The Apostle Paul the Servant Leader

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Table Of Contents

Front Matter1

Lesson One: Self-Discipline2

Personal Growth2

Character2

Paul's Self-Discipline3

Leadership and Growth3

Character, the Foundation of Leadership4

Paul, a Man of Character4

Summary and Conclusion5

Lesson Two: Interpersonal Leadership5

Grace5

Believing in God's Grace5

Living God's Grace6

Servant Attitude6

Lesson Three: Servant hood: The Essence of Biblical Leadership7

Paul the Servant7

The Importance of Shepherding7

The Shepherd's Heart in Paul8

Importance of Team Concept in Leadership8

Paul's Team Building8

Summary and Conclusion9

Lesson Four: Spiritual Leadership9

Spirituality9

Spirit Empowerment9

Spirituality and Leadership10

The Spirituality of Paul10

Spirit Empowerment in Paul11

Summary and Conclusion11

Lesson Five: Well-Designed Capability11

Cultural Relevance11

Vision12

Strategic Approach12

Becoming Culturally Relevant Leader13

Visionary Leadership of Paul13

Strategic Approach of Paul14

Summary and Conclusion14

Bibliography15

Front Matter

This presentation seeks to present the life of the Apostle Paul as the servant leader and his insightful effect on the church. In the lesson one we will examine the areas of character, self-discipline and personal growth of the Paul that any higher authority or the minister should follow in order for the execution of appropriate ministry. In lesson two, it gives the description of how a manger or minister should bring grace in his/her personality like the Apostle Paul did. In the lesson three the discussion will present the characteristics related to social leadership. In lesson four we will analyze the one main element of the leadership and that is spirituality. In lesson five we will observe the characteristics that a capable leader must have.

Lesson One: Self-Discipline

Personal Growth

Even though the Bible does not clearly describe the growth of the Apostle Paul, the growth is not difficult to realize. For instance, we see that Paul was raised in his attitude for difficult situations of the life. The Paul revealed what he experienced over time. He knew what it felt to be the need and he knew that what is had plenty. He had learned to be content no matter whatever the circumstances were there, whether hungry or fully fed, whether living in want or in plenty. The reality that Paul had learned anything indicated that he had experienced growth. One more example of the growth can be extracted from his dealings and communication with John Mark. During a day earlier, Paul refused to provide Mark the second chance. The Mark had kept for some forceful going about their prior mission trip.

Growth of Paul can also be found in his ability of leadership. When he was first introduced as the teacher of the church named Antioch, his name followed Barnabas. In actual his name appeared last in the list of various leadership of the church, whereas the name that is Barnabas appeared first in the list. In the Bible, the sequence of names is not without importance. Since Howard Marshall stated that the reason of why Barnabas lists on the top is that he may have been considered as the significance of the group. In spite of this, in the first mission trip the things got changed. The Luke has put the name of Paul before Barnabas. It entails that the Paul became the main leader in place of Barnabas.

Character

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