewis, J. (eds.), Integral Ministry Training: Design and Evaluation (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2006).

Dorfman, P., Javidan, M., Hanges, P., Dastmalchian, A., and House, R., “GLOBE: A Twenty Year Journey into the Intriguing World of Culture and Leadership. Journal of World Business 47(2012):504-518.

Ferris, R., “Ministry Education for the Global Church,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 52 (2016): 6-13.

Cook, M., Haskell, R., Julian, R., and Tanchanpongs, N. (eds.), Local Theology for the Global Church (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2010).

De Neui, P. (ed.), Developing Indigenous Leaders: Lessons in Mission from Buddhist Asia. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2013.

Gupta, P., and Lingenfelter. S., Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision: Training Leaders for a Church-Planting Movement. Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 2006.

Hibbert, E. and Hibbert R., Training Missionaries: Principles and Possibilities (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2016).  

Hibbert, E., and Hibbert, R., Intercultural Discipling: Walking Alongside Disciples on the Jesus Road (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, in press).

Hoppe, M., “Cross-Cultural Issues in the Development of Leaders,” In Handbook of Leadership Development, ed. McCauley, C., and Van Velsor, E., 331-360 (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004).

Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. and Minkov, M., Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind (New York: McGraw Hill, 2010).

Lingenfelter, S., Leading Cross-Culturally (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2008)

Lingenfelter, J., and Lingenfelter, S., Teaching Cross-Culturally (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003).

Merriam, S. (ed.), Non-Western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing (Malabar, FL: Krieger, 2007).

O’Connor, P., Reproducible Pastoral Training (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2006).

Payne, I., “Reproducing Leaders through Mentoring,” Journal of Christian Education 52(2009): 51-65

Plueddemann, J., Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2009).

Shaw, P., Transforming Theological Education: A Practical Handbook for Integrative Learning (Carlisle: Langham Global Library, 2014).

Ward, T., “Servants, Leaders, Tyrants” Common Ground Journal 10 (2012): 62-72.

Ward, T., “Evaluating Metaphors of Education,” Common Ground Journal 11 (2013): 13-15.

 

Classics:

Bruce, A.B., The Training of the Twelve (Charleston, SC: Createspace Publishing, 2012).

Coleman, R., The Master Plan of Evangelism (Grand Rapids, MI: Spire, 2010).

Sanders, J.O., Spiritual Leadership (Chicago: Moody Press, 2007).