Date
5-22-2024
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Education in Christian Leadership (EdD)
Chair
Deidra K. Jackson
Keywords
mentoring, servant-leader, youth ministry, Image of God, Shepherd Leadership, Christian leadership, denomination
Disciplines
Christianity | Curriculum and Instruction
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Alana S., "Mentoring as a Catalyst for Change: Creating a Mentor Training Curriculum Using the Servant Leadership Model" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5679.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5679
Abstract
This dissertation-in-praxis was a response to the problem of a lack of youth involvement at Warren Chapel United American Free Will Baptist (UAFWB) church in Winterville, NC. The Collaborating Coach, Pastor Betty Haddock, and the Collaborating Team were concerned about the church's future amid its aging congregation. The importance of investing in the spiritual formation of the younger generation in preparation for them being mature successors of current leaders is a principle reflected throughout Scripture. The Bible encourages the older generation to teach the younger generation about Godly principles so they will retain what they have learned when they are older. (KJV, Proverbs 22:6). The purpose of this praxis project was to create a mentor training to equip Christian leaders within the Collaborative Organization’s congregation to be influential mentors by applying the theoretical principles of Greenleaf's (1970) Servant Leadership model. Servant leadership focuses on helping people see their strengths and leadership abilities and allowing them to participate in activities that support the organization’s success (Greenleaf, 1977). Greenleaf’s (1970) concept that only a servant-leader can promote a sense of community in an organization was used as a foundation to develop the mentor training curriculum that was intended to be a catalyst for more youth participation at Warren Chapel UAFWB Church.
