1. R.J. Frisken
Servant Leadership
doane@mdoane7.com
10th of October 2013

2. RJ
Frisken
A New Hope
International
Monograph Number 17,
December 2004

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Christ is
the Head
of the
Body
Christian Leaders
should not usurp
his headship over
his Body nor
should they
neglect or
undervalue the
gift and ministry
of leadership

5. Unlocking of Terms
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take (a position of
power or
importance)
illegally or by force
neglect
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undervalue
fail to care for
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fail to appreciate
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underestimate
properly
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disregard
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failure to do
something

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Christian Leaders should not
usurp (illegally force) his
headship over his Body nor
should they neglect
(disregard) or undervalue
(underestimate) the gift and
ministry of leadership.

7. Biblical Model of
Leadership

8. Biblical Model of
Leadership

9. When did Jesus made
those statements?
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after a dispute arose
among his disciples
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about who would be the
greatest among them when
his Kingdom come.

10. Biblical Teaching
Humble service is a priority for
the disciples of Jesus not just for
leaders.
However, no one can exercise godly
leadership unless he or she has learnt
to serve.

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exercise
dominating,
coercive power over
others (Mark
10:42-43a)
Leaders are
called to
Leadership
mode should
be
Leaders should
not
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one of showing
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accept the
rather than telling
responsibility of
(Mark 10:45; Jn
leading (Rom.
13)
12:6-8)

12. 1. The Servant Leader as a Leader Among...
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serves Christ before
he serves others and
before he serves
himself
willing to act as
servant out of deep
respect for Christ to
serve others
a servant among you
not over those he
leads

13. Who is the servant leader?
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a servant first
wants to serve before he
aspires to lead
person of faith
perseveres in difficult
situations

14. shows the way to
others
can articulate & speak of the
big purpose, dream or vision
has the goal & knows
the way to go
has a vision and purpose he
believes is given by God

15. automatically
responds to any
situation by
listening first
listening after
he speaks
will listen as
he speaks
will listen
before he
speaks

16. learn to spend time
doing nothing than
thinking to decide
on priorities
have resilience to be able to
cope with emergency when
they arrive
sort out more important from
less important, and the
important from the urgent
make time for withdrawal
even if it is momentary to
reflect & re-orientate

17. never rejects. accepts the person
though he sometimes refuses to accept
the persons effort or performance as
good enough
people grow when leaders
empathize, accept for what they are
even if their performance is judged
tolerance of imperfection and a
genuine love of other people
the imperfect people with all
their faults are capable of great
achievements

18. Summary: A servant leader is
One Who Knows
Where He or She is
Going (Direction)
One Who Makes Time
for Withdrawal
One Who Listens to
Understand
One Who Accepts and
Empathizes

19. 2. The Attitude to Power and Authority
Jesus showed us the way of service as the way of true
leadership. His authority came from willingness to serve and
to give himself for others
A SL builds up other people. Allows others share in decision
making, involves in the task of leadership, helps them develop
their own gifts as they take responsibility for the task that
God has called them to.
The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not
power but love, not force but example, not coercion but
reasoned persuasion (quoted from Beasely Murray by Davies
1993, p.18)

20. 3. A Mode of Leading that Shows Rather than
Tells
Leader-first person
•will tell
•strong on
directives, on
memos, on clear
communication of his
will
•have policies that
must be followed and
clear guidelines for
those who work under
him to follow
(manuals or
Servant-leader
•facilitating
•helping
•encouraging
•enabling
•ensures
that
responsibilities are
shared according to
the office of the
individual & he will
seek to equip &
enable all members of
the body he leads

21. 4. The Radical Nature
of Servant-Leadership
•Risky
process - SL must take
the risk of failure as a real
possibility.
•SL means to lead in an
entirely different way to
other forms of leadership.
•A servant in his thinking
before he is a leader

22. Servant Leader must lead
•Romans 12:8, Paul instructs the leader Let him
govern diligently.
Those with an office of leadership should be in
control, of course, but it should be control for
the purpose of enabling those being led to
fulfill their own office in the freedom,
authority and power that belongs to that office
(Fowler 1990 p.115)

23. SUMMAR
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