Top 43 Challenges Facing Christian Leaders In Africa

Author : Robert Priest,Kirimi Barine
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783687510

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African Christian Leadership by Robert Priest,Kirimi Barine Pdf

Do you wish you had a better understanding of the issues and questions African Christians face as they seek to live out their faith in their cultural context? Do you wonder how Africans themselves frame these questions and their answers? Would you like access to actual research that can confirm your own experience or bring new information to your attention that would deepen and broaden your understanding? This unique book, the product of a multiyear study and survey sponsored by the Tyndale House Foundation, offers insights into all these questions and more. Featuring input from over 8,000 African survey participants and 57 in-depth interviews, it provides invaluable insight and concise analysis of the dynamics of the development of African Christian leaders today. For more information about the study project visit www.africaleadershipstudy.org.

Author : Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783682119

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Competencies for Leading in Diversity by Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje Pdf

The patriarchal approach to leadership in the African context is indeed an enigma, judging from the unpredictable outcomes and the quest for effective leadership. In many ways, the secularized big-man in the public square is no different from the sacralised great-man of God in the church. The Lord Jesus Christ calls his followers to servant leadership. The secular world has also established the efficacy of the servant leadership approach for cutting-edge leadership. This book looks at the nature of evangelical associations in their diversity and what it takes for leaders to build unity and harmony for effectiveness, especially in the African context.

Author : Brown Ikenye
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789966040039

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Modeling Servant-Leaders for Africa by Brown Ikenye Pdf

This book seeks to help African Christian leaders to follow the notions of biblical leadership as servanthood and to train men and women with biblical and academic knowledge, which will be critical, practical, pastoral and applicable in the Kenyan context and participate in the discovery, transmission and preservation of knowledge and stimulate the intellectual life and cultural development of Kenya.

Author : Emmanuel Ngara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060636852

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Christian Leadership by Emmanuel Ngara Pdf

Author : Gottfried Osei-Mensah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Christian leadership
ISBN : IND:30000026272298

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Wanted: Servant-leaders by Gottfried Osei-Mensah Pdf

"Based on lectures first delivered in 1988 and 1989 as a part of the ACTEA International Lecturship programme in a series of mongraphs designed to provide, in handy format, theological perspectives on vital issues facing Christianity in Africa today."--Preface and cover

Author : David K. Ngaruiya,Rodney L. Reed
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783685608

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Governance and Christian Higher Education in the African Context by David K. Ngaruiya,Rodney L. Reed Pdf

Integrity, pastoral care and authority lie at the heart of Christian leadership and indeed, following Jesus in any capacity, and they are also critical in state governance and Christian higher education. The articles in this book, the product of the 2017 conference of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, address these themes and other topics relating to the spheres of government and education in Africa to enhance our understanding of the challenges faced in African contexts. A wide range of Christian scholar-leaders provide a way forward for other church and institutional leaders who are seeking to faithfully fulfill their responsibilities of stewardship and instruction. Corruption, civil disobedience, good governance and formation of Christian leaders are matters that are becoming increasingly relevant not only in many African countries but across the world, and this book is a valuable resource for thoughtful reflection and guidance on these important subjects.

Author : Thabo S. Putu
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783346278272

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The Development of Church Leaders in South Africa. An Analysis of Christian Leadership by Thabo S. Putu Pdf

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Theology - Practical Theology, , language: English, abstract: In this analysis, the development of church leaders in South Africa is examined, with a particular focus on the dynamics of Christian leadership. The aim is to develop an in-depth understanding of the various facets of church leadership, from the definition and meaning of leadership to the specific challenges and strategies that are relevant in this context. Beginning with an introduction to the concept of leadership, the text explores the call to leadership, the personality traits of effective leaders and the importance of charismatic leadership. A key focus is on leadership development, examining different roles such as servant, shepherd, steward and overseer. Particular attention is given to the development of other leaders and the importance of vision bearers, emphasising the role of leadership in the context of church growth and shared leadership. The conclusion rounds off the analysis and provides a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of church leadership in South Africa.

Author : Philip La G. du Toit,Alfred R Brunsdon
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781779952929

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Theological perspectives on re-imagining leadership in post-COVID-19 Africa by Philip La G. du Toit,Alfred R Brunsdon Pdf

Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) realities are challenging leaders in all spheres of society in many ways. From the onset of the pandemic, leaders on every level were challenged to provide appropriate guidance in the face of new and adverse realities. From the micro level of local congregations to the macro level of national governments, leaders were required to provide the type of leadership that would not only address immediate obstacles but simultaneously be visionary in the face of uncertainties that became the hallmark of post-COVID-19 society. In this book, the authors reflect on leadership in a post-COVID-19 society from bibliological, practical, theological, missiological and ethical perspectives. Although the authors have the global village in mind, the focus leans towards the African context. The book aims to contribute meaningfully to a much-needed and re-imagined vision of leaders which fits post-COVID-19 societies.

Author : Rodney L. Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 178368562X

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Governance and Christian Higher Education in the African Context by Rodney L. Reed Pdf

Author : Chammah J. Kaunda
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506447070

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The Nation That Fears God Prospers by Chammah J. Kaunda Pdf

Through its strength in numbers and remarkable presence in politics, Pentecostalism has become a force to reckon with in twenty-first-century Zambian society. Yet, some fundamental questions in the study of Zambian Pentecostalism and politics remain largely unaddressed by African scholars. Situated within an interdisciplinary perspective, this unique volume explores the challenge of continuity in the Zambian Pentecostal understanding and practice of spiritual power in relation to political engagement. Chammah J. Kaunda argues that the challenge of Pentecostal political imagination is found in the inculturation of spiritual power with political praxis. The result of this inculturation is that Zambian Pentecostals sacralize the political authority of state power through the charisma of the national president and other major political personalities. It has also contributed to the construction of Zambian Pentecostal leadership that is deified rather than leadership that is formed through the struggles and experiences of the marginalized and powerless. Kaunda argues that the solution does not lie either in desacralization of powers or the separation between the church and the state, but rather in rethinking the Christ event as a paradigm for the recovery of Pentecostalism's sociopolitical prophetic dynamism.

Author : Priest, Robert J.,Barine, Kirimi
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337071

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African Christian Leadership by Priest, Robert J.,Barine, Kirimi Pdf

Author : A. J. Swoboda
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625644626

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Blood Cries Out by A. J. Swoboda Pdf

John McConnell Jr. was the famed founder and visionary of Earth Day. McConnell's vision was one of creating a day of remembrance, solitude, and action to restore the broken human relationship to the land. Little acknowledged are McConnell's religious convictions or background. McConnell grew up in a Pentecostal home. In fact, McConnell's parents were both founding charter members of the Assemblies of God in 1914. His own grandfather had an even greater connection to the origins of Pentecostalism by being a personal participant at the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles in 1906. Earth Day, thus, began with strong religious convictions. McConnell, seeing the ecological demise through his religious background, envisioned a day where Christians could "show the power of prayer, the validity of their charity, and their practical concern for Earth's life and people." In the spirit of McConnell, today's Pentecostal and Charismatic theology has something to say about the earth. Blood Cries Out is a unique contribution by Pentecostal and Charismatic theologians and practitioners to the global conversation concerning ecological degradation, climate change, and ecological justice.

Author : Michael Bratton,Robert Mattes,E. Gyimah-Boadi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521602912

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Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa by Michael Bratton,Robert Mattes,E. Gyimah-Boadi Pdf

This book is a groundbreaking exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the Afrobarometer, a survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reforms, subjects on which almost nothing is otherwise known. The authors find that support for democracy in Africa is wide but shallow and that Afrcns feel trapped between state and market. While Africans are learning about reform on the basis of knowledge, reasoning, and experience, few countries are likely to attain full-fledged democracies and markets anytime soonn.

Author : Paul Gifford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004664616

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The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa by Paul Gifford Pdf

This volume focuses on the role Christian churches have played in Africa's democratisation movements since the late 1980s. In some cases churchmen have presided over national conferences; in many, Christians comprise arguably the most significant segment of civil society. In some countries pastoral letters have challenged dictators; in others, churches have provided an essential support for the status quo. The book comprises both theoretical analyses and case studies. The theoretical discussions include the history of Church-State relations; theology and democracy; Pentecostalism and democracy; the problems of consolidating democracy. The 13 case studies sketch the historical context, and then critically examine developments up till late 1993. The book will prove particularly useful to students of Third World Christianity, African historians and political scientists, and all interested in the socio-political role of Christianity.

Author : Pamela Aall,Chester A. Crocker
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781928096412

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The Fabric of Peace in Africa by Pamela Aall,Chester A. Crocker Pdf

Africa has experienced dozens of conflicts over a variety of issues during the past two decades. Responding to these conflicts requires concerted action to manage the crises – the violence, the political discord, and the humanitarian consequences of prolonged fighting. It is also necessary to address the long-term social and economic impacts of conflict, to rebuild communities, societies and states that have been torn apart. To accomplish this requires the involvement of institutions and groups rarely considered in formal official African conflict management activities: schools, universities, religious institutions, media, commercial enterprises, legal institutions, civil society groups, youth, women and migrants. These groups and organizations have an important role to play in building a sense of identity, fairness, shared norms and cohesion between state and society – all critical components of the fabric of peace and security in Africa. This volume brings together leading experts from Africa, Europe and North America to examine these critical social institutions and groups, and consider how they can either improve or impede peaceful conflict resolution. The overarching questions that are explored by the authors are: What constitutes social cohesion and resilience in the face of conflict? What are the threats to cohesion and resilience? And how can the positive elements be fostered and by whom? The second of two volumes on African conflict management capacity by the editors, The Fabric of Peace in Africa: Looking beyond the State opens new doors of understanding for students, scholars and practitioners focused on strengthening peace in Africa; the first volume, Minding the Gap: African Conflict Management in a Time of change, focused on the role of mediation and peacekeeping in managing violence and political crises.