Date

4-17-2024

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Chair

Donald Q. Hicks

Keywords

church leaders, leadership, servants, training, servant leadership

Disciplines

Religion

Abstract

The problem at Gospel of Grace Church in Scranton, South Carolina is the church lacks a viable leadership training program to develop competent leaders. The purpose of this DMIN action research project is to develop and implement a viable leadership training program. If a viable leadership training program is implemented, then leadership at Gospel of Grace Church would model servant-leadership characteristics found in Jesus’s Servant Leadership Model. This viable leadership training program aims to teach leaders how to apply biblical principles to their daily lives. They will learn to be a servant first, to serve the needs of others before their own needs. As the participants practice their spiritual disciplines daily during this training, it will bring the participants into a deeper relationship with Jesus so that the Holy Spirit will produce the fruit of the Spirit within them. These nine attributes are crucial to the spiritual lives of the servant leaders. Jesus Christ is the example for all believers to follow. The researcher seeks to prove four hypotheses as the data is analyzed. There were ninety-three participants who identified as Christians from Gospel of Grace Church, other community churches, LU students, and LU alumni. They participated in a questionnaire, tests, interviews, and focus groups. The analyzed data will show the results do support the research. These results can help develop more servant leaders in the church for effective ministry with a viable leadership training program. However, further research is needed on this complex topic of servant leadership.

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