Servanthood Solutions To The Problems Of Leadership
The problem of leadership is indeed causing a lot of confusion and sickness in the body of christ.
The only solution to this problems is serving in leadership position with a servant heart I.e "servanthood" when the servanthood is embraced by leaders, it will help solve the problems of leadership in the following ways.
Leaders will be able to see their calling into leadership as a call to serve
Leadership will not place themselves over their followers
Leaders will be able to consider themselves as people who are privileged to serve God
The spirit of servanthood will help leaders to consider other better than themselves as much as possible
It will also help leaders to avoid placing their personal interests over the interest of others
Leaders will be able to depend on God for their welfare instead of exploiting the followers in order to care for themselves
The spirit of servanthood will help leaders to be ready to loose their rights in order to gain men for Christ
Being a servant will help leaders to be humble to the extent of bending to serve others
Leadership will not be seen by leaders as a means for personal aggrandizement.
The spirit of servanthood will also make it easy for leaders to emulate the leadership pattern.