Christian Egalitarian Leadership
Empowering the Whole Church according to the Scriptures
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Much has been written on servant leadership, but it is not always tied to egalitarian leadership. Sometimes authority and power instead of God's love are presented as the core of the Christian faith. The church at times derails, imitating worldly culture, emphasizing entitlement that relies on an innate or permanent human hierarchy of rank. Responding to today's conflict over leadership, Christian Egalitarian Leadership calls us back to its biblical roots: what is Christian egalitarian leadership? Why is it biblical? How does it work? Thoughtful and devout Christian leaders carefully explain how sharing leadership follows God's intentions and is crucial to implement today. The theoretical and practical ramifications of these concepts are extended to many areas of the Christian life by numerous qualified individuals, women and men of different races and economic and social classes. Chapters overview New Testament teachings, biblical authority, Old Testament and contemporary examples, God's intention at creation, pagan philosophy's influence on Christian hierarchal leadership, multicultural and multi-ethnic leadership in the United States and Africa, marriage, rearing children, equipping youth and laity, church planting, retirement, and missions, from the cradle to the mission field.
Endorsements (4)
“Egalitarian leadership, as a biblical principle, has been the focus of numerous publications, events, and conversations for more than three decades. Global leaders continue to explore the impact of egalitarian leadership, marriages, businesses, and humanitarian endeavors. The editors of this volume have given us a vital resource—wisdom from leaders who have journeyed long as Christian egalitarians in all aspects of life. We thank you!”
“I spend a lot of my time in the developing world doing missionary work. My life’s goal has been to empower women to pursue ministry, and to help churches overcome gender discrimination so that men and women can learn to work together, both in the church and on the field. I am so grateful for Aída Spencer and her husband, William, for providing the theological tools I need to do my work. I can’t write or study like they can, but their academic investment enables me to do my job. This book is not just one tool—it is a whole toolbox full of scholarship that I know will help many leaders cut through the obstacles so that we can empower every believer—male and female—to fulfill the Great Commission.”
“This volume provides numerous resources through considered research and argumentation, along with stories and applications to further the conversation toward living into Christian egalitarian leadership that is marked by service of the other. One hears in their many voices the helpful biblical, theological, philosophical, pastoral, familial, cross-cultural, and practical engagement and call to Christian egalitarian living. May the contributors’ tribe ever increase.”
“The crisis of our times is a dearth of biblical, egalitarian leadership. The Spencers et al. effectively demonstrate the interrelationships between theory and practice as a framework for biblical egalitarian leadership. They provide fresh direction for Christian leaders on why and how to live out egalitarian kingdom diversity in the church, marketplace, in marriages, parenting, and across generations. The importance of this book cannot be overstated for such a time as this.”
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